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Strategies using floriculture to improve livelihoods in indigenous Australian and Pacific Island communities
The ACIAR project ‘Strategies Using Floriculture to Improve Livelihoods in Indigenous Australian and Pacific Island Communities’ utilised value chain analyses as a unifying framework in and across participating countries. The overall aim of this multifaceted project was to identify constraints and opportunities for indigenous enterprise development through floriculture. The potentially...
2019 - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
Article
Interview with Indonesian Kapuas Hulu Indigenous Imanul Huda
The national Indonesian organization of indigenous peoples, Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN), estimates that between 50 and 70 million indigenous peoples live in Indonesia, accounting for up to 25% of the country’s total population.
Ahead of Indigenous Terra Madre Asia and Pan-Pacific, running from October 11-14th 2019 in Hokkaido, Japan, we spoke to indigenous delegate Imanul Huda, member of the Kapuas Hulu Slow Food Community in Indonesia. In our interview, Imanul discusses his involvement with Slow Food and his work to protect natural resources and sustainable food sources...
Indonesia
2019 - Slow Food
Journal article
Assessing sustainability of different forms of farm organization: adaptation of IDEA method to rubber family farms in Thailand
With increasing concerns on the sustainability of agricultural systems, many tools have been developed to assess farm sustainability. The main objective of this study was to assess and compare the sustainability of different forms of family farm organization. A second objective was to test the relevance of the IDEA method...
Thailand
2019
Blog article
Green Climate Fund approves major FAO climate change resilience project in Pakistan
The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) today approved an FAO project designed to transform Pakistan’s Indus River Basin by improving agriculture and water management to make this vital food-producing region more resilient to climate change.
The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has provided FAO with a grant of nearly $35...
Pakistan
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Case study
Sustainable smallholder cocoa farming through 4R nutrient management
Cocoa is a key crop for many Indonesian smallholder farmers, who own over 90 percent of the country’s cocoa production land. However, cocoa bean yields have fallen from around 750 kg/ha in the 1980s to below 400 kg/ha over the last two decades, with ageing trees, pests, diseases, poor soil...
Indonesia
2018 - International Fertilizer Association
Blog article
Re-going organic in Nepal
There are hints of ecological farming everywhere you look on Jit Bahadur Singar’s farm. Plastic bottles holding a few drops of imitation pheromones hang among bitter gourd plants to attract pests. A home brew of animal urine, leaves, and remnants of garlic, hot pepper and tobacco – a bio-pesticide –...
Nepal
2018 - SeedChange
Book
Farmers’ Handbook
The main aim of this handbook is to help farmers make their own farms more successful. This is done by providing information about using simple methods which strengthen, rather than damage the environment, and help to create sustainable livelihoods for future generations.
The techniques described in the handbook are the results...
Nepal
2018
Blog article
Indonesian Smallholder farmers contribute trillion of rupiahs to investment in food
ice is Indonesia’s main food, and it is important to consider the role of small scale farmers and women in the production of rice and other food. Small farmers and women have contributed immensely to meet the nutritional needs of the Indonesian population. According to national statistics, 73 millions tonnes...
Indonesia
2018 - The Medium Term Cooperation Programme with Farmers’ Organisations in Asia and the Pacific,
Newsletter article
From the editor, Yemaya, No.57, July 2018
July 2018 witnessed the release of the flagship report of the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO): The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) 2018. A trove of information that, in the months to come, will be unpacked and discussed by activists and researchers in the fishery and aquaculture sectors,...
2018 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Project
Resilience through biodiverse cropping and millet recipes driven by Indian women network
This project is currently being implemented in the North of India since 2018 and focuses mainly on female smallholder farmers. The scope is to strengthen resilience through biodiverse cropping and seed system and broaden the type of crop produced in this region. The project is particularly in line with the...
India
2018 - Agroecology Coalition
Journal article
Signs of Climate Warming Through the Eyes of Yak Herders in Northern Bhutan
A questionnaire survey was conducted to understand how a mountain ecosystem in northern Bhutan is perceived by local yak herders to be changing under climate warming. One hundred elderly herders were selected using a 2-stage sampling. The questionnaire sought information on herders' awareness and perceptions of weather patterns, climate changes,...
Bhutan
2018 - The International Centre of Integrated Mountain Development
Blog article
Building stronger, climate-resilient farming and forest communities
Millions of small-scale farmers and foresters will be able to better protect their lands from the impacts of climate change, and improve their livelihoods thanks to renewed global efforts announced today on the side-lines of World Forest Week (COFO24).
The Forest and Farm Facility initiative - a partnership among FAO, IIED,...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
To defeat hunger, protecting agriculture from climate-related shocks must be central to disaster risk reduction measures in Asia and the Pacific
Governments and other stakeholders must place sustainable and productive agriculture front and centre in their attempts to reduce the impact of disasters and climate-related shocks in the world’s most disaster-prone region.
Mongolia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Video
Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) in Lao PDR
This is the story of Ms Bouchan Huengvilay, a PGS-organic farmer in Lao PDR. She is part of one of the PGS groups formed and supported under the FAO Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) on "Small-scale Farmer Inclusion in Organic Agriculture Development through Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS)".
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Article
SRI farming enhances paddy produce of women farmers in Uttar Pradesh
SEWA, AFA member and MTCP2 national implementing agency in India, conducted SRI training for women farmers in Uttar Pradesh, India. Two of the participants applied what they learned from the training despite the risks, and their efforts paid off when the yield of their paddy fields increased from their usual...
India
2018 - Asian Farmers' Association
Book
Climate Smart Farmers’ Field School as Extension Modality for Climate Change Adaptation in Rice Farming: Bicol, Philippines – A Success Story
The Climate Smart Farmers Field School (CFS) enhanced the capacities of 629 farmers in Climate Change adaptation skills in rice production in 14 farming barangays in 3 municipalities in BICOL Philippines by increasing their knowledge and skills on climate change adaptation strategies, demonstrating hands-on climate risk resilient agricultural technologies and setting up of small...
Philippines
2018 - Asia Pacific Association of Educators in Agriculture and Environment (APEAEN)
Video
Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) in Cambodia
This is the story of Mr Nov Keo, a PGS-organic farmer in Cambodia. He is part of one of the PGS groups formed and supported under the FAO Technical Cooperation Programme (TCP) on "Small-Scale Farmer Inclusion in Organic Agriculture Development through Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS)".
Cambodia
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Blog article
Building stronger, climate-resilient farming and forest communities
Millions of small-scale farmers and foresters will be able to better protect their lands from the impacts of climate change, and improve their livelihoods thanks to renewed global efforts announced last two weeks ago on the side-lines of World Forest Week (COFO24).
The Forest and Farm Facility initiative - a partnership...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Book
Building Mountain Resilience: Solutions from the Hindu Kush Himalaya
Faced with a complex and uncertain future, the coming years are even more so for mountains that contend with rising temperatures, dwindling natural resources, and rapidly increasing outmigration. Therefore, the need to focus on affordable and replicable solutions that can affect significant change is more important than ever. The solutions...
2018 - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
Blog article
UN FAO convenes emergency meeting of animal health experts in Asia in response to swine fever threat
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has opened a three-day emergency meeting to examine the most recent developments in China following the outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the country, and propose a regional response to the threat that ASF could spread to other countries...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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