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La technique FAO-Thiaroye de transformation du poisson ou le FTT-Thiaroye: comment le construire et assembler ses éléments
Une réponse au besoin d’améliorer les opérations de séchage et de fumage de poisson à petite échelle, le FTT‑Thiaroye (la technique de traitement FAO‑Thiaroye) fait en sorte que les opérations de traitement de fumage et de séchage du poisson Thiaroye respectent les exigences en matière de sécurité des denrées alimentaires...
Senegal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Labour-saving technologies and practices: draught animal powered groundnut lifter
This practice explains the basic technical features of the groundnut lifter used with animal power. It also describes advantages and disadvantages of groundnut lifter methods providing features of groundnut lifter manually.
Description
1. Features of groundnut lifter
The groundnut lifter is an extended ploughshare with steel rods replacing the mouldboard part of the...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Development of tools for draught animals
Participatory rural appraisals identified a number of major limiting factors in farming systems in Bolivia. These included the husbandry of draught animals, their health, nutrition, feeding, and housing, as well as the improved use of draught animals. The project developed, tested and disseminated a range of appropriate tillage and transport...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Technique of cutting meat pieces for drying
Meat drying is a complex process with many important steps. It involves animal slaughtering, carcass trimming, raw material selection, meat cutting, pieces pre-treatment, meat drying and proper arrangement of drying facilities. In addition, weather conditions must also be considered to avoid quality problems or production losses. The following technology describes...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Labour-saving technologies and practices: pack animals and animal drawn carts
Human porterage (either on the head, shoulders or back) is common in many rural areas, particularly where access roads are in a poor condition. This practice describes how to use animals such as horses and oxen for transportation.
Description
1. Features of using pack animals
Donkeys are used for transporting produce, firewood and...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Blog article
Repurposing Farm Machinery
Many farmers in Europe and North America are burdened with debts due to the heavy investments they have made over the years to buy farm machinery. A new tractor easily costs 100,000 Euro or more. New agricultural policies often force farmers to change as well.
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
2020 - AgroInsight
Practices
Labour-saving technologies and practices: improved storage facilities
The following provides features of improved stores facilities for grains. It also details the advantages and disadvantages of this practice? which include labour saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, livelihood diversification, skills, equipment, cost, and risk.
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Management of the aquaponic systems
Aquaponics is the integration of recirculating aquaculture and hydroponics in one production system. Although the production of fish and vegetables is the most visible output of aquaponic units, it is essential to understand that aquaponics is the management of a complete ecosystem that includes three major groups of organisms: fish,...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Labour-saving technologies and practices: draught animal powered and motorised crop processing
The following technology provides some examples of the utilisation of animal power as an energy source for post-harvest operations. It details features of draught animal-driven equipment, motorized grain milling (plate, roller and hammer mills), motorized oil extraction (screw-auger press, cage press, and centrifugal cracker for palm oil), motorized cassava processing,...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Tsetse Muse: helping planners to design cost-effective tsetse control strategies
Tsetse flies live in 36 countries and a total area of between 9 and 10 million square kilometres in Africa. Throughout this area the disease transmitted by the tsetse fly, Trypanosomiasis (or Trypanosomosis), has a significant effect on large numbers of livestock. About 50 million cattle and tens of millions of...
Botswana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Simple techniques for production of dried meat
Drying meat under natural temperatures, humidity and circulation of the air, including the direct influence of sun rays, is the oldest method of meat preservation. It consists of gradual dehydration of pieces of meat cut to a specific uniform shape that permits the equal and simultaneous drying of whole batches...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Comment récolter la cire d'abeille
La cire d’abeille est une marchandise de valeur qui peut être utilisée pour faire toute sorte de produits comme par exemple des bougies, de la crème de corps, du cirage, etc. Cette technologie présente, méthodiquement, trois méthodes différentes pour récolter la cire d’abeille. La première méthode décrite utilise des matériaux...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Labour-saving technologies and practices: draught animal power and implements
The following provides some basic technical explanations for the correct utilisation of animal power including harnessing and implements. The advantages and disadvantages of this practice are also explained, which include labour saving, livelihood diversification, livelihood resilience strengthening, equipment, costs, skills, and risks.
Description
Cattle, particularly oxen are by far the most common...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Adaptive co-management: improved management of fisheries resources
In many developing countries, centralised management of small-scale fisheries has not been able to ensure the sustainable management of fisheries resources on which so many depend. Often this is because information to support management decision-making is either not available or that it being provided in a top-down manner that may...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Camarones: método de cultivo
La cría de camarones y langostinos en ambientes naturales o seminaturales tiene tres fases principales:
Engorde desde postlarva a tamaño comercial.
Desove y cría desde huevo a postlarva, maduración y reproducción.
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Équipements de semis direct pour tracteurs (agriculture de conservation)
Cette technologie explique et illustre quel équipement est nécessaire d'utiliser pour les tracteurs et comment l'utiliser pour le semis direct. Le semis direct consiste à favoriser la croissance d’une nouvelle culture sans préparation du lit de semence mécanique et avec une perturbation minimale du sol depuis la récolte de la...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Labour-saving technologies and practices: Draught Animal Power (DAP) planters and weeders
The following explains the methodology behind the utilisation of the agricultural tools of Draught Animal Power (DAP) planters and weeders. Traditional methods and the specific DAP planter and weed features are highlighted. The advantages and disadvantages are additionally specified which include labour saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, equipment, skills, cost and...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Deep water culture aquaponic unit: step by step description
Aquaponics is the integration of recirculating aquaculture and hydroponics in one production system. The Deep Water Culture (DWC) is one of the three common methods of aquaponics being utilized at the present, generally implemented at large-scale operations. This technology provides a detailed explanation of the main components of this method...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Semoirs attelés aux animaux ou aux tracteurs à un essieu en agriculture de conservation
Cette technologie explique l'utilisation de la traction animale et des tracteurs à essieu unique pour le semis direct. En particulier les différents instruments ou outils pour le semis direct sont décrites et illustrées avec une gamme de photos. Les principaux éléments de travail des semoirs directs 1. Un disque pour...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Labour-saving technologies and practices: roof water harvesting
The following practice explains roof water systems, its features of roof water systems, (basic requirements and typologies, below ground storage systems, partial below ground systems, above ground storage, amount of water collected), as well as runoff collection and simple water filters. Advantages and disadvantages of these practices are also provided,...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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