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Nutrient film aquaponics unit: step by step description
In Nutrient Film Technique (NFT), a thin layer of nutrient–rich water is circulated through horizontal pipes. Plants are within net pots hat are suspended within holes at the top of the pipes so the roots are in contact with the water. The water supplies nutrients to the plants that then...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Comment récolter et extraire du miel de bonne qualité
Une bonne récolte de miel est importante puisque du miel de bonne qualité se garde bien et se vend au meilleur prix. Plusieurs récoltes de miel par an sont possibles, quoique la période de récolte puisse varier d’un endroit à un autre. Cette technologie explique comment récolter du miel d’une...
Viet Nam
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Cultivating lotus on raised beds in flood prone areas
This practice describes how cultivating lotus in raised beds can create employment and generate income in the rainy season. The example of the flood prone areas of the Quang Tri province of north central Vietnam is used to highlight its benefits. Steps on how to implement the technology are listed...
Viet Nam
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Comment faire un simple voile qui protège le corps des piqures d’abeilles
Le vêtement de protection est un élément important de l’équipement d’un apiculteur parce qu’il protège le corps des piqûres d’abeilles et rend la récolte du miel plus simple. Il peut éviter l’usage du feu pour chasser les abeilles pendant la récolte du miel. Le vêtement de protection peut être un...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Fishery management: Length frequency distribution analysis (LFDA) and catch effort data analysis (CEDA) software
Length Frequency Distribution Analysis (LFDA) and Catch and Effort Data Analysis (CEDA) are software packages with analytical tools to guide and assist stock assessment and develop fisheries management policies in developing countries. The outputs of LFDA include estimates of growth and mortality and precautionary management advice. CEDA analyses catch and...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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The FAO-Thiaroye processing technique: how to use and operate it
The FTT-Thiaroye is a technique drawn from the collaborative efforts between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the National Training Center for Fisheries and Aquaculture Technicians (CNFTPA) training institute in Senegal. Its development addresses the need to improve small-scale fish drying and smoking operations. The...
Senegal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Alternative seedbed methods for T. aman rice under drought prone conditions
The agriculture sector in Bangladesh is highly sensitive to climate variability and climate change. Agriculture-based subsistence economy employs almost two thirds of the population, and adaptation to climate change is vital to maintain sustainable development. In north-western Bangladesh adaptation practices need to target transplanted aman rice, the most important crop...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Management of flood control, drainage and irrigation (FCDI) sluice gates
Many floodplains have been compartmentalized to give more control over water for rice growing. This in turn has restricted access to fish, which would normally contribute significantly to resources available to poor communities. Sluice gates are used to control water in the compartments. An improved regime for the operation of...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Comment faire une ruche à barres supérieurs mobiles (modèle du Kenya)
Cette technologie décrit méthodiquement comment faire une ruche à barre supérieures (modèle du Kenya). Une ruche à barres supérieures, (ou une ruche à barres mobiles) est une caisse rectangulaire couverte avec des barres d’une largeur fixées. Les abeilles commenceront la construction de leurs rayons à partir du centre des barres...
Malawi
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Labour-saving technologies and practices: weed wipes and knapsack sprayers
The following technology contains features of weed wipes and knapsack sprayer agricultural tools. It justifies when its utilization might be convenient in terms of its advantages and disadvantages. Advantages include labour-saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, equipment, skills and cost. Disadvantages include skills, cost, risk and infrastructure.
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Weeding by hand using traditional hoes...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Rice weed management (Africa Rice Center video on rice advice)
As effective weed control may increase yields by more than 50 percent, it surely is worthwhile taking a closer look. In this video we learn to differentiate between annual and perennial weeds, while farmers in Mali explain to us how and when to control weeds most effectively. This video presents...
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Management guidelines for harvest reserves or sanctuaries for tropical river fisheries
The fish stocks of floodplain river systems support intensive artisanal fisheries in many tropical countries, particularly throughout the densely populated Asian region. Although in practice the definition varies across countries, artisanal fisheries are small-scale fisheries carried out by people who rely on fishing to support their families and other local...
Indonesia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Introduction à l'agriculture de conservation des sols (AC)
Le labour constitue la principale opération dans l'agriculture conventionnelle. La charrue, l'équipement le plus usité pour réaliser cette opération, est devenue un symbole de l'agriculture. Dans le passé, le labour était considéré comme le gage de l'amélioration de la fertilité des sols, en raison de la minéralisation des éléments nutritifs...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Rice transplanting (Africa Rice Center video on rice advice)
“Yields are much higher when rice is transplanted. Compared to broadcasting, yields are two or three times higher.” This video presents methods of transplanting rice and explains the effect of planting depth, distance and age of seedlings on rice tillering.
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Using urine and ash to control crop pests and diseases
Pests and diseases cause substantial economic loss to crop farmers. Other than reducing yield and lowering harvest quality, pest and disease control increases production costs in terms of buying the chemicals to control them. Besides chemicals being expensive and not readily available, they also have adverse effects on the environment,...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Rice seed preservation (Africa Rice Center video on rice advice)
Based on hard real-life experience, the women of the Maria village have devised some very effective techniques for seed preservation. The video describes the importance of storing seeds in airtight containers, using insecticidal plants and other clever practices that Bangladeshi women apply to preserve rice seeds. This video presents the...
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Beekeeping in Asia: honey flow
Although all the colonies of Apis Mellifera in Asia belong to the same racial group, no unified colony-management scheme exists which is suitable for the entire continent. How a beekeeper handles his colonies at a given time of year depends on the bees, their environment and how they react to changes in...
Thailand
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
La préparation et le travail du sol en agriculture biologique
La culture du sol comprend toutes les mesures mécaniques pour assouplir, retourner ou mélanger le sol, telles que le labour, le creusage, le binage, le hersage, etc. Une culture du sol prudente peut améliorer sa capacité de rétention d'eau, son aération, sa capacité d'infiltration, de réchauffement, d'évaporation, etc. La culture...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Labour-saving technologies and practices: seeds and crops
The following technology provides features about the use of improved seeds and less labour-intensive crops. It also details the advantages and disadvantages of their use. The advantages include labour-saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, livelihood diversification, inputs, skills, cost and infrastructure. Disadvantages include inputs, costs, infrastructure and risk.
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Plant seeds are saved from...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Practices
Rice seed drying (Africa Rice Center video on rice advice)
Farmers face great difficulties with drying their seeds because seed absorbs moisture from the soil. As a result, seed quality deteriorates, and no-one can expect good yields by using poor quality seed. In this video you can see how farmers of the Maria village in Bangladesh solved this problem by...
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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