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Connecting the Dots—Off-Season Fruit and Vegetable Production
Fruit and vegetable production in the Pacific is generally highly seasonal, with very little production of many crops during the hot, wet-season months. This often pushes prices up dramatically and for farmers who take the step into off-season production, it can be highly profitable. Off-season production is rarely about only...
2018 - Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network (PIFON)
Article
From Little Things, Big Things Grow
It may seem obvious that seeds are where most crops come from, yet much agricultural work in the Pacific had focused on the end product, and ignored these small, but essential components. Timor Leste is still the only country in the region to have a national seeds programme, and while...
2018 - Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network (PIFON)
Fact sheet
Land to lab approach for developing and disseminating location specific innovations
The needs of rural and high-risk areas are diverse and location specific. As the market is limited, the private sector is not interested in developing technologies for high-risk areas, and the government sector often bypasses or ignores their needs. Identifying area-specific needs and developing specific solutions are key for sustainability....
India
2018 - Peermade Development Society
Article
Building a National Platform: Farmers Finding their Voice
Bringing farmers together to talk about the technical side of farming is pretty easy in the Pacific. Farmers want to talk to each other and learn from each other. The success of farmer-to-farmer learning exchanges is a testament to this.
Bringing farmers together to talk about issues and policy is a...
Fiji
2018 - Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network (PIFON)
Video
Inspiration of Young farmer "Kithong Farm" - ສວນກິທອງ
A sort video of Kithong and the reason he has decided back to do farming
Viet Nam
2018 - ALiSEA Mekong
Video
Bangladesh: Breaking Down Barriers
Women in rural Bangladesh rarely get an opportunity to work outside their homes and earn their own income. Now hundreds of thousands of women are being employed on construction sites across the country, helping to build and maintain infrastructure in their communities whilst working their way out of poverty.
Bangladesh
2018 - IFAD
Video
Inspiration of Young farmer "Somboun Farm" - ສວນສົມບູນ
A sort video about inspiration of Somboun, He has decides come back to do organic farming
Viet Nam
2018 - ALiSEA Mekong 353 subscribers
Video
Thongmung Organic farming group
A sort video about Thongmung Organic Farming Group in Vientiane Capital
Viet Nam
2018 - ALiSEA Mekong
Case study
Seeds of hope: organic farming, food sovereignty and climate resilience for small farmers
he Seeds of Hope project improves climate change resilience, food security and sovereignty and autonomy of small farmer communities in North India. It relies on the recognition of women’s traditional knowledge. The project is led in partnership with the association Navdanya, founded by Dr Vandana Shiva. Direct beneficiaries include 745...
India
2018 - Navdanya
Video
YOF Journey of Hope 4: Root in the Footsteps of Our Ancestors
With the support from GRET and Towards Organic Asia, the working team from Mekong Young Organic Farmer Alliance traveled across Mekong region, met young farmers, and made a video to share their inspiring story. Here is a story from Vietnam
Viet Nam
2018 - ALiSEA Mekong
Video
YOF Journey of Hope 3: Home (Myanmar)
The following video is the story of Mr Ko Kyaw Kyaw, a farmer in Maubin Township, Ayeyarwady, Myanmar. Short movie produced by Towards Organic Asia (TOA) with support from ALiSEA Small Grant
Myanmar
2018 - ALiSEA Mekong
Video
YOF Journey of Hope2 : The Spirit of Young Entrepreneur in Cambodia
Young Organic Farmers, The Journey of Hope #2 : The Spirit of Young Entrepreneur in Cambodia is about fresh graduates in Cambodia who instead of migrating to the city for jobs, they head back home and create jobs for themselves and people in the community.
Cambodia
2018 - ALiSEA Mekong
Report
Women's self-help groups, decision-making, and improved agricultural practices in India: From extension to practice
This research was undertaken as part of the Women Improving Nutrition through Group-based Strategies (WINGS) study, and was aimed at understanding ways to improve agricultural practices among women farmers in India. Effective agricultural extension is key to improving productivity, increasing farmers’ access to information, and promoting more diverse sets of...
India
2018 - INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IFPRI
Article
Using comparative historical analysis to compensate shortcomings of cross-sectional methods in explaining causal mechanisms: Lessons from a study of rice farmers in Vietnam
The benefits of mixed methods are well recognised. Using mixed methods, researchers are able to overcome shortcomings inherent in individual methods while enhancing the validity and reliability of their research findings. Mixed methods are commonly used in cross-sectional studies – to answer research questions, and/or explore contemporary social issues. However,...
Viet Nam
2018 - International Journal of Development and Sustainability
Report
Strengthening sustainable food systems through geographical indications
Geographical indications (GIs) refer to products with specific characteristics, qualities or reputations resulting from their geographical origin. This differentiates products based on unique local features, history or distinctive characteristics linked to natural and human factors, such as soil, climate, local know-how, and traditions. GIs are recognized as intellectual property rights...
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
United Nations agencies launch environmental protection and resilience project for host communities and refugees in Bangladesh
Families living in the world’s largest refugee camp this week received the first 2,500 stoves and liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders that are part of a United Nations project to protect the environment and build resilience for people living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
The “SAFE Plus” (Safe Approaches to Fuel and...
Bangladesh
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Article
New project promotes indigenous food and sustainable tourism in the Philippines
Slow Food and the Mountain Partnership Secretariat, hosted by FAO, have signed an agreement to improve the livelihoods of mountain people, with special focus on Cordillera’s mountain community in the Philippines.
The agreement came ahead of today’s International Mountain Day – a day celebrated each year on December 11 to highlight the importance of mountains to people’s lives and livelihoods.
The two organizations committed to creating stronger synergies between mountain food products and sustainable tourism services. This includes promoting high-quality, indigenous, mountain...
Philippines
2018
Article
National committees for family farming in Colombia and Indonesia achieve the approval of important regulations in support of family farming
Also, various National Committees for Family Farming in Africa are involved in processes for the creation of national public policies and are playing a key role in defending the interests of Family Farming
The National Committees for Family Farming in Indonesia and Colombia have promoted processes of political dialogue between key players in Family Farming, leading to the approval of new regulations for the development of Family Farming in their respective countries. In Indonesia, the Law on the Protection and Empowerment of Farmers in...
Colombia - Gambia - Indonesia - Madagascar - Senegal
2018 - World Rural Forum
Report
Access to finance for forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs)
Growing populations and consumption patterns are squeezing forests – especially through industrial agriculture. But many of the 1.5 billion people who live within the world’s remaining forest landscapes are farmers too, albeit smallholders. Many grow and protect trees. Most also hunt and gather from the forest. Forests provide them with...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Cameroon - Gambia - Guatemala - Kenya - Liberia - Mexico - Myanmar - Nepal - Nicaragua - Viet Nam - Zambia
2018 - International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Technical paper
Young people and family farming
Global study elaborated by the WCC (World Coordinating Committee) of the IYFF+10 and coordinated by the WRF that analyzes and highlights the common and global challenges faced by rural youth from all 5 continents.
Costa Rica
2018 - WRF
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