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Unleashing the potential of women livestock keepers
"Unleashing the potential of women livestock keepers" explores how enhancing women's roles in livestock production can significantly contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 5, which aims at achieving gender equality and empowering women. In developing countries, women constitute a large part of the agricultural labor force, particularly in small-scale livestock farming,...
India
2024 - Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Blog article
Innovating tradition to protect ancient forests in Papua New Guinea
Supporting an Indigenous Peoples’ community to monitor forests with satellites and tablet
Besta Pulum cannot contain his excitement about the tablet computer he is holding in his hands. “When I was young, I never saw that kind of computer. Now I’m seeing it; I didn’t sleep [from excitement],” says the community chief, who reckons his age at around 60.
Like his father before...
Papua New Guinea
2024 - FAO
Fact sheet
Strengthening Ecological Monitoring for Mangrove Management in Andhra Pradesh: Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
Coastal ecosystems and associated biodiversity are under severe threat due to global climate change and subsequent sea level rise (SLR). Mangroves, as a socio-ecological system, are of paramount importance for combating climate change, ensuring the sustainability of coastlines, and supporting coastal communities. Despite providing numerous ecosystem services and tangible benefits...
India
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Journal article
A cog in the capitalist wheel: co-opting agroecology in South India
The Andhra Pradesh Zero Budget Natural Farming project was implemented by India’s State of Andhra Pradesh in 2016 and renamed AP Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) in 2020. APCNF is recognised as a sucessful example of peasant-led agroecology by social movements, multilateral UN bodies, governments, and researchers. We offer more...
India
2024 - Kudali Learning Center, India
Report
National agricultural innovation system assessment in Pakistan
Consolidated report
An assessment of seven innovation case studies in Pakistan in 2022 found that agriculture innovation systems show limited collaboration and networking, and a supply-driven rather than market driven approach to innovation. This limits the potential for scaling innovations such as the ‘Super Seeder’, a machine that sows wheat directly in...
Pakistan
2024 - FAO
Video
Collective Responsibility In Family Farming for Rural & Urban Connectivity
The family is deeply involved in organic farming, with all three members actively participating. Effective farming is a collective effort, and without my family's support, it would be impossible to achieve our goals. My husband fully supports my farming endeavors, making their work both productive and fulfilling. They directly deliver...
India
2024 - DHAN Foundation
Article
Strategies to overcome stagnation in agricultural adoption despite awareness and interest: a case study of conservation agriculture in South Asia
The Eastern Gangetic Plains are a densely populated region of South Asia with comparatively low productivity yet a strong potential to intensify production to meet growing food demands. Conservation agriculture-based sustainable intensification (CASI) has gained academic and policy traction in the region, yet despite considerable promotional activities, uptake remains limited....
India
2024 - Cambridge University Press
Case study
Mainstreaming biodiversity in forestry
Country case studies
Forests harbour a large proportion of the Earth’s terrestrial biodiversity, which continues to be lost at an alarming rate. Deforestation is the single most important driver of forest biodiversity loss with 10 million ha of forest converted every year to other land uses, primarily for agriculture. Up to 30 percent...
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ethiopia - Finland - Japan - Malaysia - Mexico - Peru - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2024 - FAO
Fact sheet
Promoting economic inclusion of small-scale farmers through homegrown school feeding in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste is a small country located in Southeast Asia with a population of over 1.3 million people, of whom over 70 percent live in rural areas. Its territory is exposed to a wide array of natural hazards, including floods, droughts and earthquakes. The most recent estimates indicate that, in 2021,...
Timor-Leste
2024 - FAO
Fact sheet
Effective forest and landscape restoration actions in Lebanon: A cross-sectoral collaboration between FAO, Lebanon and Korea
As the initial funder of the Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism (FLRM), the Korea Forest Service has consistently supported the implementation of forest and landscape restoration (FLR) activities in Lebanon since 2014 and has agreed to extend its financial support to 2025.The FLRM projects in Lebanon mainly aim to step...
Lebanon - Republic of Korea
2024 - FAO
Blog article
The invisibility of women’s labor in Bangladesh’s agriculture
Gole Nur Begum, a mother of three daughters and one son, has been farming for over a decade. Her journey began with support from an agricultural supervisor from the Department of Agriculture Extension. Today, she cultivates a variety of crops, including vegetables, lentils, sunflowers, and paddy. In her own words,...
Bangladesh
2024 - International Water Management Institute, IWMI
Journal article
Impact of weather and climate advisories on agricultural outcomes in Pakistan
The earth is warming, and the frequency of extreme weather events have been rapidly growing globally with unprecedented consequences to farming communities. In principle, weather and climate information services (WCIS) can help farmers better manage their activities and farm level outcomes by supporting their decision-making with relevant and usable information...
Pakistan
2024 - ICIMOD
Report
Kyrgyzstan Land Rights: Quick Guide to Resolving Disputes and Securing Ownership
This set of briefs was produced as an easy-to-use guide to address the challenges surrounding land rights in Kyrgyzstan based on the Kyrgyz land, civil and family codes. Its primary goal is to offer Kyrgyz citizens a clear understanding of their rights, legal processes, and practical steps related to land...
Kyrgyzstan
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Manual
Young changemakers
Scaling agroecology using video in Africa and India
The publication offers a rich diversity of perspectives and insights from real-life experiences of 42 inspiring teams of youths in Africa and India who are blazing a trail as private extension and advisory service providers promoting agroecology through farmer-to-farmer learning videos. Each of the deeply compelling stories presented in this...
Benin - Cameroon - Egypt - India - Kenya - Malawi - Morocco - Rwanda - Senegal - Tunisia - Uganda - United Republic of Tanzania - Zambia
2024 - Access Agriculture
Audio
Growing greener commodities - one district at a time
Research by the Center of International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) shows promising results from taking a jurisdictional approach to increasing the sustainability of palm oil plantations in four districts/regencies in Indonesia: Pulang Pisau (Central Kalimantan Province), Kutai Kartanegara (East Kalimantan Province), Pelalawan (Riau Province), and Sintang (West Kalimantan...
Indonesia
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Report
Buzzing bees: The ecological lifelines
Bees are known to vital pollinators essential for the growth of many plants, including the fruits and vegetables we rely on for food. According to Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), honeybees play a crucial role in pollinating nearly 95 different kinds of fruits and nuts in North America which...
2024 - PAN Asia Pacific
Manual
Pacific oyster farming
A practical manual
The purpose of this manual is to give the reader a foundation of practical knowledge regarding all aspects of Pacific oyster cultivation. It is targeted at new entrants to the market wishing to establish a farm, and existing operators who wish to develop their farms and explore new cultivation techniques....
2024 - FAO
Article
Empowering indigenous communities through coffee: The Story of Akha Ama
It was among the indigenous cultures of the mountains of Thailand, that the social enterprise idea was born. Hence Akha Ama Coffee, a coffee roastery and shop in Chiang Mai that only sells coffee from indigenous communities, with whom it trades directly. The manager, Lee Ayu, is not just a...
Thailand
2024 - Slow Food
Report
Strengthening multi-stakeholder agroecology platforms in Vietnam: A landscape analysis
Using multi-stakeholder platforms offers a promising approach for sharing agricultural innovation, reducing transaction costs, and catalyzing development through stimulating stakeholder engagement in the innovation process to accelerate food systems transformation. Agriculture-related multi-stakeholder platforms (AMSPs) are major players to intervention strategies of agricultural development programs. However, AMSPs face multiple challenges that...
Viet Nam
2024 - Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Video
Making fermented organic poultry feed
Organic feed that is free from harmful chemical residues and antibiotics is often not available in the market. With organic feeds, you can double up the volume by mixing a variety of grasses and leaves that can be found all around the farm. This is where you can get your...
Philippines
2024 - Access Agriculture
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