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Working paper
Concepts and realities of family farming in Asia and the Pacific

This paper presents an analysis of the characteristics of family farming in Asia and the Pacific and discusses its role in overcoming some of the major development challenges in this region. The main objective of the study is to depict family farming’s diversity in the region. Furthermore, it examines the...
2016 - International Policy Centre for inclusive Growth (IPC-UNDP)

Video
Study visit to Paksong on commercial agriculture

A short video about  a Study visit to Paksong on commercial agriculture
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2016 - Lao Farmer Network

Book
Use of mobile phones by the rural poor

Gender perspectives from selected Asian countries
The two studies in this report explore these issues further using empirical quantitative surveys as well as qualitative fieldwork from a cross-section of developing economies in South and SouthEast Asia. The first study is an empirical investigation of the digital gender divide amongst the poor (broadly called the Bottom of...
Bangladesh - India - Indonesia - Pakistan - Sri Lanka - Thailand
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Video
Laos-LFN-Workshop- Sustainable agriculture

A short video about Technical Exchange Workshop on sustainable agriculture in Lao
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2016 - Lao Farmer Network

Blog article
Asia-Pacific looks at greening cities to improve lives and livelihoods

There is huge potential for an increase in urban forests, trees and green areas to counteract the negative effects of rapid urbanization and improve livelihoods in the major cities of Asia and the Pacific, a regional meeting on urban forestry heard today. The First Asia-Pacific Urban Forestry Meeting is co-convened by...
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nation

Book
Technological and Institutional Innovations for Marginalized Smallholders in Agricultural Development

In this book we focus mainly on innovation opportunities for small farmers, with a particular emphasis on marginalized small farm communities. The first chapter elaborates on the concept of the ‘small farm’ and offers a synthesis of the findings of all the chapters in this volume. The contributions have reconfirmed that...
2016 - Springer International Publishing

Video
Nepal Integrated Pest Management

In this video Nepalese farmers explain how they learned, after an FAO training course, to use bio-pesticides instead of the chemical ones.
Nepal
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Article
Views and statement Farmer Organization on Draft Presidential Regulation Agrarian Reform

Farmers’ organizations welcomed the plan of the Ministry of Agricultural and Spatial Planning / National Land Agency (ATR / BPN) the Republic of Indonesia to create a Presidential Decree (Decree) of Agrarian Reform as part of the political promises contained in the Nawa Cita. Actually, we think this is a...
Indonesia
2016 - Indonesian Farmers Union (SPI) Indonesian Peasant Alliance (API) Farmers Association of Integrated Pest Management Indonesia (IPPHTI)

Working paper
Agricultural mechanization and south-south knowledge exchange: What can Ethiopian and Kenyan policymakers learn from Bangladesh’s experience?

While Bangladesh is more advanced in terms of agricultural mechanization, Ethiopia and Kenya can repeat the same success. Indeed, Ethiopia is one step ahead of Bangladesh in that it has developed an agricultural mechanization strategy – something Bangladesh has not done. This strategy is now being used to address the...
Bangladesh - Ethiopia - Kenya
2016 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Newsletter
Women family farmers at the center of poverty reduction efforts

Family farming is the predominant form of food production in Asia and the Pacific which is home to 70 percent of the world’s family farmers. Family farmers produce 80 percent of the region’s food, 1 working on 85 percent of the total arable land2 and largely relying on the contribution...
2016 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations

Working paper
Understanding the policy landscape for climate change adaptation

A cross-country comparison using the Net-map method
In the context of increasing vulnerability to climate change for people dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods, the International Food Policy Research Institute and partner organizations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, and Bangladesh undertook a project broadly aiming to create knowledge that will help policymakers and development agencies to strengthen...
Bangladesh - Ethiopia - Kenya - Mali
2015 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Article
Sustainable farming systems in Bangladesh and Japan receive global recognition

Four new sites designated Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems for innovation, sustainability and adaptability
Four traditional farming systems in Bangladesh and Japan have been designated today by FAO as "Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems."
Bangladesh - Japan
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Report
Mongolia and FAO

Partnering for sustainable agriculture and natural resources management
Mongolia and FAO have shared a long history of cooperation since 1973 when Mongolia became a member and FAO in Mongolia was accredited through the FAO Office in China. The cooperation between FAO and Mongolia solidified upon establishment of a dedicated FAO Mongolia Office in Ulaanbaatar. In recent years, FAO...
Mongolia
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Article
Agroecology and Sustainability of Agriculture in India: An Overview

Agroecology is the application of ecological concepts and methodological design for long-term enhancement and management of soil fertility and agriculture productivity. It provides a strategy to increase diversified agro-ecosystem. So it is benefiting the effect of the incorporation of plant and animal biodiversity, nutrient recycling; biomass creation and growth through...
India
2015

Working paper
Adoption of Modern Varieties and Rice Varietal Diversity on Household Farms in Bangladesh

This paper investigates the relationship between adoption of modern rice varieties and rice varietal diversity on household farms in Bangladesh. As shown in previous studies, adoption of modern varieties depends on agroecological- and input-related factors, including the availability and use of irrigation facilities, such as tubewells. Having irrigation affects the...
Bangladesh
2015 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Blog article
中国的新时代小农场及其纵向一体化:龙头企业还是合作组织?

中国农业的未来不在于大规模机械化的农场,而是在于资本-劳动双密集化的小规模畜-禽-鱼饲养和菜-果种植家庭农场。中国的食品消费正从原来的8:1:1型,即八成粮食、一成肉食、一成蔬菜向4:3:3型转化。它促进了农业结构的相应转型。小规模家庭农场其实比大农场更适合中国的新时代农业,包括绿色农业,因为它需要的是频繁的、多种小量的手工劳动,不允许简单的规模经济效益,更多依赖的是范围经济效益。同时,它也更适合于中国高人口压力的实际。 但小农场仍然需要从生产到加工到销售的纵向一体化,虽然并不附带耕作上的横向一体化。合作组织正是在如此的背景下,为了把小农场与规模加工和销售整合起来而自发性地兴起的。但是近年来中国政府一直在积极扶持资本主义型的龙头企业,把它们认作纵向一体化的第一选择。今天,中国农业正面临一个十字路口,其将来的纵向一体化将以什么样的组织模式为主尚是个未知数。
China
2015

Blog article
Agricultural Water Interventions and Farm Income in Andhra Pradesh

A paper published in the journalAgricultural Systems analyzes the impact of agricultural water interventions (AWI) on farm incomes by using the Kothapally watershed in Andhra Pradesh in India as a case study. AWI refers to strategies and techniques such as on-site soil and water conservation strategies, irrigation and damming of rivers....
India
2015 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Technical paper
Dépendance au sentier et changement agraire : une analyse institutionnelle de l’économie hévéicole au sud de la Thaïlande

This Ph.D. work aims at exposing, and giving sense to the dynamics of agrarian change in Southern Thailand where rubber is a major crop. It intends to provide elements for decision makers to reflect on the future directions of the Thai rubber economy. I applied a sequence of multivariate analysis...
Thailand
2015 - HaL Archives Ouvertes

Journal article
Understanding the causes and consequences of differential decision-making in adaptation research

Adapting to a delayed monsoon onset in Gujarat, India
Weather variability poses numerous risks to agricultural communities, yet farmers may be able to reduce some of these risks by adapting their cropping practices to better suit changes in weather. However, not all farmers respond to weather variability in the same way. To better identify the causes and consequences of...
India
2015 - Elsevier Ltd

Policy brief/paper
Livestock systems, vulnerability and climate change

Insights from the grass roots
Climate change is already happening, and its effects, especially on rural communities in India, are particularly adverse. There is a need to highlight key issues and understand the practical challenges that must be addressed, if India is to build the capacities of its rural communities to robustly adapt to climate...
India
2015 - WOTR and licensed under Creative Commons
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