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Tackling loss and damage in countries vulnerable to the effect of the climate crisis: improving evidence and co-generating pathways to impact
Loss and damage is one of the most important issues for climate-vulnerable developing countries.
Communities and ecosystems around the developing world are experiencing unprecedented extreme weather events. Driven by climate change, these shocks will worsen with every increment of global heating, exposing billions of people to catastrophic loss and damage – from loss of...
2023 - IIED
Blog article
Sowing the seeds for a just transition
Increased investment in the food and agriculture sector is central to achieving many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including the goals on gender equality, reduced inequalities and climate action.
Yet IIED research shows that contracts and contracting processes used by companies operating in the food and agriculture sector in low- and middle-income...
2023 - IIED
Video
Video Contest: Advancing Climate Resiliency through Farmers’ Organizations and Cooperatives
Climate change has significant and far-reaching impacts on agriculture. Addressing these impacts requires adaptation strategies such as developing drought-tolerant crops, improving water management practices, adopting precision agriculture techniques, promoting sustainable land management practices, and implementing climate-resilient farming systems.
Farmers worldwide are making remarkable efforts and developing innovative solutions to confront the...
2023 - Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and La Via Campesina (LVC) through the Asia-Pacific Farmers’ Program (APFP) – Farmers’ Organization for Asia (FO4A) (funded by the IFAD and EU) and ARISE programs (funded by IFAD) and with the support of the German Cooperative and Raiffeisen Confederation (DGRV), the AgriCord through FO4A (funded by EU), the Pacific Island Farmers Organisation Network (PIFON) through the Farmers’ Organisations for Africa, Carribean and Pacific (FO4ACP) and Pacific Islands Rural and Agriculture Stimulus (PIRAS) Facility (funded by the IFAD and Australian government).
Newsletter
Yemaya Newsletter March 2023 ISSUE - 66
The 8th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries held in India in November 2022 raised several important issues for gender-just and sustainable fisheries and aquaculture. A running theme in the discussions was the importance of both strengthening the capacity of women fish workers to organize, and developing new...
2023 - the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers Trust
Journal article
Can healthy diets be achieved worldwide in 2050 without farmland expansion?
This paper analyses to what extent it would be possible to ensure food availability to the world population by 2050 with two objectives: healthy diets and no farmland expansion. Assumptions were made to project exogenous demand and supply variables. Climate change impacts on crop yields, grazing use intensities and maximum cultivable areas...
2023 - CGIAR
Blog article
Community-based natural farming outshines other farming practices in Andhra Pradesh
A study in Andhra Pradesh compares three prevalent farming methods, analysing their overall benefits such as production, economic impact and social and health implications.The study concludes that community-based natural farming offers superior benefits in terms of higher yields, crop diversity and income for farmers.While natural farming is being increasingly adopted...
India
2023
Guidelines
Monitoring and surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in bacterial pathogens from aquaculture
Regional Guidelines for the Monitoring and Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance, Use and Residues in Food and Agriculture – Volume 3
The guidelines provide a regional overview of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in aquaculture, including the importance of harmonizing methodologies across the region (Chapter 1). The guidelines also cover approaches to the design of AMR surveillance in aquaculture, from identifying the target population to sampling considerations (Chapter 2). Sample consideration and...
2023 - FAO
Report
Natural farming through a wide-angle lens
True Cost Accounting Study of Community Managed Natural Farming in Andhra Pradesh, India
A pioneering new study analysing the costs and benefits of different farming systems gives new evidence to support agroecological natural farming as a key approach to help feed communities and transition farmers to nature-positive outcomes in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
This first-of-its-kind research, led by impact data and...
India
2023 - the Global Alliance for the Future of Food
Guidelines
Guidelines on monitoring antimicrobial use at the farm level
Regional Guidelines for the Monitoring and Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance, Use and Residues in Food and Agriculture – Volume 5
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major health threat to humans, animals, plants and the environment. One of the key drivers of AMR is the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials in animal production, including in aquaculture. Therefore, monitoring the use of antimicrobials in farm animals is essential to mitigate AMR.
The World...
2023 - FAO
Report
Re-thinking food systems in Andhra Pradesh, India
How Natural Farming could feed the future
Agroecology is an integrated approach that simultaneously applies ecological and social concepts and principles to the design and management of food and agricultural systems. It seeks to optimize interactions between plants, animals, humans and the environment, while taking into account the social aspects that need to be addressed for a...
India
2023 - Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming
Blog article
Indo-German Global Academy for Agroecology Research and Learning Launches India’s First Farmer Scientist Course in Natural Farming: Rythu Sadhikara Samstha
IGGAARL, also referred as Academy, is a collaborative institution set up by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, India with support from the Government of Germany on the 7th of July 2022. Now, after a year, it has geared up and launched a four-year Farmer Scientist Course (FSC) in Natural Farming....
India
2023 - https://www.businesswireindia.com
Newsletter
Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest July 2023
The Family Farming Knowledge Platform (FFKP) Monthly Digest showcases the latest contents uploaded in the FFKP to provide its readers with relevant and up to date information on family farming main themes such as agroecology, smallscale fisheries, pastoralism, indigenous people, and more.
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2023 - FAO
Report
Report of the Regional Consultation for Asia on the development of Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture
Virtual Meeting, 30 November–2 December 2020
The Sub-Committee on Aquaculture at its tenth session held in Trondheim, Norway from 23 to 27 August 2019 commended FAO’s work on the Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture (GSA) and provided guidance on the way forward, including support for regional consultations. The Sub-Committee further encouraged Members to contribute to the GSA...
2023 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Report
National gender profile of agriculture and rural livelihoods - Cambodia
The National Gender Profile of Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods Cambodia provides findings of an assessment of men’s and women’s roles, gender division of labour and gender gaps, including women’s needs and constraints in the agriculture and rural development sectors in Cambodia. It also presents findings from the assessment of policies...
Cambodia
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Report
Pacific food systems
The role of fish and other aquatic foods for nutrition and health
From expert consultation, literature review, and the Pacific Food System regional dialogues (2021), this report distills seven recommendations, and their rationale, for realizing and maintaining the full nutritional and health benefits of fish and other aquatic foods in the Pacific Island region.
The majority of Pacific Islanders live close to the...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Blog article
The WRF and the forest and farm facility promote the catalytic role of cooperativism in empowering rural women
Through the “Women and cooperativism” project, led by the WRF together with six regional organizations, 23 successful experiences were identified and analyzed, which served as the basis for developing a cycle of exchanges and material outlining recommendations and lessons learned from women in cooperatives in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
As...
2023 - WRF
Book
Traditional Rice-Based Farming Systems for Climate Change Adaptation in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Historically, before the introduction of high-yielding rice varieties (HYV), the traditional rice varieties (TRV) were predominant in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam (MDV). The TRV-based farming system is environment-friendly and has been existing for hundreds of years—now, it has been proven to be sustainable under increasing climate change conditions. It is...
Viet Nam
2023 - SEARCA
Blog article
Climate-resilient women: Seaweed farmers in the Philippines feed families and futures
Despite the ravages of storms, seaweed farming is transforming the lives of Filipino families in traditionally male-dominated fishing communities, turning women into family breadwinners who are paying for their children to go to college.
The Cherish Fisherfolk Cooperative of 120 seaweed farmers in the Palawan village of Balintang is named after...
Philippines
2023
Blog article
Need of the hour: Assamese language training videos on agroecology and organic farming
Emphasising the relevance of the Assamese language versions of ‘Access Agriculture’ training videos on agroecology and organic farming for the smallholder farmers of Assam state in northeastern India, Dhirendra Nath Kalita, Head of Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) of Kamrup district, called it the “the need of the hour.”
India
2023 - Access Agriculture
Report
Highlights of FAO’s Programme in the Pacific Islands, 2018–2022
This publication provides a summary of the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) activities and accomplishments in the Pacific Islands region between 2018 and 2022. FAO's Pacific Multicountry Programming Framework 2018-2022 has guided the work in the region through three key outputs aimed at promoting sustainable agriculture and food security while...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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