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The effects of quality certification on agricultural low-carbon production behavior: evidence from Chinese rice farmers
Low-carbon agricultural practices have received increasing attention, and the rapid development of agricultural product quality certification in China has provided a potential way to implement low-carbon agriculture. This study employs an endogenous switching regession to examine the effects of quality certification on low-carbon production behaviors using the survey data of...
China
2023 - International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
Estudio de caso
Anticipatory action... in action in Viet Nam
The race to mitigate the impact of Typhoon Noru on lives and livelihoods
At first, there didn't seem to be much reason for concern. By the end of it, the trail of destruction had left few homes, crops and livestock unscathed.
Nguyen Hue, an 84-year-old farmer, recalls: “When the first warnings came through over the loudspeakers, we went to take shelter nearby in a...
Viet Nam
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Vídeo
Collecting traditional varieties
Local varieties often cope better with drought and other stresses, and outperform modern varieties when grown under ecological conditions. Collect traditional varieties by visiting seed savers in their homes, or while attending seed festivals and farmer training events. Seed savers and seed producers select the varieties they like most. These...
India
2023 - Access Agriculture
Artículo de revista especializada
When local customs meet the market: an analysis of coffee value chain in Tebat Benawa customary community, Indonesia
Using Tebat Benawa customary community in Indonesia as a case study, this paper aims to understand how non-specialty Robusta coffee value chain operates at the farmer-trader level and see if and how customary setting influences the relationships between actors. We employed a mixed-methods research design combining qualitative and quantitative analyses...
Indonesia
2023 - International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
Artículo de blog
SEARCA calls for family farming to support resilient food systems in PH
LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA, Philippines— The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) calls for a holistic approach to push family farming to support resilient food systems and ensure food security in the Philippines. This was the resounding message resulting from a SEARCA-led hyflex Agriculture and Development...
Philippines
2023 - SEARCA
Artículo de revista especializada
Do attributes of happy seeder technology influence its adoption speed? An investigation using duration analysis in Northern India
Paddy stubble burning poses a major threat to agricultural sustainability in Northern India and an innovative conservation technology ‘happy seeder technology’ is a potential solution for it. Most of the innovation adoption studies usually focus on farmers’ and farm characteristics without giving much emphasis on farmers’ perception regarding the attributes...
India
2023 - Punjab Agricultural University India
Artículo de blog
Zero Budget Natural Farming in Andhra Pradesh Outperforms Conventional Agriculture
The state of Andhra Pradesh in India has been promoting chemical-free agriculture under a programme launched in 2016. In the last six years, it has worked with 0.63 million farmers across six districts on Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF). Researchers from the University of Reading in the UK and Rythu...
India
2023
Artículo de revista especializada
Agro-food quality certification, agricultural organizations, and farm performance: evidence from vegetable farmers in China
Agro-food quality certification has been gaining greater importance, because it contributes to both agricultural sustainability and food quality. However, small-scale farmers in developing countries have difficulties in obtaining certification and the economic benefits acquired from certification are unclear. This paper investigates the effects of agro-food quality certification on the farm...
China
2023 - Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, China
Artículo de revista especializada
Effects of land recuperation on farmers’ social capital: a Chinese field analysis
Social capital is an integral part of farmers’ life, which can be exogenously affected by land recuperation. Based on 1240 farmer field survey data in Gansu Province, this paper used the Logit model to analyse the influencing factors of farmers’ participation in land recuperation, and used the entropy method to...
China
2023 - Renmin University of China
Artículo
Natural farming improves crop yield in SE India when compared to conventional or organic systems by enhancing soil quality
Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) is a grassroot agrarian movement and a state backed extension in Andhra Pradesh, and has been claimed to potentially meet the twin goals of global food security and environmental conservation. However, there is a lack of statistically evaluated data to support assertions of yield benefits...
India
2023
Artículo
New Possibilities for Women’s Empowerment through Agroecology in Himachal Pradesh, India
In 2018, the state of Himachal Pradesh in north India launched an initiative to convert all its farmers to natural farming (NF), an agroecological approach. The aim was to address multiple challenges related to rural livelihoods, high input costs, biodiversity loss, and environmental degradation. This paper is based on a...
India
2023
Artículo de revista especializada
The design and implementation of a distributed agricultural service system for smallholder farmers in China
A large number of farms in developing countries are smallholder farms. In China, this trend is expected to persist for the foreseeable future. However, smallholder farmers in China face several challenges, including excessive fertilizer use for higher yields, low levels of education, aging and limited credit information. Moreover, they are...
China
2023 - Chinese Academy of Sciences
Documento/nota de orientación
Restrictions on antimicrobial use in aquaculture and livestock, Viet Nam
The World Health Organization (WHO) considers antimicrobial resistance one of the top 10 global health emergencies affecting humanity;1 antimicrobial use in animal production is one of its key drivers. Globally, animal production accounts for about three quarters of total antimicrobial use.2 In Viet Nam, approximately 2751 tonnes of antimicrobials are...
Viet Nam
2023 - World Health Organization
Artículo de blog
Nepal reaches new milestone to transform its agrifood systems through a systematic and sustainable roadmap for food security
The Government of Nepal today launched a series of programmatic frameworks in the food and agriculture sectors that will help the country transform its agrifood systems, making them more resilient and sustainable for the benefit of all people in Nepal, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)...
Nepal
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Boletín informativo
FAO Afghanistan Newsletter, 2nd quarter 2021 - Issue #24
This newsletter compiles the human-interest stories and news releases published in the second quarter of 2021 by the FAO Representation in Afghanistan. They include both development and humanitarian work and depict the impact and relevance of FAO's work in the lives of those farmers, livestock owners, herders and other vulnerable...
Afghanistan
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Artículo de blog
EcoAgtube highlighted by Agroecology Coalition
In the first edition of its newsletter, the Coalition for food systems transformation through agroecology (Agroecology Coalition) has cited EcoAgtube among the important resources from its members.
The Agroecology Coalition brings together countries and stakeholders to accelerate the transformation of food systems through agroecology. It has a membership of more than...
Belgium
2023 - Access Agriculture
Artículo de blog
FAO leads global efforts to strengthen aquaculture for food and sustainable development
Expert articles cover key themes for an expanding sector already playing a major role in meeting the world’s nutritional needs
Aquaculture has seen enormous progress in recent decades and is destined to produce the majority of the ever-growing demand for aquatic food.The sector now needs an updated set of governing principles that ensure that it expands and intensifies, embracing modern technologies, in a way that is environmentally and socially responsible,...
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Artículo de blog
Winners of Animal Rearer Award for Women appreciate farmer-training videos on herbal medicines in animal healthcare
Women livestock rearers, who attended the ‘Animal Rearer Award for Women’ ceremony organised by the NGO Anthra, led by Dr. Nitya Ghotge, in Pune, Maharashtra, India, greatly appreciated the farmer-training videos on herbal medicines in animal healthcare, that were jointly developed by Anthra and Access Agriculture.
India
2023 - Access Agriculture
Artículo de blog
Building Community Scale Solar Infrastructures to Power India’s Agriculture Sector
Smallholder farmers in India are on the frontlines of the climate and agrarian crisis and they include most of the farming population in the country. They face high input costs, are very sensitive to climate risks, lack knowledge of sustainable agricultural practices, and experience crop yields that are ~50% lower...
India
2023 - AESA
Artículo de blog
Filling the Gap Between Seeds Research and Small-Scale Farmers
CARE’s Farmer Field and Business School (FFBS) model focuses on improving small-scale farmers’ productivity, resilience and access to markets. FFBS is a hands-on, learning-by-doing approach through which groups of farmers meet regularly during the course of their value chain production cycle to learn about new agricultural techniques and to experiment...
Nepal
2023 - AgriLynks
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