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STREIT Innovation Fund to promote development of local agripreneurship and innovative solutions in Papua New Guinea
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), under the EU-STREIT PNG Programme, has launched an Innovation Fund to stimulate investments in Cocoa, Vanilla and Fisheries businesses as well as to promote development of local companies and entrepreneurs in the Greater Sepik Region of Papua New Guinea.
The Fund...
Papua New Guinea
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Acto
Regional Dialogue: The Politics of Knowledge and Evidence for Agroeocology in Asia
This article reflects on the regional dialogue on agroecology held on 12 May 2022 and co-organized by Global Alliance for the Future of Food (GAFF), Asia Farmers Association (AFA), and Andhra Pradesh Community-managed Natural Farming (APCNF) with technical assistance from the FAO.
The event was a follow-up to the GAFF, 2021 publication entitled The Politics of Knowledge: Understanding the Evidence...
2022
Artículo de blog
The essential role of poultry farming in the equilibrium of farming families
After a particularly complicated and violent period in its history under the Khmer Rouge regime, Cambodia can boast of having halved its poverty rate between 2014 and 2022. Even if extreme poverty is still far from being eradicated today, this progress proves that it is not inevitable.
Cambodia
2022 - Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières (AVSF)
Libro
Pro-poor Development Policies: Lessons from the Philippines and East Asia
"This collection of essays provides a wealth of information and analysis about the Philippine economy and the role of agriculture and economic policy in it. The Philippine experience has been quite different from the highly successful Asian economies, with a long period of low growth until the turn of the...
Philippines
2022 - Books on Agricultural Research and Development
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UNDFF Regional Action Plan for strengthening family farming in South Asia 2021–2028
The Regional Action Plan for strengthening family farming in South Asia has been elaborated through a participatory and multi-stakeholder approach in the framework of the UN Decade of Family Farming and in close collaboration with SAARC Agriculture Center, the Asia Farmer Association for Sustainable Rural Development and the International Cooperative...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Artículo de blog
Emerging avenues in Agroecology Education
Agroecology is not new. It is based on traditional ecological knowledge and can be found in family farmers’ practices, in grassroots social movements for sustainability and the public policies of various countries around the world. However, the education on agroecology has been largely in an informal manner. Given the challenges...
India
2022 - Leisa India
Artículo de blog
Weaving a classroom of hope in the farm
Many passionate farmers are giving back to the society by sharing their knowledge and experience on growing food in an eco-friendly manner. This is how knowledge got passed from generation to generation, traditionally. But, present day farmers are moving a step ahead by integrating the modern technology and social media,...
India
2022 - Leisa India
Documento/nota de orientación
Traditional mountain landscapes: crucial for meeting biodiversity and climate targets
Traditional mountain landscapes governed by Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) conserve unique wildlife and agrobiodiversity, and strongly support climate change adaptation and mitigation by protecting ecosystem services, including grasslands that store almost 50% more carbon than forests.
But mountain biodiversity and the Indigenous and traditional peoples that sustain it are...
Bhutan - China - India - Kenya - Kyrgyzstan - Peru - Tajikistan
2022 - International Institute for Environment and Development IIED
Artículo de blog
Quand les paysans Indiens passent au bio, le pari de l’agroécologie
Dans les campagnes de l’Andhra Pradesh, cet Etat agricole du sud-est qui a lancé depuis 2018 le plus grand programme d’agroécologie au monde. Près d’un million de paysans y sont déjà passés au "natural farming", délaissant OGM, pesticides, fongicides, et engrais chimiques.
India
2022 - https://www.franceinter.fr
Artículo de blog
South-South Cooperation: FAO signs key agreement with Chinese Government
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed an agreement with the Chinese Government officially launching Phase III of the FAO-China South-South Cooperation (SSC) Programme.
The General Agreement was signed by the Director-General of FAO, QU Dongyu and the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the...
China
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Acto
Farmer Field Schools for the agroecological transition
This webinar shared the findings of joint work by FAO, CIRAD (Centre International de Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement) and the NGO AVSF (Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières), illustrated with three examples of field school programmes from Togo, Mali and India.
2022 - FAO, CIRAD, AVSF
Vídeo
Regional Dialogue on Family Farming in Asia and the Pacific
During the first three years of implementation of the UNDFF in the RAP region, significant results have been achieved. One can mention for instance the development of the SAARC Regional Action Plan for Family Farming, as well as the development of National Action Plans for Family farming in Indonesia (implementation...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Artículo de blog
Urban home gardening movement in Kerala – Role of social media collectives
Urban home gardening, limited to private residential spaces, has a potential to address the urban food supply chain, when expanded. In Kerala, urban home gardening, supported by governmental intervention and people’s social media-based initiative has become a wider societal movement.
Light weight designed grow bags are used for rooftop garden
Kerala, a...
India
2022 - Leisa India
Artículo de blog
Food and livelihood security in urban-rural hinterlands
Peri-urban areas are not ‘waiting rooms’ for entry into urban areas. A fundamental change in mindsets is needed, to prevent further land-use changes and unregulated construction activities. The situation can be better managed by promoting and maintaining multifunctional green spaces and also peri-urban agriculture. The initiative of co creation of...
India
2022 - Leisa India
Estudio de caso
Linking Farmers to the Market: Toward Transforming Subsistence Farms to Commercial Farms
The Philippines is rich in natural resources such as fertile lands. However, the economic surplus generated from the use of land as the main productive agricultural resource has been sub-optimal. A key strategy is to link farmers to the market. This requires a systematic scanning of the state-of-the-art in commercial agriculture, benchmarking the farm-market linkage,...
Philippines
2022 - SEARCA
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Baselining and Benchmarking: Rapid Assessment for Agri-Fisheries Sector Transformation
The evidence-based sector-wide assessment opens with analyzing time-series global and regional trade data and agriculture and fisheries policies. It presents evidence of the agrifisheries sector constituting the country's poor and questions the decades of government support in the form of subsidies toward rice self-sufficiency. The analysis presents a strong case...
2022
Hoja informativa
How to reduce the risks of peatland fires?
This infographic shows the strategy used by Tropenbos Indonesia to reduce the risks of peatland fires. The strategy implies rewetting peatlands, alternative production systems, protection of forests and most important involving local stakeholders in a collaborative management process.
Infographic developed under the Fire-smart landscape governance programme as part of the Working Landscapes programme financed by...
Indonesia
2022 - Tropenbos International
Artículo de revista especializada
Perceptive study on policy interlinkage and institutional arrangement of agrobiodiversity with climate change, food and nutrition
A study was conducted to find out interlink, assessing the implementation status, challenges and opportunities in mainstreaming the nexus of agro biodiversity, food and nutrition and climate change in policies and programs. An online survey tool (mwater) was used to deploy the pretested questionnaire to different professionals of Nepal. Out...
Nepal
2022 - Siani
Artículo de blog
Urban farming for healthy life
Rapid urbanization, industrialization, land ceiling, construction of multi-storeyed buildings, wide roads, offices, markets have resulted in the non-availability of land for gardening work in big cities and towns. Ever-increasing population in cities and increasing vehicles have resulted in an alarming increase in pollution. There is a great need to break...
India
2022 - Leisa India
Informe
COVID-19, land, natural resources, gender issues and Indigenous Peoples' rights in Asia
Secure tenure rights and meaningful participation in the management of land, territories and natural resources are a key element for the food security of Indigenous Peoples, who often rely on agriculture for their livelihoods. Indigenous Peoples have a strong cultural, spiritual, social and economic connection with their land, which is...
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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