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Battling back from COVID-19, world leaders from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to gather on major push to achieve SDGs
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is convening a virtual forum of world leaders from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in a major push forward to help its Members regain their momentum toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), badly affected by the global pandemic, ongoing...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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AFA on COVID-19 and Climate Change
The COVID-19 pandemic made citizens realize again the value of farmers producing local and healthy food, and governments the value of becoming more and more self-reliant by boosting local agricultural production. It has confirmed our advocacy for shorter and inclusive agri-food supply chains, with strong participation of farmers in the...
2021 - Asian Farmers Association
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Turning fish waste into fertiliser
The guts, heads, skin or any other part of the fish that people do not eat can be turned into organic fertiliser by fermenting or composting it. Fish waste is rich in nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium and vitamins. By applying fish fertiliser, we can increase the good microbes in the soil,...
India
2021 - Access Agriculture
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Managing the rice leaf folder
By combining different organic methods, you will harvest a lot more rice and make more money.
India
2021 - Access Agriculture
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Calcium deficiency in dairy cows
Calcium deficiency is common among high-yielding dairy cows. A calcium deficient cow does not eat much, is cold to touch, looks tired and is unable to stand up. She gives less milk. Untreated cows may die. To prevent calcium deficiency, do not dehorn your cows. Let the cows have some...
India
2021 - Access Agriculture
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Sprouting grains for livestock feed
When grains are soaked in water for a while and left to germinate, they will put out shoots or sprouts. By absorbing water sprouted seed more than double their weight. Sprouts are easier to digest than grains, because sprouting converts nearly all of the starch in the grains into sugar....
India
2021 - Access Agriculture
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Vanuatu food security profile
This brochure summarizes data on food consumption, demography and food prices in Vanuatu.
Vanuatu
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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Ensuring biodiversity for systematic and sustainable food systems transformation
As the world prepares for transformations to its food systems in order to feed a growing planet, nutritiously and in an environmentally sustainable way, maintaining biodiversity will be a critical element in that equation, a panel of experts meeting in the Asia-Pacific region heard today.
A virtual consultative meeting was convened on the...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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Linking small-scale farmers and agricultural biodiversity in Nepal
Small-scale farmers, and the resources they manage, provide food and incomes across value chains all over the world. They are fundamental to the livelihoods, health and nutrition of billions of people. They are also essential for improving agricultural biodiversity, food-system stability and adaptability to climate change. Integrating the perspective of...
Nepal
2021 - SIANI
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Managing false smut of rice
By applying a range of agroecological practices, you can avoid disease infestation in your rice crop.
India
2021 - Access Agriculture
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Agricultural transformation and market integration (atmi) in the ASEAN region: responding to food security and inclusiveness concerns
Structural transformation in Southeast Asia poses challenges to the regions' food security and inclusive agricultural growth agenda. Integration of agricultural markets within ASEAN is high on the policy agenda given the current pressure on moving towards the establishment of a common market. An improvement in agricultural value chains' competitiveness is...
2021 - IFPRI
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Measuring food safety – Indicators to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Food safety technical toolkit for Asia and the Pacific No. 9
Universal access to safe food is a key requirement for the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals. And yet an estimated 600 million people each year fall sick from eating unsafe food and 420 000 of them die. Safe food is also critical for economic development and the international...
2021 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations
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Measuring food safety – Indicators to achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Food safety technical toolkit for Asia and the Pacific No. 9
Universal access to safe food is a key requirement for the 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development Goals. And yet an estimated 600 million people each year fall sick from eating unsafe food and 420 000 of them die. Safe food is also critical for economic development and the international...
2021 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations
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Uso de abejas sin aguijón para la polinización
Si bien la tecnología de cáscara de coco es la forma más fácil y más barata para propagar las abejas sin aguijón, puede que no sea práctica para el transporte entre las islas para la polinización de los grandes cultivos de plantación como el mango. Por lo tanto, se diseñó...
Philippines
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Climate Adaptation by Farmers in Three Communities in the Maldives
The Maldives, a small island nation, is continuously facing climate change impacts and adapting to them. One of the risks of climate change in the Maldives is the sea-level rise that threatens the livelihoods of Maldivians. This paper looks at how farmers in the Maldives adapt to changes in climatic...
Maldives
2021 - Institute of Research and Development Maldives
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Regional Consultative Workshop Strengthening Aquaculture Governance for Sustainable Development in Asia-Pacific
Aiming to build regional capacity in aquaculture governance in Asia-Pacific, FAO and NACA jointly implemented a regional consultation in collaboration with NACA member governments to assess the status of aquaculture governance in Asia, share experiences and lessons learned in aquaculture governance among countries, and recommend strategies and actions for further...
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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Climate change risk perceptions and agricultural adaptation strategies in vulnerable riverine char islands of Bangladesh
Farmers in the riverine char islands of Bangladesh are frequently affected by climate change due to their proximity to the river and heavy reliance on agriculture for their livelihoods. The present study evaluates char dwellers’ risk perceptions and agricultural adaptations to climate change. Survey data were collected from 98 households,...
Bangladesh
2021 - Arkansas State University United States
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The Silent Wave | A fisheries cooperative in India responds to Covid-19
On 21 March 2020, ten days after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Covid-19 a pandemic, a voluntary closure was imposed on all fishing and fish marketing activities in Kollam in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Shot during the peak of the first wave of Covid-19 in India, this...
India
2021 - ICSF
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How does Conservation Agriculture work: understanding soil role, an example from Timor-Leste
This practice explains how conservation agriculture (CA) works, its limitations, and how to identify practical solutions to challenges farmers face in Timor-Leste.
For the adoption of CA practices, the CA principles must be well understood by those providing advice and by those implementing it – extensionists and farmers. This practice describes...
Timor-Leste
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Treating mastitis in cows, with low-cost and climate resilient, herbal regimen
Mastitis is an inflammation of one or more quarters of the udder (dairy herds) usually caused by bacterial infection. Several types of bacteria cause distinctly different mastitis infections. As a consequence, the udder is inflamed, swollen, and blood may come out with milk which yields to reduction in milk yields....
India
2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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