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Farmer's practices in sweetpotato production in the rice-based cropping system in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Sweetpotato is considered a climate adaptation option due to its relative tolerance to heat and salinity. The Mekong Region is the largest sweetpotato producing area in Vietnam with a stable export market demand. CGIAR Asian Mega Deltas Initiative has been exploring the potential of incorporating sweetpotato production in the rice...
Viet Nam
2024 - International Potato Center, CIP
Directrices
Quality Planting Material through Good Nursery Management
Key for Successful Ecological and Economic Ecosystem of Agroforestry
This document is designed to provide comprehensive guidelines for the production and management of quality planting materials for the benefit of farmers, nursery operators, agricultural extension agents, and other stakeholders. It explores the significance of using Quality Planting Material (QPM) for successful agroforestry practices and focuses an the pivotal role...
India
2024 - CIFOR-ICRAF
Boletín informativo
Yemaya Newsletter No.66, March 2023
Yemaya No. 66, dated March 2023, features articles on IYAFA Asia workshop, National level women in fisheries workshop in Chennai, India, article on gender and marine plastic pollution, report of a panel discussion during the 8th global symposium on gender in aquaculture and fisheries.
Kyoko Kusakabe write that gender responsive fisheries require not only...
2024 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Artículo de revista especializada
Valorization of cocoa pod side streams improves nutritional and sustainability aspects of chocolate
Chocolate production faces nutritional, environmental and socio-economic challenges present in the conventional cocoa value chain. Here we developed an approach that addresses these challenges by repurposing the often-discarded pectin-rich cocoa pod endocarp and converting it into a gel. This is done using cocoa pulp juice concentrate to replace traditional sugar...
2024
Aprendizaje en línea
Good practices to cope with soil salinization in the Asia-Pacific Region
Topic outlineThe course explores effective practices for coping with soil salinity in the Asia-Pacific Region. Some practical examples and case studies of successful salinity management practices are introduced and analysed, to identify implementation features, benefits, challenges and applicability to similar contexts.
You will learn about
Irrigation and drainage practices for soil salinity...
2024 - FAO
Artículo de revista especializada
Trade-offs in the externalities of pig production are not inevitable
Farming externalities are believed to co-vary negatively, yet trade-offs have rarely been quantified systematically. Here we present data from UK and Brazilian pig production systems representative of most commercial systems across the world ranging from ‘intensive’ indoor systems through to extensive free range, Organic and woodland systems to explore co-variation...
2024 - University of Cambridge, UK
Artículo de revista especializada
Opportunities and barriers for using climate information services for resilient agriculture: Insights from the baseline study in Chitwan, Nepal
The earth is warming, and the frequency of extreme weather events have been rapidly growing globally with unprecedented consequences to farming communities. In principle, weather and climate information services (WCIS) can help farmers better manage their activities and farm level outcomes by supporting their decision-making with relevant and usable information...
Pakistan
2024 - ICIMOD
Libro
Food loss prevention and reduction analysis in Indonesia
A case study on chili, cabbage and shallot
Food loss and waste within Indonesia's supply chains present significant challenges to both environmental sustainability and efficient natural resource utilization. This pervasive issue spans from food production to retail, affecting the ability of supply chain stakeholders to invest in essential infrastructure improvements. Food waste, in particular, accumulates at various stages,...
Indonesia
2024 - FAO
Artículo
How Malaysian seed guardians preserve agricultural heritage and biodiversity
In Malaysia, farmers and communities across generations have engaged in the age-old practice of preserving seeds as a means of protecting traditional agricultural heritage.
However, the practice of seed saving has slowly been fading in Malaysia over the years.
For one, intellectual property protection regulations from trade agreements may pose more constraints...
Malaysia
2024
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OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033
The Agricultural Outlook 2024-2033 is a collaborative effort of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. It brings together the commodity, policy and country expertise of both organisations as well as input from collaborating member countries to provide...
2024 - FAO
Artículo de revista especializada
Rural out-migration and water governance: Gender and social relations mediate and sustain irrigation systems in Nepal
Rural out-migration is changing agrarian political economies and natural resource governance worldwide, and gender and social relations play an important mediating role. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of rural out-migration on collective action in farmer-managed irrigation systems, with a particular focus on household structure and...
Nepal
2024 - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden
Prácticas
Good Practices for the Sustainable Development of Mountain Areas
Euromontana kicks off the year with the publication of its annual booklet of good practices for sustainable mountain development. This publication showcases 10 inspiring initiatives from across Europe (EU and non-EU) collected by Euromontana throughout 2023 to promote initiatives that drive sustainable change in mountain areas.
The booklet covers key issues for...
Austria - France - Germany - Italy - Norway - Poland - Romania - Spain - Switzerland
2024 - Euromontana - European Association of Mountain Areas
Artículo de revista especializada
Consistency in climate change impact reports among indigenous peoples and local communities depends on site contexts
Indigenous Peoples and local communities are heavily affected by climatic changes. Investigating local understandings of climate change impacts, and their patterned distribution, is essential to effectively support monitoring and adaptation strategies. In this study, we aimed to understand the consistency in climate change impact reports and factors influencing consistency at...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - Brazil - Chile - China - Fiji - Ghana - Kenya - Senegal - United Republic of Tanzania
2024 - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria
Artículo
Mechanization supports women farmers’ productivity, but impact on empowerment is inconclusive
Mechanization is regarded as a key tool in the empowerment of women in agriculture. It is often associated with an increase in farmers’ income and time available to invest in alternative economic activities. Evidence suggests a limited but positive impact of mechanization on women’s agricultural productivity. Evidence on the specic...
2024 - CGIAR GENDER Impact Platform
Libro
Les abeilles au cœur des transitions
Les abeilles sont à la fois des pollinisateurs essentiels pour notre alimentation et un symbole de biodiversité (près de 1 000 espèces sauvages en France). Les objectifs à INRAE sont de mieux comprendre les pressions sur ces populations et de trouver des solutions sur le terrain, en conciliant production apicole,...
2024 - INRAE
Libro
Global Organic Agricultural Innovations
Global Organic Agricultural Innovations covers major innovations and research in organic agriculture from 18 countries and areas around the world. This edition showcases the diversity and robustness of the growth of organic agriculture around the world. More than seventy innovators and researchers contribute to this edition which covers themes from climate...
Bangladesh - Bhutan - Cambodia - China - India - Indonesia - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Iraq - Japan - Kyrgyzstan - Pakistan - Philippines - Sri Lanka - Syrian Arab Republic - Tunisia - Viet Nam
2024 - IFOAM Organics Asia
Informe
Aquaculture insurance for small-scale producers
The FAO Innovation for Blue Transformation Series introduces relevant policy initiatives, mechanisms, and tools available to promote innovation and technical solutions that can accelerate aquatic food system transformation. The series shares brief and practical knowledge needed for sustainable and resilient aquatic food systems that can nourish the world’s growing population,...
China - Thailand
2024 - FAO
Libro
Post-harvest management: bridging gaps and embracing innovations
This publication contributes to ongoing initiatives aimed at reducing post-harvest loss (PHL) through capacity development and knowledge sharing. It aims to enhance understanding of the gaps in post-harvest management and how to address them. The publication highlights the importance of reducing post-harvest losses (PHL) in developing countries by integrating gender...
2024 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Artículo de boletín informativo
Alaska’s empty nets, ageing fleets
Stocks of fish and crab have collapsed in Alaska, devastating both commercial and subsistence fishers.
Climate change used to be something fishers in Alaska talked of as a concern for the future. No longer. That future is now. Alaska has witnessed, almost overnight, collapses in both fish and crab stocks. The cod of the Gulf of Alaska; the Bering Sea king crab and snow crab;...
United States of America
2024 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Informe
Troubling waters
Understanding global water security
The world is not on the precipice of a global water crisis: it is decades into an escalating catastrophe.
Today, global water demand already outstrips availability, with at least half of the global population experiencing highly water-stressed conditions. That is, they live in a region of the world that is highly water stressed for at...
2024 - Center for Strategic and International Studies
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