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Rice seed flotation (Africa Rice Center video on rice advice)
When farmers take out their seeds from storage and open the lid of the container, they may find flying insects. To confirm if the seeds have been attacked, farmers take a sample of seeds in their hands and on close observation may find holes in the seed. Insects eat the...
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Farm yard manure and water hyacinth compost applications
The organic matter content of the soil is an indication of soil fertility. Low organic matter content can worsen the water-holding capacity of the soil which is crucial during drought periods. Several methods can be used to enrich soil and increase its fertility, for example through the use of farm...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Management guidelines for Asian floodplain river fisheries
These guidelines are based on research on Asian river systems funded by the Government of the United Kingdom's Department for International Development. They deal with five basic questions with regard to floodplain fishery resources. 1. Why manage? 2. What to manage? 3. Who should manage? 4. How to manage? 5....
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Vídeo
Seminario virtual: Política brasilera de agroecología y producción orgánica
This activity is part of the South-South cooperation project called “Sembrando Capacidades”, whose objective is to improve differentiated public policies for peasant, family and community agriculture in Colombia, through the exchange of experiences with Brazil, in cooperation with FAO, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia, the Ministry of Agriculture,...
Brazil
2020 - FAO, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Colombia, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of Brazil, and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency
Artículo de revista especializada
Migrant Farmworkers Face Heightened Vulnerabilities During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically reshaped Canadian society in just a few short weeks. At the same time, its varied impacts shine a light on pre-existing social inequities. Certain populations, including low wage workers, racial minorities, homeless people, and older and disabled residents of long-term care facilities have been disproportionately...
2020
Artículo de revista especializada
Comment/Editorial: A New Platform, A New Engine
The FAO-SSF Umbrella Programme offers a platform to provide direction for the formulation of small-scale fisheries policies, strategies and legislation in many developing countries
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Artículo de revista especializada
Images et usages du crabe au sein de la population Guadeloupéenne
Le crabe (notamment Cardisoma guanhumi) est très ancré dans la culture populaire Guadeloupéenne : fête annuelle du crabe, maison du crabe et même emblème d’une commune. Différentes enquêtes et observations ont permis de décrire les images et usages de ce membre de la faune sauvage au sein de la société...
Guadeloupe
2020 - HaL Archives Ouvertes
Artículo de revista especializada
Design of equipment for agroecology: Coupled innovation processes led by farmer-designers
More and more questions are currently being raised as to what the farm equipment of the future ought to be and how it should be designed to best meet contemporary challenges in farming. In Western countries, innovation in agricultural equipment is focused on a dominant model in which the agro-industry...
2020 - HaL Archives Ouvertes
Artículo de revista especializada
Small-scale biogas technology for the rural areas of Sumatra
Biogas for Indonesia
Increasing livestock population puts pressure on the treatment of organic waste.Sufficient feedstock for biogas production on small farms rather than individual farmers. Low level of information access on biogas technology by farmers. Small-scale biogas systems are technically feasible for animal waste in the target area.
Indonesia
2020 - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
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Europe and Central Asia: Regional food market situation and policy bulletin in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
According to the FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS), cereal production in 2019 and the estimated closing stock in 2019/20 are both near record highs and supplies in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) and around the world are estimated to be sufficient. As a result, global cereal markets...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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Illipe nut plantation on undrained peatland
The Illipe species (Shorea spp.) are Southeast Asian forest trees that are highly suitable to be cultivated on tropical peatlands. The nuts and timber of these trees have a high commercial value. At the same time, Illipe plantations conserve peatlands. Peatlands not only hold a large pool of carbon but also...
Indonesia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Labour-saving technologies and practices: renewable energy resources
The following provides an outlook on the main renewable energy sources of biomass, solar, hydropower and wind. It highlights their advantages in terms of labour saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, livelihood diversification and cost. Disadvantages include technical issues, equipment, cost, skill, knowledge, risk, and infrastructure.
Description
1. Energy sources
1.1 Biomass energy
The wood used...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Rice seed sorting (Africa Rice Center video on rice advice)
There are many problems with poor quality seeds. Spotted and discoloured seeds are some of the major ones. Spotted seeds cannot be removed by winnowing or seed flotation. They can only be removed by manual sorting. By watching this video you will learn how to clean seeds as one of...
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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ParFish Toolkit: a participatory fisheries stock assessment approach
Without access to reliable information to enable farmers to make better use of their natural resources, a majority of artisanal fishing communities are unable to halt trends towards reduced fish catches. Stock assessments are an important component for managing fisheries. These assist in the provision of advice on recommended exploitation...
United Republic of Tanzania
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Beekeeping in Asia: examining a bee colony
A very important part of the skill of beekeeping is to learn to handle bees with confidence and manage them well. FAO’s publication Beekeeping in Asia discussed Pongthep Akratanakul’s experiences with European honeybees (Apis mellifera) introduced in northern Thailand; It also discussed the principal features of beekeeping activities in the...
Thailand
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Artículo de revista especializada
Agroecology and the reconstruction of a post-COVID-19 agriculture
The COVID-19 crisis has created a moment where existing calls for agroecology acquire new relevance. Agroecology provides a path to reconstruct post-COVID-19 agriculture, one that can avoid widespread disruptions of food supplies in the future by territorializing food production and consumption. There are five main areas in which agroecology can...
2020 - The Journal of Peasant Studies
Documento/nota de orientación
Can small farms and small food businesses of Eastern European Countries contribute to sustainable Food and Nutrition Security (FNS)?
During the past 10 years, between 2010-2019, SALSA’s Eastern European (EE) countries lost an estimated 1.1 million small farms (23%). This is the equivalent of 350 small farms disappearing each day (based on EUROSTAT 2016 data).
2020 - SALSA – Small farms, small food businesses and sustainable food and nutrition security
Artículo de revista especializada
Spent coffee grounds as an external additive for bio-briquette fuel
Coffee bio-briquettes
The present study investigates the quality changes of wood bio-briquette fuel after the addition of spent coffee ground (SCG) into the initial feedstock materials (sawdust, shavings) in different mass ratios (1:1, 1:3). Analysis of SCGs fuel parameter proved great potential for energy generation by a process of direct combustion. Namely,...
2020 - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Artículo de revista especializada
Use of fish farming practices by the fish farmers
The main purpose of the study was to determine the extent of use of fish farming practices by the fish farmers. This study was conducted at three unions named Hapania, Kirtipur, and Tilakpur of Naogaon Sadar upazilla under Naogaon district. Ninety-two (92) fish farmers were randomly selected as sample from...
2020 - AgroAid Foundation
Boletín informativo
Romanian National Rural Development Network Newsletter - November 2020
From the topics: questionnaire for rural entrepreneurs, meetings with farmers from the mountain area, news about "CARPATHIAN TRANSHUMANCE" and many many more
Romania
2020 - Romanian National Rural Development Network
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