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Coconut oil extraction: intermediate moisture content method
Coconut oil (also known as coconut butter) is extracted from coconuts and consists of over 80 percent saturated fat. It is typically used in cosmetics as well as in baking and cooking. Traditional aqueous coconut processing involves grating coconut into small pieces, adding water, squeezing the mixture by hand, leaving...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Artículo de blog
Launch of the “Pregnant Women Food Scheme” in South Korea
The Pregnant Women Food Scheme started from January 1st, 2020 with the aim of providing environmentally-friendly food to 45,000 pregnant women and new mothers. But with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number has been extended to 80,000.
Republic of Korea
2020
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Waste heat from coconut shell carbonization
Coconut oil (also known as coconut butter) is extracted from coconuts and consists of over 80 percent saturated fat. It is typically used in cosmetics as well as in baking and cooking. Charcoal produced from coconut shell is traditionally made using the pit or drum methods produce large volumes of...
Indonesia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Extraction of coconut oil: hot oil immersion drying (HOID)
The Hot Oil Immersion Drying (HOID) or “fry-dry” process is a method of coconut oil extraction that involves drying the cut coconut meat by immersing it in hot coconut oil and then expelling the oil from the cooked pieces. It is indigenous to parts of Indonesia (West Sumatra, North Sumatra...
Indonesia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Artículo
China Pós-COVID-19
Um alerta ao agronegócio brasileiro
A Secretaria de Inteligência e Relações Estratégicas (Sire) disponibiliza a 33ª Nota Técnica da Série Diálogos Estratégicos-Mercados Internacionais, analisando a percepção de instituições internacionais quanto as estratégias em estudo, por parte do Governo chinês, para aprimorar a segurança alimentar da China, diante da possibilidade de uma segunda onda da pandemia da COVID-19. O...
China
2020 - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Artículo
Agroecology and natural agriculture could accelerate inclusive economic growth in India
On May 29, the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayong), the premier policy ‘Think Tank’ of the Government of India, organized a convention with international experts with the aim of promoting agroecological agriculture in India. The experts united on the importance of producing food free of fertilizers, agrochemicals and pesticides,...
India
2020 - PIB Delhi
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Woven bamboo products manufacturing unit
Woven bamboo products are produced from thin strips of bamboo. There exist a wide variety of such products and they have been closely associated with the development of civilizations in bamboo growing regions of the world for many millennia. The products may be primarily intended for agricultural use, such as...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Prácticas
Village bamboo preservation unit
Bamboo and rattan are ideal resources for development that integrates poverty reduction and environmental sustainability, and INBAR’s priority is giving people at all levels the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving bamboo and rattan. Therefore, preserving bamboo extends its life and maintains its quality. Bamboo culms are...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Participatory varietal selection: short duration legume crops for rainfed rabi in India and Nepal
Poor farmers in marginal areas continue to grow old crop varieties that are often susceptible to pests and disease, and which are less suited to current constraints and opportunities experienced by farmers. These farmers have had little exposure to new varieties, whilst those that have been released are often not...
India - Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Documento de trabajo
FishCounts: increasing the visibility of small-scale fisheries in Cambodia’s national planning
Artisanal and family fishing make a significant contribution to Cambodia’s economy and food security. Community fisheries are already empowered to manage local fisheries resources, but small-scale fisheries are often overlooked in policy making, partly due to a lack of reliable data. Developing a fisheries satellite account through the System of...
Cambodia
2020 - International Institute for Environment and Development
Libro
Innovative cases of organic agriculture in Asia
This book is a product of the Xichong Organic Innovation Committee, a group composed of 9 organic innovation experts from all over Asia. It provides a valuable framework for organic farming stakeholders in Asia and around the world by sharing a selection of best organic practices and innovative cases in production,...
2020 - Universitas Bakrie Press
Boletín informativo
Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions Newsletter
This Newsletter provides highlights about 2019 accomplishments of Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions
2020 - Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions APPARI
Documento/nota de orientación
Local Food Systems to Inform New Policy – Case Studies from Colombia and Vietnam
Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT
The Alliance Bioversity International and CIAT’s offices in Cali, Colombia and Hanoi, Vietnam carried out projects that aimed at implementing a systems approach to address food systems challenges. While the initiatives took place in two entirely different regions of the world - with their unique socio-economic profiles, cultural backgrounds and...
Colombia - Viet Nam
2020 - Bioversity International
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Bamboo toothpick manufacturing unit
Bamboo wood is relatively soft, not particularly dense, and is ideal for the production of toothpicks. INBAR’s priority is giving people at all levels the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving bamboo. The following technology describes how to establish a toothpick manufacturing unit.
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Artículo de blog
Communicating food safety in the era of COVID-19 – earning consumer trust
Misinformation about the impact the coronavirus is having on the safety of food in the Asia-Pacific region has led to confusion and concern among consumers, and it’s time to set the record straight, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) announced today.
The spread of COVID-19 has affected...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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Measuring the return on investment into agricultural technologies for disaster risk reduction: rice cultivation with guano fertilizer
This technology describes the outcomes of a cost-benefit analysis on rice cultivation with guano fertilizer that was conducted based on quantitative data collected during a monitoring period in both the 2015 wet season and the 2016 dry season.
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Prácticas
Management of self-recruiting species in aquaculture
In farmer-managed aquatic systems, poor people do not always have the resources to stock ponds with different fish species. Furthermore, in the dry season, water bodies dry out and access to food sources becomes limited. Self-recruiting species (SRS) are animals that do not require repeated stocking in farmer-managed systems and...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Trainer's guide to control blowfly infestation of traditionally processed fish
Blowfly infestation of traditionally processed fish is a serious problem that results in significant physical and economic losses. It also leads to the unregulated use of inappropriate and hazardous insecticides by fish processors in some developing countries. This manual provides guidance on the biology of blowfly infestation and its control....
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Prácticas
Rattan pole steam bending
Bamboo and rattan are ideal resources for development that integrate poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. INBAR’s priority is giving people at all levels the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving bamboo and rattan. The following technology covers the advantages of using the steam-bending technique instead of the...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Sago plantations on undrained peatland
This practice was introduced from the Moluccas islands in Indonesia by indigenous people. Sago palms require only negligible maintenance, which makes sago plantations among the most productive systems that can be operated at almost no maintenance cost. Small-scale sago cultivation without drainage results in a high sago self-propagation rate, short...
Indonesia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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