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Indonesia/Resource Management: Their Decision, Not Ours
The Darawa community in the Wakatobi National Park, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia, manages their octopus fishery by working tirelessly with community-based organizations. It was a beautiful and sunny Sunday. The Darawa village community in the Wakatobi National Park, in Indonesia’s Southeast Sulawesi, was preparing to celebrate. The occasion was the first opening...
Indonesia
2020 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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Goat raising in controlled areas and vaccination
The practice described here can be introduced to smallholder goat farmers to reduce their vulnerability to risks and disasters, such as disease outbreaks, drought, floods, etc. The practice consists of raising goats in controlled areas instead of letting them roam freely. It allows for better livestock management and reduces the...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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The Li seeder
The Li seeder is a seeder that has the ability to plant single seeds per station in one operation. It was developed by the China Agricultural University. This practice describes the application range of the Li Seeder, additionally to using instructions, troubleshooting and maintenance recommendations.
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Second rapid assessment of food and nutrition security in the context of COVID-19 in Bangladesh
COVID-19 is a global health crisis that has caused a shock to food and agricultural systems around the world, affecting production, supply chains, trade, markets, and people’s livelihoods and nutrition. This second assessment, developed with our partners, provides an invaluable and wide-ranging analysis that underlines the scale and scope of...
Bangladesh
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN FAO
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Multi-stress tolerant Green Super Rice: a cost-benefit analysis
Green Super Rice lines are tolerant to a variety of stresses such as diseases, drought and insects. Due to climate change, the Philippines has become one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. It is exposed to natural hazards such as droughts, floods, and typhoons. In order to cope...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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La gestion de l’eau en agriculture biologique
Les manques d'eau en agriculture est chose courante dans de nombreux pays du monde. Dans certaines régions, il est presque impossible de cultiver sans irriguer. Même pour les régions qui reçoivent de grandes quantités de précipitation lors de la saison des pluies, les cultures subissent souvent de sérieuses sécheresses pendant...
Thailand
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Linking business with pro-poor development: a backyard poultry value chain increases assets, income and nutrition
There is growing evidence demonstrating the role of rural family poultry in enhancing food and nutritional security of the poorest; in reducing their livelihood vulnerability and insecurity; and in promoting gender equity. This good practice showcases how an innovative private-community partnership transformed the livelihoods of highly vulnerable families in the...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Le paillage (ou mulching) en agriculture biologique
Le paillage (ou mulching) est le processus de recouvrement de la terre arable avec du matériel végétal tel que des feuilles, de l'herbe, des brindilles, des résidus de récolte, de la paille, etc. La couverture de mulch (ou paillis) accroît l'activité des organismes du sol et surtout celle des vers...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Rooftop water collection, drip irrigation and plastic mulching in home garden conditions in drought prone areas
The impact of natural hazards on the agriculture sector can be devastating. To reduce the effects of climate change, farmers use strategies to counter-effect the influence of a natural disaster. For example, saving rooftop rainwater can help during a drought, and mulching helps maintain soil moisture. In this good practice,...
Cambodia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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How does smallholder farming practice and environmental awareness vary across village communities in the karst terrain of southwest China?
Worldwide, karst terrain is highly sensitive to human activity due to extensive areas of thin soil and rapid water flow to groundwater. In the southwest China karst region, poor farming decisions can promote land degradation and reduce water quality with negative consequences for livelihoods in a region where farmers already...
China
2020
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Wheat cultivation with levelling and Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
This practice briefly describes the introduction of levelling and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices for wheat production in the Kashmore district of Sindh Province in Pakistan. It provides a cost-benefit analysis of this improved practice compared to the traditional way of producing wheat in the district. The main hazards affecting...
Pakistan
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Indonesia: Dried, Tried, Tasted
At the core of the unique flavours and tastes of the East Java cuisine of Indonesia is the traditional artisanal fish processing technique of pindang. Sumenep Regency is located at the eastern end of the Madura Islands in Indonesia’s East Java province. It is known for its large fishery and marine...
Indonesia
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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Cover crop and residue management in conservation agriculture in East Asia and Pacific Regions
This practice describe how cover crops can help to improve the resilience of the crop system against weather variability and climate hazards; and minimize soil nutrient losses. This, in the long run, will benefit the soil quality and hence, all the aspects of farmers' livelihoods related to better crop yields....
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Participatory varietal selection: improved chickpea yield
Rice fallows offer a huge potential niche for legume cultivation in South Asia. For example, chickpea yields in the High Barind Tract of Bangladesh normally remain below 1 tonne per ha due mainly to crop establishment problems and terminal drought and heat stress. At this level, the crop remains a...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Cover crop species, with a special focus on legumes
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is an approach to managing agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity, increased profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment.Keeping the soil covered is a fundamental principle of CA. Crop residues are left on the soil surface, but cover crops may...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Seed priming to improve stand establishment and yield in sorghum
Crop establishment is often poor in the semi-arid tropics. However, good crop stand establishment is essential for the efficient use of water and light, and a uniform stand is a pre-requisite for cropping success. Seeds that germinate quickly produce viable seedlings that are not dependent on rapidly declining moisture in...
Pakistan - Zimbabwe
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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From the editor
The 60th issue of Yemaya, being brought out after a gap of a year, coincides with a time of global crisis, when nations and communities across the world are battling the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic. It is a time for sombre thought and reflection.
This pandemic has also locked...
India
2020 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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Bio-écoles en Inde du Sud
Ce livret pédagogique est le fruit des enseignements d’un projet mené pendant 5 ans, entre 2013 et 2018, avec 50 écoles primaires du bloc de Marakanam, dans l’état du Tamil Nadu en Inde du Sud : le projet Bio-écoles mené par SOL en partenariat avec Solidarité India. Ce projet est...
India
2020 - SOL, Alternatives Agroécologiques et Solidaires
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Commercial scale community bamboo harvesting
Traditional vegetation based bamboo production of four villages of Meung districts in Lao PDR, are being shifted to industrial processing oriented bamboo production. This is being done with the technical and operational support from ForInfo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland. The project allowed for improved management practices, participatory decision...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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India: Left in the lurch
The Guhagar fishing village lies in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra state in India. It has about 450 fisher families. Earlier, the regular routine for the fisherwomen of the village centred around visiting the beach and fish landing sites early in the morning to gather and buy fish that they...
India
2020 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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