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Coops fills market gap for lemongrass
Kampong Cham, Cambodia – One hundred fifty kilometers from Phnom Penh is the village of Sambo Village Sambo Village in Sopheas Commune, Steung Trong District, Cambodia. Most of the villagers grow paddy and cassava for a living. Additionally, they also grow a few bushes of lemongrass for family consumption.
Seeing the...
Cambodia
2019 - Farmer and Nature Net (FNN)
Artículo
New generation takes on fish farming
Kampong Thom, Cambodia – Born from a farming family in Panha Chy Village, Tbaung Krampeu Commune, Santuk District, Kampong Thom, But Sovann graduated with a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Prek Leap School in Phnom Penh. Wearing a smile as he looks at the dug fish ponds, he says, “We...
Cambodia
2019 - Farmer and Nature Net (FNN)
Artículo de boletín informativo
Yemaya Recommends: Fished! The Fisher Women of Mumbai
Directed by Daya Gupta; Duration 19 min 28 sec; Language: English. This short video gives a bird’s-eye view of the lives of Koliwomen. The Kolis are a traditional fishing community from Mumbai, India – one of the original inhabitants of this island city of mostly migrants. The women form a formidable...
India
2019 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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Report of the twenty-seventh session of the Asia and Pacific commission on agricultural statistics
The Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics (APCAS) is a statutory body of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). APCAS brings together senior statistics officials from FAO member countries of Asia and the Pacific region, who are responsible for the development of agricultural statistics in...
2019 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations FAO
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Coop boosts organic rice production
Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia – Kraing Leav Commune, Rolea Pa’ear District, Kampong Chhnang has an unfortunate farmer history under the French Colonial in 1925 during the uprising against Resident Badez due to the oppression of farmers for their inability to pay tax on paddy fields. To this day, residents of Kraing...
Cambodia
2019 - Farmer and Nature Net (FNN)
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Ending Hunger in Asia and the Pacific by 2030
This report was prepared under the Asian Development Bank (ADB) knowledge and support technical assistance project for Investment Assessment and Application of High-Level Technology for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific, implemented by the Rural Development and Food Security (RDFS) Thematic Group, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC)....
2019 - IFPRI
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For this chicken farmer, disability is not an obstacle to success
Takeo, Cambodia – With both hands handicapped, Than Ponlok, a resident of Trapeang Roung Village, Udom Soriya Commune, Tramkak District, Takeo Province, says, “I do farming to the extent possible with my disability, such as raising chickens. I can do everything except building the chicken pen so I hire others...
Cambodia
2019 - Farmer and Nature Net (FNN)
Artículo de blog
Asia-Pacific region must move to strengthen governance of aquaculture for sustainable development
The Asia-Pacific region is taking important preparatory steps to strengthen the governance of aquaculture for sustainable development and future food security, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) announced today.
Following four decades of advancements, aquaculture has surpassed capture fisheries to become the major source of fish for human consumption...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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AgriCoop boosts native paddy seedlings production
Battambang, Cambodia – The Sangha Phal Agricultural Cooperative was established and registered officially at Battambang Agricultural Department in February 2004. The agricultural cooperative, located in Prey Sangha Village, Khnach Romeas Commune, Bavel District, Battambang, was established initially with 48 members of whom 15 were female with a total capital of...
Cambodia
2019 - Farmer and Nature Net (FNN)
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From a savings community to multiple enterprises
Kampong Chhnang, Cambodia – What started as a savings of a group of farmers in Kauk Banteay Village, Kauk Banteay Commune, Rolea Pa’ear District, Kampong Chhnang in 1998, the Chey Chum Neah Agricultural Cooperative was established in 2008 with 40 members and total capital of KHR 80,000 (Cambodian riels) or...
Cambodia
2019 - Farmer and Nature Net (FNN)
Libro
FOREST FUTURES: Sustainable pathways for forests, landscapes and people in the Asia-Pacific region
Asia-Pacific Forest Sector Outlook Study III
The ongoing decline of biodiversity and resilience in natural forests in the Asia-Pacific region must be reversed. Forests and landscapes in the Asia-Pacific region are under increasing pressure from climate change, economic growth, infrastructure development, forest conversion, conflicts and other stressors. Despite an overall increase in forest area since 2000...
2019 - FAO
Vídeo
Our Seeds: Central to Food, Life and Culture
In this film, farmers from Lower Dzongu, Sikkim, India discuss the importance of traditional seeds for food, life and culture and their plans to establish a community seed bank to help maintain and revive traditional seeds. Video produced as a part of project: Agroecology, Organics and Sustainability Transitions in Sikkim,...
2019 - CAWR Coventry University
Libro
Potentially Important Food Plants of the Philippines
Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which:
identify highly nutritious local food plants,
explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way,
detail the nutritional value of the plants and
describe why human bodies require those nutrients.
The resources created by FPS allows people to better...
Philippines
2019
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School Nutrition Education Programmes in the Pacific Islands Scoping Review and Capacity Needs Assessment
Nutrition is an important contributor to the health status of an individual, and wider community. The Pacific region faces many challenges including urbanisation, globalisation and climate change resulting in significant changes to the food environment, and consequently the health of these populations, particularly children and adolescents. Nutrition during childhood and...
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
Artículo de blog
How e-commerce is reshaping organic farming in China
China’s small-scale organic farmers are selling their produce online but face competition from e-commerce giants
Organic farming in China is benefitting from the online shopping boom. Love Village is one of many small-scale farms trying to make use of the direct-to-consumer model facilitated by the internet. Can it provide stable sales and a loyal consumer base? And how will investment from big companies change things? These questions are on the...
China
2019 - Diálogo Chino
Artículo de blog
How agroecology can respond to a changing climate and benefit farmers
Current food systems are at a crossroads. There is a strong need for transforming food production and consumption patterns in a sustainable way. One where farmers adapt and build resilience to the increasing challenges from climate change and where nutritious food is available for all. Agroecology provides one solution towards...
2019 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Artículo de blog
International organizations step up coordination in human and animal health sectors to ward off infectious diseases and rising antimicrobial resistance
Alarmed by the continuing threat of infectious diseases that can spread between animals and humans in Asia and the Pacific, three international organizations have announced they are increasing their coordination to respond more effectively across the region.
From rabies to zoonotic influenza, zoonotic diseases pose a threat to human and animal...
2019 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations FAO
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The Mainstreaming of Organic Agriculture and Agroecology in the Himalaya Region
Policy Contexts in Bhutan, India and Nepal
The Mainstreaming of Organic Agriculture And Agroecology in the Himalaya Region: Adequate policies that advance the transition towards sustainable agriculture and food systems to ensure healthy food for all, to overcome social and economic inequalities and to protect our environment, climate, and biodiversity, are urgently needed. After highlighting the world’s...
Bhutan - India - Nepal
2019 - IFOAM – Organics International
Artículo de blog
After worst harvest in ten years, 10 million people in DPR Korea face imminent food shortages
A United Nations food security assessment in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (also known as North Korea) has found that following the worst harvest in 10 years, due to dry spells, heatwaves and flooding, about 10.1 million people suffer from severe food shortages, meaning they do not have enough...
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
2019 - Food and Agriculture organization of the United Nations FAO
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Thailand migration report 2019
FAO contributions to this UN Thematic Working Group report are chapter 4, "Working Conditions for Migrants in Thailand's Agricultural Sector" and chapter 5, "Working Conditions for Migrants and Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing in Thailand’s Fisheries Sector."
Thailand
2019 - United Nations
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