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Sustainable farming systems in Bangladesh and Japan receive global recognition
Four new sites designated Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems for innovation, sustainability and adaptability
Four traditional farming systems in Bangladesh and Japan have been designated today by FAO as "Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems."
Bangladesh - Japan
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Mongolia and FAO
Partnering for sustainable agriculture and natural resources management
Mongolia and FAO have shared a long history of cooperation since 1973 when Mongolia became a member and FAO in Mongolia was accredited through the FAO Office in China. The cooperation between FAO and Mongolia solidified upon establishment of a dedicated FAO Mongolia Office in Ulaanbaatar. In recent years, FAO...
Mongolia
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Artículo
Agroecology and Sustainability of Agriculture in India: An Overview
Agroecology is the application of ecological concepts and methodological design for long-term enhancement and management of soil fertility and agriculture productivity. It provides a strategy to increase diversified agro-ecosystem. So it is benefiting the effect of the incorporation of plant and animal biodiversity, nutrient recycling; biomass creation and growth through...
India
2015
Documento de trabajo
Adoption of Modern Varieties and Rice Varietal Diversity on Household Farms in Bangladesh
This paper investigates the relationship between adoption of modern rice varieties and rice varietal diversity on household farms in Bangladesh. As shown in previous studies, adoption of modern varieties depends on agroecological- and input-related factors, including the availability and use of irrigation facilities, such as tubewells. Having irrigation affects the...
Bangladesh
2015 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Artículo de blog
中国的新时代小农场及其纵向一体化:龙头企业还是合作组织?
中国农业的未来不在于大规模机械化的农场,而是在于资本-劳动双密集化的小规模畜-禽-鱼饲养和菜-果种植家庭农场。中国的食品消费正从原来的8:1:1型,即八成粮食、一成肉食、一成蔬菜向4:3:3型转化。它促进了农业结构的相应转型。小规模家庭农场其实比大农场更适合中国的新时代农业,包括绿色农业,因为它需要的是频繁的、多种小量的手工劳动,不允许简单的规模经济效益,更多依赖的是范围经济效益。同时,它也更适合于中国高人口压力的实际。
但小农场仍然需要从生产到加工到销售的纵向一体化,虽然并不附带耕作上的横向一体化。合作组织正是在如此的背景下,为了把小农场与规模加工和销售整合起来而自发性地兴起的。但是近年来中国政府一直在积极扶持资本主义型的龙头企业,把它们认作纵向一体化的第一选择。今天,中国农业正面临一个十字路口,其将来的纵向一体化将以什么样的组织模式为主尚是个未知数。
China
2015
Artículo de blog
Agricultural Water Interventions and Farm Income in Andhra Pradesh
A paper published in the journalAgricultural Systems analyzes the impact of agricultural water interventions (AWI) on farm incomes by using the Kothapally watershed in Andhra Pradesh in India as a case study. AWI refers to strategies and techniques such as on-site soil and water conservation strategies, irrigation and damming of rivers....
India
2015 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Documento técnico
Dépendance au sentier et changement agraire : une analyse institutionnelle de l’économie hévéicole au sud de la Thaïlande
This Ph.D. work aims at exposing, and giving sense to the dynamics of agrarian change in Southern Thailand where rubber is a major crop. It intends to provide elements for decision makers to reflect on the future directions of the Thai rubber economy. I applied a sequence of multivariate analysis...
Thailand
2015 - HaL Archives Ouvertes
Artículo de revista especializada
Understanding the causes and consequences of differential decision-making in adaptation research
Adapting to a delayed monsoon onset in Gujarat, India
Weather variability poses numerous risks to agricultural communities, yet farmers may be able to reduce some of these risks by adapting their cropping practices to better suit changes in weather. However, not all farmers respond to weather variability in the same way. To better identify the causes and consequences of...
India
2015 - Elsevier Ltd
Documento/nota de orientación
Livestock systems, vulnerability and climate change
Insights from the grass roots
Climate change is already happening, and its effects, especially on rural communities in India, are particularly adverse. There is a need to highlight key issues and understand the practical challenges that must be addressed, if India is to build the capacities of its rural communities to robustly adapt to climate...
India
2015 - WOTR and licensed under Creative Commons
Artículo de blog
Scaling Rainfed Agriculture Adaptation Projects in India
In India, rainfed agriculture accounts for over 40 percent of food production. With its high vulnerability to changing climate patterns and weather fluctuations, the increasing rate of climate change threatens India’s rainfed agricultural sector and the millions of people it supports.
India
2015 - India Food Security Portal
Documento/nota de orientación
A Shift In Global Perspective: Institutionalizing Farmer Field Schools
The Farmer Field School (FFS) approach has been very successful and witnessed a strong expansion in many areas beyond crop production. Notwithstanding this success, the adoption of FFS in national extension often remains problematic and FFS activities have often been implemented in the margin of national institutions with strong reliance...
China - Indonesia - Jordan - Peru - Viet Nam
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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Success stories on information and communication technologies for agriculture and rural development
Family farming remains the predominant form of agriculture in Asia and the Pacific. There are more than 570 million farms in the world of which over 500 million are family-owned. They are responsible for at least 56 percent of agricultural production. These smallholder resource-poor farmers are confronted by many challenges...
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Vídeo
IDOFS- Kuatro MariaS Farm
Video of an Integrated Diversified Organic Farming System (IDOFS). MariaS Farm is a learning center for diversified and organic farming systems.
Philippines
2015 - ryanpordables
Libro
The consumption of fish and fish products in the Asia-Pacific region based on household surveys
Fish and fish products play a highly important role in the food and nutritional security of rural, urban and coastal populations throughout Asia and the Pacific. In many countries, catching or farming aquatic resources forms a vital part of rural people's livelihoods and contributes a major source of protein, especially...
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations
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Scaling Success - Lessons from Adaptation Pilots in the Rainfed Regions of India
As climate change threatens India’s food security, adaptation in the agriculture sector is becoming increasingly important. However, for too long, adaptation has been characterized by individual efforts and by small, time-bound pilot projects. Although these projects often have a strong grassroots focus, their capacity to benefit larger populations and to...
India
2015 - World Resources Institute (WRI)
Libro
Towards an agroecological transition in Southeast Asia: Cultivating diversity and developing synergies
Starting from the early 1990s, a multitude of national and regional initiatives have emerged in the Great Mekong Sub-Region for supporting ecological intensification of agriculture or agroecology. The French Agency for Development (AFD) has been a very active supporter of these initiatives, especially in relation to the promotion of Conservation...
2015
Documento de trabajo
Bangladesh - Scaling up note
Building on its remarkable social and economic performance over the past 20 years, Bangladesh has recently been classified as a lower-middle-income country and aims to reach upper-middle-income country status by 2021. To achieve this, the Government of Bangladesh will need to overcome considerable challenges in agricultural development and rural economic...
Bangladesh
2015 - International Fund for Agricultural Development
Vídeo
How Lao farmers can benefit from agro-biodiversity in the rice field
In this video FAO presents the Lao agricultural sector, which is largely based on subsistence farming. Upland rice farmers in Laos depend on agro-biodiversity resources, including native species of plants, animals and insects for food, income and medicine. However some species are now declining due to agriculture intensification and overharvesting,...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Documento técnico
Technical manual for the construction and use of family-sized metal silos to store cereals and grain legumes
The Technical manual for the construction and use of family-sized metal silos to store cereals and grain legumes presents simple instructions for the construction and use of various types of family-sized silos, with capacities of between 0.12 m3 and 4.2 m3 (approximately 120 and 4 000 kg). The contribution of...
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Artículo de blog
AsiaDHRRA shares stories of family farmers’ post-yolanda recovery
In this blog article, AsiaDHRRA is pleased to share its latest video highlighting some of the results of farmers organizations’ (FOs’) projects that are being supported through the Post-Yolanda Fund Facility for Local Initiatives (Year 1). The supported FO-managed projects have assisted them in coping during the early days after...
2015 - Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (AsiaDHRRA)
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