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Labour-saving technologies and practices: improved hand tools for harvesting cereals
The following includes features of hand tools for harvesting and advise the change from commonly used hand tools to best fitting ones. It also highlights the advantages which include labour saving, livelihood strengthening, equipment, skills, cost, risk and infrastructure. The disadvantages include the labour and skills required.
Description
Knives and sickles are...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Traditional floating garden practices for seedling production
The floating garden practice is a local indigenous production system most successful in the wetland/submerged areas of selected south and south-western districts (Pirojpur, Barisal and Gopalganj) in Bangladesh. Floating garden agricultural practices have been adopted by local farmers for nearly two centuries. This technology describes how to construct and use...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Étude de cas
Circular economy in Indonesian agricultural sector
This document presents the concept of the circular economy in the field of agriculture in Indonesia, linking sustainable development, circularity, and the agricultural sector, using innovative case studies.
The circular economy is an economic approach that aims to reduce both the use of raw material in the production chain and the...
Indonesia
2020 - Agrodite
Manuel
Safety at sea for small-scale fishers (Bengali Ed.)
This manual on safety at sea for small-scale fishers in Bengali language aims to contribute to a culture of safety awareness among fisherfolk, reduce the number of accidents and increase the chances of survival if accidents occur. The manual provides guidance on safety matters related to the work on a...
Bangladesh
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Pratiques
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
Article 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
Pratiques
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
Pratiques
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
Article
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)
Article
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
Pratiques
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
Pratiques
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
Pratiques
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
Document de travail
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
Ouvrage
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
Bulletin d'information
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
Note/document d'orientation
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
Pratiques
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
Article 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
Pratiques
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
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