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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
Pratiques
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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Straw mushroom (Volvariella volvacea) cultivation for livelihood diversification
This technology describes the cultivation and cost-benefit analysis of straw mushroom cultivation in Laos. By diversifying agricultural livelihoods, the resilience of small-scale farmers to drought and flood risks is increased.
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Rattan oil curing, bleaching and preservation
Bamboo and rattan are ideal resources for development that integrate poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. The International Network for Bamboo and Rattan’s (INBAR) priority is to give people, at all levels, the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving bamboo and rattan. Rattan is a natural material and...
Indonesia - Malaysia - Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Peatland restoration
Situated at the headwaters of the Yellow River, the sedge-dominated peatlands in the Ruoergai plateau in China store water and supply it to downstream areas. These peatlands are important grazing lands for local pastoralists and play an important role in Tibetan culture. Other uses from the peatland are fuel, medical...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Impact of COVID-19 on Farmers in Dungarpur, India
Bhavnaben Suthar of Dungarpur, India is a farmer and master trainer for SEWA Manager Ni School. She grows various crops including wheat, chana, and sarso in her farmland. The majority of farmers in their area also grows vegetables. However, their livelihood is deeply affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As her farm...
India
2020 - SEWA
Pratiques
How to harvest honey, pollen and propolis from stingless bees
Beyond honey, hive products like pollen and propolis can be gathered easily from stingless bees, representing a possible additional source of income for farmers. This technology explains simple procedures for gathering honey, pollen and propolis from stingless bees.
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Impact of COVID-19 on Farmers in Sagwara, India
It is now harvest season in Sagwara district in India. However, the country was placed under lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. In effect, harvesting machines and laborers are not allowed to go outside or to travel to other villages. Without help from laborers, farmers will not be able...
India
2020 - SEWA
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Harvesting honey from giant honey bees
Harvesting honey from colonies of giant honey bees, Apis breviligula and Apis dorsata can be a profitable village enterprise. Smoke is used to drive away the bees from their nest. The honeycomb is cut and separated from the pollen and brood. The comb is processed in a honey house to...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Fisheries stock assessment using the FMSP stock assessment tool and a simple guide to writing a management plan
Stock assessment tools and fishery management guidelines were synthesised into a framework guide. The guide assists fisheries managers in using Fisheries Management Science Programme (FMSP) stock assessment tools. It describes a process for writing and implementing a fishery management plan and shows how stock assessment tools can support fishery managers...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Impact of COVID-19 on Farmers in India
In Gamda Bamaniya village in India, many farmers cultivate wheat. However, right now they face challenges in terms of their livelihood. It is the harvest season now, but due to the lockdown being implemented in the country to stop the spread of COVID-19, laborers from other villages cannot travel to...
India
2020 - SEWA
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#IGrowYourFood - Meet Togia Tavita Faletoese, an organic farmer from Samoa
We’re trying to teach our young ones that there’s no rocket science to it. It’s about keeping that natural balance and it will just keep giving.” 🌱 Meet Togia Tavita Faletoese, a Samoan organic farmer who set up a youth farm to pass on traditional knowledge
Samoa
2020 - IFOAM - Organics International
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Use of stingless bees for pollination
While the coconut shell technology is the easiest and cheapest way to propagate stingless bees, it may not be practical for inter-island transport for pollination of large plantation crops like mango. Thus, a suitable wooden hive was designed for this purpose. This practice describes how to build the wooden hive...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Marker Assisted Selection (MAS) and Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB) in rice
Drought resistance in rice is physiologically and genetically complex. There are a number of traits which are thought to contribute to drought resistance mechanisms. Drought-related traits are influenced by several or many genetic loci. Molecular linkage maps allow identification of Quantitative Trait Loci (QTLs). Corresponding molecular markers can be used...
Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Flood-tolerant rice variety
This technology describes the performance of flood-tolerant rice varieties in flood-prone areas of Lao PDR, including a comparison with local rice varieties monitored within the same farms. Details on local and improved varieties are provided as well as a step by step description on its usage. Additionally, major costs and...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Mejorando la resistencia a sequías de los cultivos de trigo
El Cantón de Juye, un área localizada en una zona de depresión, recibe 500 mm en promedio de precipitación anual. Sin embargo, durante las últimas décadas, la imprevisibilidad del cambio climático ha expuesta esta región a graves sequías, sobre todo en primavera e invierno. Por otro lado, China es el...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Article de revue spécialisée
Ethnic and cultural diversity amongst yak herding communities in the Asian highlands
Ethnic and cultural diversity amongst yak herding communities in the Asian highlands
Yak (Bos grunniens L.) herding plays an important role in the domestic economy throughout much of the Asian highlands. Yak represents a major mammal species of the rangelands found across the Asian highlands from Russia and Kyrgyzstan in the west to the Hengduan Mountains of China in the east. Yak...
2020 - ICIMOD
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Participatory approaches: client-oriented rice-breeding
High potential rice production systems have diverse biophysical and socio-economic environments, but there is a lack of rice varieties matching this diversity. A number of advanced breeding lines have recently been developed to match these production systems. Therefore, suitable varieties for diverse rice-producing environments were developed in high potential production...
Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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