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Bagar farming (Baluwa kheti) in river banks
Farmers located along the river banks in the Kapilvastu district in Nepal face frequent floods and subsequent land degradation that deeply affects their livelihoods, as the sand that deposits in this area makes cultivation of crops unfeasible. The introduction of watermelon and sweet potato crops along the river banks, also...
Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Integration of aquaculture into the farming systems
India’s growing population represents 40 percent of the world’s absolute poor. Its agricultural sector accounts for nearly one third of the country’s GDP and occupies two thirds of the workforce. With an increasing food demand and some of its regions, like the eastern plateau region, receiving very little rainfall, aquaculture...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Article de blog
UN Agencies among partners supporting ASEAN moves to strengthen social protection systems for inclusive and resilient COVID-19 response and recovery
Representatives from various sectoral bodies in ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) met virtually for a high-level roundtable to discuss accelerated actions to leverage social protection to address COVID-19 pandemic and to officially launch the ASEAN Guidelines on Disaster Responsive Social Protection to Increase Resilience.
The ASEAN region is facing a...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN FAO
Pratiques
Planting of KS Kuroda variety carrots to withstand heavy and prolonged rainfall
Climate change increases uncertainties in the agriculture sector and directly impacts agricultural production. In the Cordillera region of the northern Philippines, erratic precipitation patterns affect water availability during important crop growth stages, while drought in some areas make it extremely difficult for farmers to grow crops. Local agriculture workers and...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Enhancing climate resilience through cultivation of pomelo for forest enrichment
Disaster prone countries, like the Philippines, are affected by landslides, mudslides, widespread flooding which are causing significant destruction and damages to homes, community buildings, communications, infrastructure, and agriculture. Forest enrichment is a good practice option, especially for mountainous regions to counter these issues. The cultivation of pomelo for forest enrichment...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Manuel
Agroforestry for climate-resilient landscapes
Training manual
This training manual provides basic guidance for trainers to design and deliver training that will help individuals or organizations increase their knowledge, skills and experience in agroforestry development. In addition, the exercises contained in this manual are designed to help participants foster the understanding and basic skills necessary to support...
2020 - RECOFTC
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Improving farmers' resilience and income diversification in flood and typhoon prone areas through backyard tilapia farming
Fisheries is of paramount importance in the Bicol region in the Philippines, with its 3 100 km of coast line of various fishing grounds. The region is, however, flood and typhoon-prone and, as in most areas in the Philippines, fishing in the Bicol region is characterized by declining fish catch....
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Coconut leaf pruning
The Philippines are regularly exposed to extreme weather events. Due to its geographical location and physical environment Bicol Region is particularly prone to meteorological hazards such as typhoons, floods, drought, and high magnitude rainfall and related hazards such landslides. Agriculture is one of the most affected sectors especially in the...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Participatory approaches: soaking seeds (seed priming) to improve crop yields
Crop establishment is often poor in the semiarid 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...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Participatory approaches: client-oriented breeding of maize
The centralized plant breeding techniques of the green revolution have yielded good results in more favourable agricultural environments. However, most low-resource farmers in marginal areas have not benefited from these varieties. As an alternative to centralized breeding, farmer participatory approaches using Participatory Varietal Selection (PVS) and Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB)...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Fallow cropping: garlic after rice
The Philippines, due to its geographical location and physical environment, is among the world’s most disaster prone countries. The country regularly experiences floods, typhoons, monsoon storms and rains, and drought. The country is hit by an average of 20 typhoons yearly. These weather events have serve impacts on the agriculture...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Soil property and fertility improvement through composting using Trichoderma
Composting improves the physical condition of soil and can thereby reduces the risk and impacts of climate variability and extreme weather events such as droughts, dry spells and heavy rains. Healthy soil systems can better respond to temperature increases, changing rainfall patterns, increase evapotranspiration rates, and alter pest and disease...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Bulletin d'information
Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions - December 2020 Newsletter
It has been a year since APAARI started implementing the project on Asia Pesticide Residue Mitigation through the Promotion of Biopesticides and Enhancement of Trade Opportunities funded by the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF). It is implemented in collaboration with the IR4 project, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA),...
2020 - Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAAri)
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Participatory varietal selection: rice in eastern India
Using participatory plant breeding, poor and marginal farmers in Eastern India, who previously grew old and low yielding land races, produced several new varieties of upland rice. Self-help groups produced truthful seed of these rice varieties, with production rising from 39 in 2002-2003 to 81 t in 2003-2004. It was...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Impact of COVID-19 on smallholder farmers in Laos
Currently, vegetable farmers in Laos are not able to sell their produce because of the COVID-19 pandemic. While markets remail open, many vendors chose to close their shops and many people are also afraid to go out.
Laos farmers appeal to their Laos government to help them by purchasing their vegetables...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020
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Herbal de-worming for lower goat mortality
The Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation (BAIF), is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) that works across 60 000 villages in 16 states of India, reaching out to over 4.5 million farmers. In BAIF’s programme area in the Dharwad district of India, high mortality among goat kids in the rainy season was reported...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Participatory varietal selection: improved maize
The centralised plant breeding techniques of the green revolution have yielded good results in more favourable agricultural environments. However, most low-resource farmers in marginal areas have not benefited from these varieties. As an alternative to centralised breeding, farmer participatory approaches using Paticipatory Varietal Selection (PVS) and Participatory Plant Breeding (PPB)...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
A study on the comparative efficacy of herbal and chemical de-wormers
This practice describes the efficacy of herbal de-wormers vis-à-vis their chemical counterparts. By means of a participatory research approach, the effectiveness of herbal de-wormers based on traditional knowledge has been tested successfully serving as a proof of the importance of local and often orally transmitted expertise to fight livestock diseases.
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India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Participatory varietal selection: improved varieties of blackgram for rainfed conditions
The centralised plant breeding techniques of the green revolution have yielded good results in the more favourable agricultural environments. However, most low-resource farmers in marginal areas have not benefited from these varieties. As an alternative to centralised breeding, farmer participatory approaches using Participatory Varietal Selection (PVS) and Participatory Plant Breeding...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Vidéos
Impact of COVID-19 on organic vegetable farmers in Laos
Bounthan Sayalath, member of the Houan Oun organic vegetable group in Xay district, Oudomxay province, Laos says that they used to sell 800 to 1,000 kilograms of vegetables per day, but nowadays, they face a serious problem because no one is buying bulk produce. Last month, their group had a...
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020 - Lao Farmer Network
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