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SMS for good shepherding: providing information when and where it is needed
Anthra, a non-profit organization working primarily on issues of livestock development in the wider context of sustainable natural resource use, worked with migratory shepherd communities in Maharashtra, India. Access to information on disease occurrence and remedial measures emerged as a constraint for shepherds on the move. Keeping in mind that...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Participatory varietal selection: Improved varieties of chickpea for rainfed conditions in Western India
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
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 Thursday 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...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN FAO
Pratiques
Enriching community pastures
This good practice note based on the experiences of BAIF Development Research Foundation (Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation - BAIF), shows the importance of restoring common property resources by involving the communities directly, as a way forward for impacting positively on their quality of life. “Protection of Commons” has led to...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Participatory approaches: client-oriented breeding of rice for rainfed, medium and low-lands of Easter India
Poor farmers in marginal areas have benefited little from high yielding, "green revolution" varieties that have transformed the productivity of more favourable areas. In the states of northeastern India, farmers who cultivate upland rice on low-fertility, sloping soils continue to grow low yielding landraces that are susceptible to diseases and...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Improvements of traditional floating gardens for vegetable production
Floating garden agriculture (locally known as vasoman/dhap chash) is a local innovative crop production technology for the submerged ecosystems of the southern region of Bangladesh. Traditionally, farmers of the Gopalganj, Pirojpur and Barisal districts have been practising the farming technology for about two centuries as an adaptation to the flooded/submerged...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Rapport
Scaling Agroecology Up And Out
Lessons from the agroecology learning exchange India
The Agroecology Fund’s second global Agroecology Learning Exchange, held in February 2020 in Karnataka, India, was an extraordinary gathering of more than 70 farmers and agroecology advocates from frontline organizations, researchers, allies, and donors. The Agroecology Fund’s mission, at its core, is to support a growing global agroecology movement to...
India
2020 - Agroecology Fund
Pratiques
Community ownership and institutional mechanisms to develop common property resources and enhance livelihoods
Common Property Resources (CPRs) are important for the livelihoods of the rural communities, especially poor. Various INGOs, NGOs and government organisations have facilitated and successfully demonstrated the model for development of common lands. This has been done by developing village institution mechanisms to bring in a bottoms-up approach to development...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Rapport
Food security and food consumption in Samoa
The high rate of adult obesity observed in Samoa (almost 46 percent in 2016) points to access to an amount of dietary energy that is well above the minimum amount of dietary energy needed by the population to be in good health and to be socially active. The analysis of...
Samoa
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations FAO
Rapport
Working with countries of Asia and the Pacific to achieve the 2030 Agenda
The Asia and Pacific region is very dynamic and the countries vary in terms of socio-economic status, physical size (and that of their populations) and agro-climatic zones. Therefore they can often face both similar and/or very different challenges. The kind of support programmes that FAO provides also vary widely, with...
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO
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Building fodder security in rural areas
This note highlights the importance of engaging members of the community in documenting the wealth of traditional knowledge regarding feed and fodder systems across different agro-ecological regions. This process enhanced their self-respect and dignity in terms of their heritage and inspired them to revitalise and reintegrate some of these practices...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Innovations in common land development
Increased availability of fodder biomass (e.g. grasses, shrub and tree leaves) is possible through protected commons. This increased availability of biomass has in turn directly resulted in improved livelihoods. This Good Practice reveals how management of village dynamics, building awareness, finding local solutions and building technical acumen can create ownership...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Traditional floating garden practices for vegetable production
The floating garden practice is a local indigenous production system the successful in the wetland/submerged/flooded areas in the selected south and south-western districts (Pirojpur, Barisal and Gopalganj) of Bangladesh. Floating garden agricultural practices have been adopted by the local farmers for the past two centuries. This technology describes in detail...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Mitigating diseases and saving valuable assets - poultry vaccinators delivering services to the poorest
This practice describes how poultry vaccinators reached out to women poultry rearers with vaccination services, extension messages covering different aspects of poultry rearing, and provided disease surveillance.
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Vidéos
Impact of COVID-19 on Farmers in Bangladesh
Farmers in Bangladesh are facing serious problems during this time of crisis. Citizens are asked by the government to stay at home to avoid being infected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this, farmers find it difficult to go to their farms to check on their crops. Shops including those...
Bangladesh
2020
Article de blog
Smallholder farmers in Jharkhand come together to ensure safe food for a fair price
Over the years, Bhoomi Ka has been working to promote safe and indigenous food among farmers and consumers in India. And to achieve its objective, it was imperative for smallholder farmers to come together, get trained on ecological farming and certification processes, and meet the growing demand of organic produce....
2020 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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Women resurrecting poultry biodiversity and livelihoods
The Aseel is reared under backyard poultry management systems and is a vital source of meat and income. However, this bird is threatened due to high production losses, infectious diseases and policies promoting non-local breeds. This practice describes how disease prevention and biodiversity conservation strategies helped women farmers in preserving...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Vidéos
Impact of COVID-19 on Farmers in Fiji
In Fiji, establishments such as hotels and restaurants have closed to adhere to the government's measures to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. In effect, farmers in the country can no longer sell their products anywhere. Thus, they appeal to the Fijian government for support so they can sell...
Fiji
2020 - PIFON
Article de blog
This is a farm: Agroforestry feeds communities in Timor-Leste
To the untrained eye it might look like a scruffy forest with a messy understory of weeds. But on closer inspection, Tomas Pinto has created a multilayered ecosystem rich in biodiversity. Under Tomas’s careful stewardship, this forest feed communities in Timor-Leste.
Timor-Leste
2020 - SeedChange
Pratiques
Replicas of native chicken in rural poultry production: the Satpuda
A well organized pro-poor initiative from a private company, Yashwant Agritech Pvt Ltd (YAPL), has produced and sold a productive synthetic hybrid bird suitable for rearing in harsh agro-climatic rural environments. It has proved to be a valuable source of income for the poor households. This practice has promoted participatory,...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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