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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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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
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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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Guía para el funcionamiento de Huertos Escolares
El Programa Integral de Nutrición Escolar (PINE-MINED) en conjunto con el programa en el marco de la Seguridad Alimentaria Nutricional Nacional (FAO/PESANN), Nicaragua, desde junio 2006, han validado la metodología de Huertos Escolares con enfoque educativo de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional (SAN), de los escolares y sus familias. Este material...
Nicaragua
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Shortened bush-fallow rotations and sustainable rural livelihood
In Ghana, increased population pressure and the need to cultivate greater land area have resulted in reduced fallow periods. As a consequence, the restoration of soil fertility is insufficient to allow recovery of secondary forest and rejuvenation of exhausted soils. Fallows are of ecological, economic and social importance to rural...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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La gestion des mauvaises herbes en agriculture biologique
Les agriculteurs biologiques accordent la priorité absolue à la prévention de l'introduction et de la multiplication des mauvaises herbes. Les pratiques de gestion visent à garder la population de mauvaises herbes à un niveau qui n'entraîne pas une perte économique de la culture et ne nuit pas à sa qualité....
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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Production of glucose syrup from high-quality cassava flour
High-quality cassava flour (HQCF) is an attractive alternative to cassava starch that can form the starting point for a cassava based industry. HQCF production is less capital intensive and requires lower levels of inputs for success, compared to cassava starch. HQCF can be used as an alternative to starch and...
Ghana
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
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La gestion des ravageurs et des maladies en agriculture biologique
La lutte contre les parasites et les maladies consiste d'une gamme d’activités qui se soutiennent mutuellement. La plupart des pratiques de gestion sont à long terme des activités visant à empêcher les parasites et les maladies d’affecter une culture. La gestion est axée sur le maintien des populations de parasites...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Groundnut agronomic and postharvest practices
The groundnut is widely grown in Uganda as a food and cash crop. It is one of the highest paying crops with fairly stable prices. It is grown in nearly all parts of the country but especially in eastern Uganda and Northern regions. Household consumption is quite high with preferences...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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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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Designing strip intercropping systems (DiverIMPACTS Practice Abstract)
Strip cropping experiments have shown an increase in general biodiversity and beneficial insects, higher yields for various crops, slower development of pests and diseases, and less soil structural damage. By choosing strip widths compatible with the machines, a farmer already has, implementation on commercial farms can be realised without significant...
2020 - WUR - Wageningen University & Research
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Offbeat urban fertilizer
Some urbanites in Covid lockdown are rediscovering their neglected gardens. Living in or near the city also gives you access to some products that are hard to find in farm country. For example, cabinet makers in the city may be able to give you wood shavings that you can use...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2020 - AGROinsight
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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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Sustainable livelihoods: new market opportunities for cassava
In Ghana, processing of cassava was limited to traditional food products such as gari, kokonte, agbelima and tapioca, and minimal amounts of low-grade starch and starch biscuits. Cassava farmers can improve their livelihoods by expanding the range of market opportunities available for cassava-based products and promoting the use of cassava...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Article de blog
Training trees
Many people are familiar with pruning trees, but on a recent course organised by the association of ecological gardeners (VELT) in Bocholt, Limburg, Belgium, I learned another important trick to shape trees and harvest more fruit. By training trees, you make branches grow in the direction you want. That sounds...
Belgium
2020 - AGROinsight
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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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Growing fodder for livestock: Calliandra and elephant grass
As improved breeds of livestock become more available, provision of better nutritive management will be more important. Pasture and fodder remain the cheapest form of animal feed available. Good animal production requires pasture and fodder species which give a high yield of palatable and digestive herbage, and which contain adequate...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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