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Tunnel farming for off-season vegetable cultivation
Nepal ranks among the most vulnerable countries to extreme climate events. In general, rural areas where the population heavily depends on agriculture, are the most vulnerable. High temperature during Summer months and foggy weather combined with prolonged cold temperature spells during Winter months, often affect vegetable cultivation, such as tomato...
Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Seed priming to improve stand establishment and yield in finger millet
Crop establishment is often poor in the semi-arid 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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Seed priming to improve stand establishment and yield in maize
Crop establishment is often poor in the semi-arid 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 - Pakistan - Zimbabwe
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Rice cultivation with line sowing and Alternate Wet and Dry (AWD) method
This technology describes the introduction of line sowing techniques and the Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) method for rice cultivation in the District of Muzaffargarh in Pakistan and its economic implications based on a cost-benefit analysis. The main hazards affecting agricultural livelihoods, including rice cultivation, of this region are dry...
Pakistan
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Bonnes pratiques de récolte et post-récolte des noix de cajou
La production de noix de cajou de haute qualité dépend de l'application adéquate de bonnes techniques et pratiques de récolte et post-récolte. L’objectif de l’initiative du Cajou Africain (iCA) est d’augmenter la compétitivité de la production de noix de cajou africaine et de réaliser une réduction durable de la pauvreté...
Burkina Faso
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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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
Pratiques
Elevage de mélipones dans des ruches en coques de noix de coco
Les coques de noix de coco sont utilisées pour faciliter la récolte de miel et pour diminuer la mortalité des jeunes abeilles ou du couvain. La méthode habituelle de récolte de miel issu de colonies sauvages, détruit en grande partie le nid. Les abeilles passent alors beaucoup de temps à...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Rainwater harvesting systems for cabbage growing
This technology describes utilizing rooftop water harvesting facilities to increase the availability of water for domestic use and irrigation of backyard cabbage gardens. This measure allows small-scale farmers to harvest rainwater from roofs and store it in tanks, ensuring cabbage production even during the dry season. The combination of rainwater...
Uganda
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Les bonnes pratiques de production du riz de bas-fonds
Des bonnes pratiques de production du riz de bas-fonds au Bénin permet à une récolte plus abondante et un revenu plus important. Ce fichier explique en détail les différentes étapes pour une bonne production du riz de bas-fond. Ces étapes sont les suivantes: le choix du bas-profonds, le choix des...
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Pratiques
Risk diversification through taro (Colocasia esculenta) cultivation in areas prone to floods and water logging
The objective of latiraj kachu cultivation is to enable small farmers to grow crops even during flooding season on seasonally flooded land, and to enhance diet diversification and food security of households during a period of the year characterized by food scarcity. This practice describes the conditions under which latiraj...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Manuel
Mantenimiento y operación de los sistemas de riego parcelario Módulo 2
El presente módulo que ponemos en sus manos, es una guía que servirá para calcular el tipo de materiales que lleva el sistema de riego parcelario; así como el costo de materiales para conocer de antemano la inversión que se realizará y de acuerdo a las posibilidades económicas se pueda...
Ecuador
2020 - INNOVA Agricultura Familiar
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Bacterial Black Spot (BBS) identification and control for mango farmers
Growing mango is full of challenges and farmers should know about them to succeed in the mango production. The more farmers know, the better they will succeed. This short film (and its description) deals with a disease called Bacterial Black Spot (BBS). In 2010 it was first identified in West...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Collective action to reduce goat mortality: a case study of interventions
Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN), a reputed national level Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), working in eight states of western, central and eastern India, is promoting goat-rearing through women self-help groups in four of its programme states: Rajasthan, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha. PRADAN’s goat rearing interventions in Odisha are concentrated...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Potato production from True Potato Seed (TPS) for cold-tolerant and late blight resistant
Potato is a major food crop in the mid-hills and mountains in Nepal. Traditionally, most farmers use small tubers as seed, to grow potato with the minimum input. Although seed tubers are easy to plant and plants grow quickly, they are expensive and may account for more than half of...
Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Strategies for improved soil and water conservation practices in hillside production systems in the Andean valleys of Bolivia
Soil erosion and declining soil fertility are recognised as problems in the semi‑arid valleys of the inter-Andean zone of South America. These have a particularly strong impact on areas of subsistence agriculture and contribute to poverty inducing processes. The mid-Andes area in particular, which includes Cochabamba and parts of Santa...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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How to make added value products with dead bees
Honey bees are still useful even after they die. They have important healing properties. Beekeepers have used dead bees for treating and/or curing diseases for thousands of years. This technology describes when to collect dead bees and how to store and preserve them. In addition to how to process dead...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Scolarisation des enfants dans les zones Cotonnières "CmiA"
Depuis 2005, une culture durable du coton a vu le jour dans certains pays en Afrique au sud du Sahara. Le Bénin compte parmi ces pays. Cette forme de production cotonnière ayant le souci d’améliorer le revenu du producteur, de préserver son environnement et de prendre en charge l’aspect social...
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Improved pit storage method for Ginger Rhizomes
Farmers in the Mahintada village, in the Surkhet District cultivate ginger as a major income generating cash crop to be used as food or medicine. Ginger rhizomes selected for seed purposes are stored in pits to be used in the next season. It has been observed that around 25 to...
Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Conservation agriculture for smallholder farmers in dryland areas
The Laikipia district, in the Rift Valley of Kenya, is located on the plateau north west of Mount Kenya. Due to its leeward position, the district is significantly dry, with aridity increasing from the slopes of the mountain to the dry lowlands. Inadequate rainfall and periods of drought have caused...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Manuel
Sistemas de riego por goteo, microaspersión y aspersión: Módulo 1
Este documento aborda información sobre el sistemas riego parcelario tecnificado sus ventajas y desventajas, igualmente explica el diseño agronómico del proceso técnico de este sistema y finalmente aborda el diseño de reigo parcelario. Los sistemas de riego presurizado parcelario son el alma de la AFC en el sector rural, ello...
Ecuador
2020 - INNOVA Agricultura Familiar
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