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Observation of bioindicators as early warning systems to mitigate the impacts of frosts and droughts
Weather in the Andean high plateau is characterized by extreme climate events with serious impacts on agriculture, increasing the vulnerability of farmers. The lack of forecast weather stations in the region leads to a lack of data, weakening timely decision-making. The implementation of modern agro meteorological services would imply high...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Enhanced resilience of water drainage and irrigation system for disaster risk management in Shandong, China
The rural land tenure became a family responsibility in Qilin township, with the need to renovate irrigation infrastructure becoming more urgent. This urgency was due to natural disasters such as waterlogging and drought which caused economic losses and threatened farmer’s livelihoods. Major interventions as part of the Disaster Risk Management...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Routine tree management practices: pruning and cutting tree tops
The routine tree management practices, such as pruning and cutting tree tops have been identified as among the most cost effective, easy to replicate and highly sustainable agricultural risk reduction technologies currently implemented. These practices comprise of cutting tree tops and shrubs strengthens trees so that they better withstand hurricanes...
Grenada
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Soil fertility for sustainable vegetable production: green and animal manures in the humid forest belt in Ghana
Dry-season vegetable farmers in Ghana face increased dependency on chemical fertilizer and supplementary water inputs due to decreased soil productivity caused by prolonged cultivation that has mined the soil's previously high organic matter content. Farmers also complain of increased incidence of pests and diseases. These factors increase capital and labour...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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L’Apiculture en Afrique: l’extraction du miel et de la cire d’abeille
Cette fiche technique présente différentes méthodes pour l'extraction du miel et de la cire d'abeille. Les méthodes traditionnelles sont revues de manière critique et contrastées avec d'autres méthodes facilement applicables et/ou des instruments comme le cérificateur solaire, la méthode du bain chaud (bain marie) et la méthode Ocloo (nommée après...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Réduction des risques liés à l’utilisation de pesticides
Le terme «pesticide» est un terme qui englobe une gamme de produits utilisés pour éliminer les parasites, notamment les insecticides, les herbicides, les fongicides, les insecticides et les rodenticides. Ces pesticides sont toxiques et peuvent être très nocifs pour la santé et l’environnement (en particulier pour les abeilles). Mais la...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Strengthening of Community Seed Production Groups (CSPG)
The seed replacement rate in Nepal is very low and this should be increased to at least 25 to 33 percent from the current level of 4.7 percent in the country. Farmers have been growing deteriorated seeds of crop varieties for many years, without replacement. Farmers prefer local varieties in...
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Use of bocachi fertilizer to reduce the impacts of frosts
The tropical Andes play a fundamental role for the food security of communities in the region. In the past, Andean agriculture could maintain a diversity of crops; however, the effects of climate change added to socio economic pressures have severely degraded these fragile ecosystems, with impacts not only on the...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Promotion of Farmers' Cooperative (FC) development for Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM)
Local associations or farmers groups, if appropriately trained and empowered, can play a key role in disaster risk management. This practice helps in including the concept of Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM) in the overall context of Farmer’s Cooperatives (FC) development. This has resulted in establishing local capacities for DRM...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Hedgerows/alley cropping to control soil erosion
Jamaican small farmers implement hedgerow/alley cropping to mitigate the impacts of hydro-meteorological hazards. The hedgerows/alley cropping system is the growing of crops, usually food crops, in an alley formed by trees or woody shrubs that are cut back at crop planting and maintained as hedgerows by frequent trimming during cropping...
Jamaica
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Designing an aquaponic unit
Aquaponics is the integration of recirculating aquaculture and hydroponics in one production system. In aquaponics, the aquaculture effluent is diverted through plant beds and not released to the environment, while at the same time the nutrients for the plants are supplied from a sustainable, cost-effective and nonchemical source. This integration...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Community Action Planning (CAP) to promote adaptation to drought and flood risks
In Nepal, monsoon rains start around July and end between October and November. Livelihoods of rural populations heavily rely on monsoon rains. However, highly variable and erratic rainfall pattern often causes droughts and floods. To manage the risks of these climate extremes, community action planning is being developed to promote...
Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Rooftop rainwater harvesting
Water in Nepal is not scarce in absolute terms, and most areas receive about 1 500 mm of precipitation each year, while certain areas may receive up to 5 000 mm. However, many parts of the country still experience water shortages, in particular during the pre-monsoon season (March to May)....
Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Soils rehabilitation in areas exposed to recurrent floods and water logging
One severe impact of recurrent flooding and waterlogging in Juye County in the Shandong Province, is the salinization and alkalization of soils. The soil in Juye, mainly Luvisoils, with high salt content due to the water loggings, is rich in calcium, magnesium, ions of chloride, sulfate and carbonate. Salt compounds...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Enhancing drought resistance through Guinea grass mulching
Guinea grass mulching is one of the local drought-mitigation strategies adopted in the low-rainfall areas of Jamaica. After the land preparation, dried guinea grass is applied in a matted form over the area to be cultivated. This practice helps crop to survive during the dry season without having to recur...
Jamaica
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Comptes rendus de conférence
Organic Animal Husbandry systems – challenges, performance and potentials
The main theme of the conference is “Organic Animal Husbandry systems – challenges, performance and potentials”, taking into account the diversity of organic and sustainable animal husbandry systems. Particular attention has been given to dairy and pig systems, parasites and the replacement of inputs. The Video Pre-Conference 2020 will be...
2020 - IAHA in collaboration with FiBL, ITAB, INRA, EU Core Organic projects, Good Earth Great Food, IFOAM, ICROFS
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Strip intercropping to reduce climate hazard impacts
The Philippines is among the most disaster prone countries in the world. More than 200 climate-related natural disasters were recorded in the last two decades in this country. In 2011 it was hit by 33 disasters, claiming 1 430 lives. These typhoons trigger landslides, flashfloods, mudslides, widespread flooding and cause...
Philippines
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Storage of seed potatoes with the Diffused Light Storage (DLS) principle
Potato is the second most important staple food in Nepal after rice and it is a source for higher income and a better diet for small-scale rural farmers. Increasing consumption of potato demonstrates its importance for food security; however, seed storage is not easy, especially because temperature fluctuations and excessive...
Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Diversified cropping system: strip cropping
Soil conservation is crucial to sustainable agriculture. This technology involves growing row crops, forages, small grains, or fallow in a systematic arrangement of equal width strips across a field. This arrangement of strips reduces water and wind-induced soil erosion. It also reduces the transport of sediment and other water-borne contaminants...
Grenada
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Production of banana seedlings for direct planting
This practical guide was adapted by the Fundación Hondureña de Investigación Agrícola (FHIA) and is applicable where banana trees are grown. Traditionally, the banana producer plants new areas with shoots (sprouts from the base of the mother plant) obtained from plantations intended for the production of fruit. This practice weakens...
Honduras
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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