“Pesticide” is a broad term covering a range of products that are used to kill pests, including insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and rodenticides. These pesticides are toxic and can be very harmful to your health and the environment (especially for bees). But overuse of pesticides is not just dangerous for your...

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...

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...

The following technology describes the most common corn pests and their characteristics. The technology is provided by Uganda's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO).

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...

Cassava is not fully utilized in Eastern Africa compared to West Africa (Nigeria, Ghana). Cassava is drought tolerant, easy to grow and simple to harvest. All parts of the cassava plant are valuable. Cassava leaves can be used to make soup or as feed for livestock, the stems can be...

Sweet potato, a rhizome-producing crop, not only serves as a food source, but also protects the soil against erosion by covering it with foliage. Sweet potato cultivation is based on three varieties, preferably in mountain ranges or hills. Harvesting, which can take up to four months, is based on the...

Conçue au Bénin par le Programme de Promotion de l'Agriculture au Bénin (ProAgri) en partenariat avec le projet COMPACI, la technologie décrit les étapes nécessaires requises pour la production du soja. Ce fichier couvre la sélection du sol approprié jusqu’à la conservation des graines de soja en passant par la...

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...

The demand for rice on the world market is constantly growing. However, despite the Green Revolution, production levels are insufficient to meet demand. Irrigated rice production is carried out by millions of farmers around the world. The technique is based on an almost permanent flooding of rice paddies, which makes...

Mbororo Social & Cultural Development Association (MBOSCUDA) is the largest membership-based association of the ethnic Mbororo pastoralists of Cameroon. Its mission is to contribute to the human, economic, social and cultural empowerment of the ethnic Mbororo pastoralists of Cameroon. In 2006 MBOSCUDA organized a series of consultation meetings with a...

The island of Saint Lucia is a small island developing country in the Caribbean. The country’s development strategies try to balance economic development and environmental conservation. One of the key challenges for agriculture is land degradation as well as drought- like conditions in some parts of the island. Due to...

Conçue au Bénin par le Programme de Promotion de l'Agriculture au Bénin (ProAgri) en partenariat avec le projet Competitive African Cotton Initiative - COMPACI, la technologie souligne les étapes nécessaires requises pour transformer le soja en fromage. L’illustration met en exergue deux étapes principales à savoir la production du lait...

The following provides information on grain milling, oil extraction, rice husk, cassava processing, and coffee processing capabilities. Advantages and disadvantages of practices are also provided, including labor savings, strengthening livelihood resilience, diversifying livelihoods, equipment, infrastructure, costs and risks. This technology is also available in: English (ID 7317)

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....

As supplementary technology in evergreen agriculture, agroforestry technology will focus on the concept of simultaneous intercropping of proven fertilizer trees in replenishing soil fertility and increasing crop yields. Simultaneous intercropping is an agroforestry technique whereby nitrogen fixing woody trees are simultaneously grown with annual crops on the same piece of...

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...

Bananas are a staple food in many parts of Eastern Africa. Currently, there is very limited commercial processing of bananas. Most people consume bananas fresh, steamed or boiled. During bumper harvests, farmers sell bananas at give-away prices and many go to waste. A detailed process of making banana chips and...

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...

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)...