Aerobic rice is a production system in which rice is grown under non-flooded, non-puddled, and non-saturated soil conditions. Because aerobic rice needs less water at the field level than conventional lowland rice, the system is targeted at relatively water-short irrigated or rain-fed lowland environments. Irrigation can be applied through flash-flooding,...

Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) is a water-saving technology that lowland (paddy) rice farmers can apply to reduce their water use in irrigated fields. In AWD, irrigation water is applied to flood the field a certain number of days after the disappearance of ponded water. Hence, the field is alternately...

The objective of this practice is to facilitate timely planting of the wheat crop while minimizing soil degradation and conserving residual soil moisture and energy with minimum or zero tillage in wet and marshy land, where land preparation is not possible.

The actual incidence of COVID-19 infections in Pacific Island Countries (PICs) has been minimal, outside some of the French and US Territories. However, overall, the economic and social impact of the pandemic has been substantial and potentially catastrophic. This includes a significant effect on food security and nutrition – which...

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...

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...

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...

Andhra Pradesh Community Managed Natural Farming (APCNF) is organizing a webinar as a part of the successful implementation of Pre-Monsoon Dry sowing in Andhra Pradesh. This initiative has started as a pilot in Anantapuram district, a semi-arid region of Andhra Pradesh to demonstrate the concept of harnessing the water vapor from...

La vicepresidenta del Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA), Marie Haga, destaca el valor de los “bienes comunes” como las semillas e invita a los países a cooperar más en un mundo tan interdependiente como el actual.

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...

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 exclusion of women from organizing bodies is a key challenge facing women in Japan’s coastal fisheries. In Japan, the Fishery Cooperative Associations (FCAs) are key entities in the effort to protect the environment in coastal fisheries. They manage traditional fishing rights with legal support from the government, and are embedded...

In this episode, the general objective is to facilitate discussion on the opportunities and challenges confronting family farmers, especially young farmers, and their organizations during this pandemic. Discussion results are expected to contribute to deepening the agenda and discourses, as well as strengthening actions in the : • Global/regional campaign...

Commercial, industrialised agriculture has made women farmers invisible in much of the Global South. India is no exception. This is changing with India’s Zero Budget Natural Farming practices (now more often referred to as Community Managed Natural Farming), which are being used by nearly a million smallholder farmers. Women, with little...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In India, a grassroots movement focused on agroecological farming is spreading fast. In Karnataka's southern state, the natural farming methods were adopted first by tens, hundreds, and now hundreds of thousands of farmers across India. So, what is so special about it? The natural methods have spread with support from the...

The presentation for the workshop “Pesticides, Agriculture and Food: Multiple and Growing concerns in Cambodia”, 28th of November 2019