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Rice seed drying (Africa Rice Center video on rice advice)
Farmers face great difficulties with drying their seeds because seed absorbs moisture from the soil. As a result, seed quality deteriorates, and no-one can expect good yields by using poor quality seed. In this video you can see how farmers of the Maria village in Bangladesh solved this problem by...
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Homestead gardens in drought prone areas
Homestead gardening is a well-known practice in the rural areas of Bangladesh, creating opportunities for year-round income, even when other income sources fail particularly due to water scarcity and drought. Homestead gardens use the small raised areas (chalas) around the homesteads. The management of close by homestead gardens benefits from...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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How to process raw propolis into propolis extracts
Propolis or “bee glue” is a resinous mixture that honey bees collect from tree buds and plant resins. Propolis is used by the bees in the hive for its antimicrobial and anti-viral properties. Humans can also benefit from these properties of propolis. Owing to its healing power, propolis becomes a...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Well dried maize benefits all: the solar maize dryer
The solar maize dryer is a construction that dries maize through solar energy. It is a construction that resembles a greenhouse. It takes three days to reduce the moisture content of maize from 24 to 14 percent. Drying maize reduces the risk of mould and aflotoxins and helps farmers to...
Ghana
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Establecimiento y manejo de pasturas mejoradas: la Briachiaria brizanta
La Brachiaria brizanta es un pasto permanente y amacollado, con tallos vigorosos que alcanzan alturas de 1,5 a 2 metros. El valor nutritivo se considera entre moderado y bueno, si se compara con otras especies de Brachiarias, en relación con su palatabilidad, consumo, digestibilidad y composición química. Por eso, el...
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Labour-saving technologies and practices: row planting, hand seeders and planters
The following technology provides an overview and details features of hand seeders and planters including jab planters to plant in rows. The advantages (labour saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, equipment, skills and cost) and disadvantages (labour and cost) are also highlighted.
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Details of planting in rows for closely and widely spaced crops...
Kenya
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Rice seed flotation (Africa Rice Center video on rice advice)
When farmers take out their seeds from storage and open the lid of the container, they may find flying insects. To confirm if the seeds have been attacked, farmers take a sample of seeds in their hands and on close observation may find holes in the seed. Insects eat the...
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Farm yard manure and water hyacinth compost applications
The organic matter content of the soil is an indication of soil fertility. Low organic matter content can worsen the water-holding capacity of the soil which is crucial during drought periods. Several methods can be used to enrich soil and increase its fertility, for example through the use of farm...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Management guidelines for Asian floodplain river fisheries
These guidelines are based on research on Asian river systems funded by the Government of the United Kingdom's Department for International Development. They deal with five basic questions with regard to floodplain fishery resources. 1. Why manage? 2. What to manage? 3. Who should manage? 4. How to manage? 5....
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Illipe nut plantation on undrained peatland
The Illipe species (Shorea spp.) are Southeast Asian forest trees that are highly suitable to be cultivated on tropical peatlands. The nuts and timber of these trees have a high commercial value. At the same time, Illipe plantations conserve peatlands. Peatlands not only hold a large pool of carbon but also...
Indonesia
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Labour-saving technologies and practices: renewable energy resources
The following provides an outlook on the main renewable energy sources of biomass, solar, hydropower and wind. It highlights their advantages in terms of labour saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, livelihood diversification and cost. Disadvantages include technical issues, equipment, cost, skill, knowledge, risk, and infrastructure.
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1. Energy sources
1.1 Biomass energy
The wood used...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Rice seed sorting (Africa Rice Center video on rice advice)
There are many problems with poor quality seeds. Spotted and discoloured seeds are some of the major ones. Spotted seeds cannot be removed by winnowing or seed flotation. They can only be removed by manual sorting. By watching this video you will learn how to clean seeds as one of...
Benin
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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ParFish Toolkit: a participatory fisheries stock assessment approach
Without access to reliable information to enable farmers to make better use of their natural resources, a majority of artisanal fishing communities are unable to halt trends towards reduced fish catches. Stock assessments are an important component for managing fisheries. These assist in the provision of advice on recommended exploitation...
United Republic of Tanzania
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Beekeeping in Asia: examining a bee colony
A very important part of the skill of beekeeping is to learn to handle bees with confidence and manage them well. FAO’s publication Beekeeping in Asia discussed Pongthep Akratanakul’s experiences with European honeybees (Apis mellifera) introduced in northern Thailand; It also discussed the principal features of beekeeping activities in the...
Thailand
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Potential yield of South Asian small reservoir fisheries
Lack of assessment methodology for culture-based fisheries has been identified as a major problem in the development of fisheries. The optimal stocking density, size at harvesting and fishing mortality are interrelated. Over-fishing is equivalent to under-stocking, and overstocking is equivalent to under-fishing. This model of quantitative population dynamics for culture-based...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Beekeeping in Asia: choosing the equipment
A period of over a century of widespread movable-frame beekeeping with the common honeybee Apis mellifera in many parts of the world has resulted in the development and marketing of virtually all types and sizes of beekeeping equipment. Many innovations in design and the use of different materials enable beekeepers...
Thailand
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Integrated watershed management and climate smart agriculture: Cambodia
This video presents issues facing Cambodian rural farmers and different approaches introduced by the GEF funded project namely Life and Nature. The project aims to improve adaptive capacity of rural communities to impacts of climate change and strengthen ecosystem services to support agriculture and to attain food security. The project...
Cambodia
2020 - FAO
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Labour-saving technologies and practices: raised beds
The following includes the features of raised bed cultivation from a practical perspective, including tips and recommendations. Advantages include labour-saving, livelihood resilience strengthening, equipment and risk. Disadvantages include labour, skills and technical limitations.
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Repeated tilling of the soil to the same depth, either by hand or draught animal, causes plough pans...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Labour-saving technologies and practices: integrated pest management
The following practice describes the features of integrated pest management, listing various agricultural practices to prevent development and spread of pest populations. The advantages and disadvantages are also detailed in terms of livelihood resilience strengthening, livelihood diversification, skills, cost, risk labour and infrastructure.
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Pesticide application using a knapsack sprayer can be...
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Olive propagation
A very important component of the olive sector is the multiplication and certification of planting materials. The traditional methods used for olive multiplication since ancient times are the purely asexual method of propagation (using suckers or cuttings) and later on the method of grafting seedlings. The main techniques which are...
Egypt
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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