This is a simple guide for growing vegetables. It describes how to prepare the land and seedling for vegetables growing, additionally to different pests and diseases affecting vegetables and fertilization methods. And finally how to harvest different vegetables such as tomato and eggplants. It is meant to help farmers and...

Written for farmers and advisors this book will help you assess the potential business benefits of agroforestry for your farm or client and to understand the possible benefits to the wider environment. The authors are leading researchers and practitioners with decades of experience in agroforestry from the UK and around the...

The use of live-barriers has been shown to both increase productivity and control soil erosion at an individual plot or field level. This is especially useful in the more intensive cropping systems of Andean Bolivia, where live barriers may encourage further intensification. Cover crops, such as Phalaris, can play a...

Strawberries have to be harvested when 75 percent of the fruit surface turns red and the berry is still firm. The strawberry fruit perishes easily and deteriorates within two to three days of harvesting at natural environmental conditions. The temperature is very important for the duration of berry life. Strawberries...

In the coffee-based land use systems of the East African highlands, farming systems are extremely complex and intensive. Indigenous trees are commonly preserved on or near farms for a variety of purposes. For fodder, the farm usually plants Napier or similar grasses for feeding for dairy cattle and small ruminants,...

A charka is the simplest mechanism for silk reeling, in which both the cooking and reeling operations are carried out in the same basin. No electricity is required to run the charka. The following technology from FAO’s publication Asia Industrial and Institutional Stove Compendium describes how to use a charka...

Woven bamboo products are produced from thin strips of bamboo. There exist a wide variety of such products and they have been closely associated with the development of civilizations in bamboo growing regions of the world for many millennia. The products may be primarily intended for agricultural use, such as...

This technology describes a combination of good practices for soil and water conservation to enhance the resilience of banana plantations to the increasing dry spells in the central cattle corridor of Uganda, as part of the Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) project on Agriculture Adaptation to Climate Change in Uganda....

Bamboo and rattan are ideal resources for development that integrates poverty reduction and environmental sustainability, and INBAR’s priority is giving people at all levels the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving bamboo and rattan. Therefore, preserving bamboo extends its life and maintains its quality. Bamboo culms are...

Poor farmers in marginal areas continue to grow old crop varieties that are often susceptible to pests and disease, and which are less suited to current constraints and opportunities experienced by farmers. These farmers have had little exposure to new varieties, whilst those that have been released are often not...

The development and modification of tillage implement designs and practices suitable for donkeys and cattle of limited draught capability was undertaken. This was accomplished through the compilation of a detailed database of animal-drawn tillage implements, an evaluation of potentially low draught implements on station and on farm, and the development...

Bamboo, a natural resource used in Latin America since pre-Colombian times, has an unlimited number of applications in the daily life of tens of millions of people. However, bamboo tends to get degraded over time by microorganisms, bacteria, insects, fungus and other factors that limit its life time. Therefore, bamboo...

Participatory research methodology development in parallel with technology development that responded to the needs of the farming community was done in Embu, a semi-arid area of Kenya. The work involved problem diagnosis, research design, trial implementation and evaluation, as well as demonstration and dissemination of options and recommendations for producing...

Management strategies for new or lightly exploited fisheries allow for an improved enhancement of food security or long-term employment security, or export income in developing countries. These management practices are detailed through the methodologies used. Acknowledgement comments and the fact that the technology is an output from the Renewable Natural...

Bamboo wood is relatively soft, not particularly dense, and is ideal for the production of toothpicks. INBAR’s priority is giving people at all levels the knowledge and skills they need for long-term development involving bamboo. The following technology describes how to establish a toothpick manufacturing unit.

Livestock are key drivers for sustainable development in agriculture. They contribute to food security, nutrition, poverty alleviation, and economic growth. Through the adoption of best practices, the sector can reduce its environmental impacts and become more efficient in the use of resources FAO provides comprehensive analysis of the sector from a...

Inland fisheries based on lakes and rivers are difficult to assess and data on catch and effort, often from subsistence fisheries, is lacking. Predictive models based on simple and multiple linear regressions enable estimates of fish yield that can be used in planning for management and development in the absence...

This technology describes the outcomes of a cost-benefit analysis on rice cultivation with guano fertilizer that was conducted based on quantitative data collected during a monitoring period in both the 2015 wet season and the 2016 dry season.

In farmer-managed aquatic systems, poor people do not always have the resources to stock ponds with different fish species. Furthermore, in the dry season, water bodies dry out and access to food sources becomes limited. Self-recruiting species (SRS) are animals that do not require repeated stocking in farmer-managed systems and...

Blowfly infestation of traditionally processed fish is a serious problem that results in significant physical and economic losses. It also leads to the unregulated use of inappropriate and hazardous insecticides by fish processors in some developing countries. This manual provides guidance on the biology of blowfly infestation and its control....