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Silvopastoral and hedgerow systems in integrated farming systems
Low income farmers in semi-arid tropics, such as in the low rainfall areas of southern India traditionally combine different activities to diversify livelihoods so as to reduce the impact of natural hazards like drought. The Acacia Leucophoea and Cenchrus Ciliaris sylvi-pastoral system is an integrated sylvi-pastoral farming system that provides...
India
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
通讯文章
From the Editor, Yemaya, No.61, August 2020
According to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2020 (SOFI 2020) released in July amidst the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people affected by hunger is steadily rising globally. People with higher risk of food insecurity include those with the lowest levels...
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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Planning an extended climate and weather forecasting system for hazard preparedness in agriculture
In Bangladesh, both in flood years and in dry years, rice crop is under growing risks of yield losses due to disasters. The three-tier weather forecasting scheme provides information on the coming weather and allows to plan agricultural activities accordingly, following the ordinary cropping pattern in case of early or...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Introduction to conservation agriculture: principles and benefits
This entry gives an overview of the concept, the fundamental principles and the benefits of conservation agriculture (CA). CA is an approach to managing agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity as well as increased profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment. CA is...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Raised bed lotus cultivation
Cultivating lotus in raised beds is a local adaptation practice in flood prone areas of the Quang Tri province of north central Viet Nam. Communities traditionally collected lotus seeds from plants grown in common water bodies and sold them in markets. However, there was no initiative to further develop, promote...
Viet Nam
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Community based landslide treatment
Frequent landslides in mid-hill districts in Nepal have caused damage to productive land at the lower basin and affected human settlements and agriculture activities both upstream and downstream. Extensive areas of productive land were left fallow because of their vulnerability to landslides, and many settlements were displaced, mostly from the...
Nepal
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Promoting drought tolerant wheat varieties
This practice describes how water logging tolerant wheat varieties can mitigate the impact of water-logging and drought spells on wheat crops through the introduction of more hazard resilient varieties and innovative cultivation technologies. This practice aims to mitigate the impacts of drought spells on wheat crops through the introduction of...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
Газетная статья
Economic Security Assessment of San Jorge, Samar, Philippines, as it Experiences Coronavirus
This study assesses the economic security of the city of San Jorge, Samar, Philippines, in terms of livelihood, income, and health in order to analyze the extent of the effect of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on the populace. The study evaluates the responses provided by the government, private nongovernmental organizations...
Philippines
2020 - Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
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#IGrowYourFood - Meet Muhammad, an organic farmer from Pakistan
I want to tell the whole world to switch to organic farming. There is nothing to fear and you will find it highly beneficial.” Meet Muhammad, a farmer from Pakistan who has been farming organically for many years now
Pakistan
2020 - IFOAM - Organics International
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Impact of COVID-19 on small holder farmers in Laos
A video about the Impact of COVID-19 on small holder farmers in Laos
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2020 - Asia Pacific Farmers
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Promoting drought and water logging tolerant cotton varieties
The losses caused by seasonal floods in the agricultural sector in the Juye county, in the southwest of the Shandong Province, have increased during the last decade. The Juye county is the lowest lying area of a topographical depression zone in the region. Rain water from the nearby other six...
China
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Composting: burrow and pile methods
Northwestern Bangladesh is increasingly exposed to drought, climate variability and slowly increasing temperatures. Strategies enhancing the ability to withstand the negative impact of natural trends and hazards on agriculture are a means to strengthen the livelihoods of the two thirds of the population employed in this sector. One such strategy...
Bangladesh
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA
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Incorporation of local knowledge into management interventions to minimize nutrient losses
Between the elevations of 1 000 and 2 000 m in the mid-hills of Nepal, over 12 million people subsist on land-holdings of less than 0.5 hectare. Farmers rely on rainfall and organic manures for soil fertility maintenance. A declining soil fertility is of increasing concern in the Bari lands...
Nepal
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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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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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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Towards Economic Empowerment, Participation and Agroecology: A Rural Youth Situationer from Six Countries in Asia
Young people are regarded as the drivers of a better future for societies. And rural youth represent the future of agriculture and sustainable farming systems now increasingly being acknowledged as key to solving some of the leading world challenges like food insecurity, livelihood dislocation, environmental destruction and widespread poverty. But...
2020 - PAN Asia Pacific (PANAP) and IPAM
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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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