The purpose of this research brief is to synthesize the findings of ten policy research studies conducted by NAFRI’s Policy Think Tank (PTT) research team between 2016 and 2020,...

The chapter examines the role of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) in social development in Vietnam, particularly within its ethnically diverse and climate-vulnerable context. IK is...

This study analyzes the role of indigenous knowledge (IK), indigenous resources, and heritage agriculture models associated with nature-based adaptation solutions (NbS) in...

Food forests perform well with suitable or appropriate social-cultural and environmental conditions by building capacity, providing quality food, enhancing biodiversity, and...

Global strategies for adaptation to climate change that are based on western scientific knowledge often encounter difficulties being adopted in non-western contexts in the Asia-...

In the context of increasing intensity and uncertainty of climate change, mountainous regions – home to many ethnic minority communities – are facing serious challenges related...

This paper examines the “agricultural heritage model” or agritage as a nature-based solution (NbS) for climate change adaptation in ethnic minority areas of northern Vietnam. It...

This book presents methods and steps to identify and apply indigenous knowledge in agroecological practices for climate change adaptation. It also highlights several...

This study focuses on the accumulated indigenous knowledge of the Yao ethnic minority in Bac Kan Province of Vietnam. Through centuries of observation and experimentation, the...

This Policy Brief is an output of the Sub Sector Working Group for Farmers and Agribusiness (SSWG-FAB). Data collection and analysis was supported by the Lao Upland Rural...

Regional Land Forum was held from 28-30th May, 2018, in Bangkok. This report documents the rich discussions and presentations offered during the forum

This handbook introducing the basic principles and methods for producing organic fertilizers and biological products from organic waste at the household and community levels,...

This video, produced by SPERI, highlights the efforts of H're indigenous villagers and Po E Commune in Kon Tum province, Vietnam, as they transition to agroecological farming....

During the late twentieth century, the “Green Revolution” attained wide-ranging poverty alleviation, food security and improved nutrition across rural Asia. As these...

Young people are on the front lines of transforming agriculture and food systems, coping with the social and economic impacts of COVID-19 as well as environmental and climate...

There have been many calls for an agroecological transition to respond to food shocks and crises stemming from conventional food systems. Participatory action research and...

Farmer participation in the co-production of knowledge has been claimed to have many benefits, including its capacity to address the knowledge intensiveness and ecological...

The global food system is in the midst of a structural crisis characterized by the commodification of food and the dominance of market-oriented production logic, threatening...

Considerable controversy continues to exist in scientific and policy circles about how to tackle issues of global hunger, malnutrition, and rural economic decline, as well as...

There is consensus that the global food system is not delivering good nutrition for all and is causing environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity, such that a profound...