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Shade-grown coffee production
This video showcases the shade-grown coffee production process on a farm in a Lao village in Kham District, Xiengkhouang Province, Lao PDR. It explains how this method supports... -
Assessment of Lao PDR’s National Biodiversity Strategy to 2020 and Action...
In 1996, the Government of Lao PDR acceded to United Nation International Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). In meeting the requirements of the convention, in 2004, the... -
Endorsement and Declaration of the Forestry Strategy to the Year 2020 of the Lao PDR
Decree on Endorsement and Declaration of the Forestry Strategy to the Year 2020 of the Lao PDR:- Pursuant to the Law on the Government of Lao PDR, No. 02/NA, dated 6 May 2003-... -
From Uniformity To Diversity A Paradigm Shift from Industrial Agriculture to...
From Uniformity to Diversity presents the case for moving away from industrial agriculture—dominated by monocultures, chemical inputs, and concentration of power—towards... -
Agroecological farming innovations: Casestudies in Hoa Binh and Lam Dong...
Given the increasing scope and impacts of environmental pollution and food poisonings in Vietnam since its agricultural sector started with further intensification with more... -
Habitat eradication and cropland intensification may reduce parasitoid...
California’s central coast differs from many agricultural areas in the U.S., which feature large tracts of monoculture production fields and relatively simple landscapes. Known... -
Agroecology: A Global Paradigm to Challenge Mainstream Industrial Agriculture
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... -
Farmer Field School Guidance Document: Planning for Quality Programme
Farmers field schools (FFS), FAO's front-line innovation, are amongst its most fundamental field contributions to fulfill this commitment. FAO has been incubating, nurturing and... -
Transformative approaches to agroecology at the landscape level
The document explores agroecology in Laos, focusing on challenges of adoption in diverse upland contexts. It contrasts unsustainable farming with ecological alternatives and... -
The Current and Future Roles of Small Farm Resource Centers in Extension and...
Small Farm Resource Centers (SFRCs) coordinate trials on a central site as well as on fields of individual farmers. Any new ideas, techniques, or crops are first evaluated at... -
Agroecology and Sustainable Development, Field Projects - Advocacy for Smallholders
This report will primarily focus on agroecology projects and the views of partners in the Global South, projects and partners supported by Secours Catholique-Caritas Europe... -
Agroecological and agroforestry practices in tropical wet zones
This guide is designed as a support tool for technicians and farmers involved in actions to promote and develop agroecology. It is a follow-up to a first technical guide... -
Making Sense (and Cents) of Food and Nature, A media guide to covering...
The document is a media toolkit on agroecology and food sovereignty. It explains the failures of industrial agriculture, highlights agroecology as a sustainable and profitable... -
Report of the International Symposium on Agroecology in China
In September 2014 the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) convened the International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition. This was... -
Landscapes for Agrobiodiversity, Agrobiodiversity perspectives in land-use decisions
This booklet present the results of an interdisciplinary research project in eight biocultural landscapes undertaken by the Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research (PAR) in... -
Farmer Research Networks as a Strategy for Matching Diverse Options and...
The agricultural research and development institutions in most developing countries are poorly equipped to support the needs of millions of smallholder farmers that depend upon... -
Proceedings of the Experience Sharing Workshop: Review of Existing...
This experience sharing workshop is part of the activities implemented by the Agroecology Learning alliance in South East Asia (ALiSEA) to foster multi stakeholder... -
Integrated Pest Management for Sustainable Intensification of Agriculture in...
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a leading complement and alternative to synthetic pesticides and a form of sustainable intensification with particular importance for... -
Delivering on the Promise of Biological Control in Asia's Food Systems: A...
During the late twentieth century, the “Green Revolution” attained wide-ranging poverty alleviation, food security and improved nutrition across rural Asia. As these... -
Agroecological zoning for extension of climate friendly agriculture in some...
The document describes a project in northern Vietnam focused on agroecological zoning to promote climate-friendly agriculture. It targeted Son La, Lai Chau, and Dien Bien...
Agroecology Library
Our repository of literature on agroecology on Southeast Asia includes more than 750 documents.