This presentation from ECHO Asia explores how to identify, preserve, and promote Neglected and Underutilized Species (NUS) — plant species that are often overlooked in modern...

Green Extension is a rural advisory service provided by both state and non‐state actors that supports the development of smallholder agriculture in a way that secures the future...

Shifting cultivation is the most common agricultural practice among farmers in the northern uplands of the Lao PDR. Alongside this agricultural practice many types of indigenous...

In the Padma floodplain of Bangladesh, the traditional system of agriculture has become unsustainable due to high population growth. Mango-based agroforestry which has been...

Swidden cultivation can contribute to deforestation and land degradation, which can subsequently result in a number of serious environmental problems. This paper examines the...

This report argues that Asian countries are at a crossroads in their agriculture strategies. Before them are two farming models: „conventional‟, industrial farming, promoted by...

In 2010, the Centre for Agroecology and Food Security (CAFS) was established to undertake applied research and education on agroecology as the underlying paradigm of sustainable...

This capitalization document presents the main results of the field studies, conducted in the Sudano-Sahelian zone, in Burkina Faso (eastern region), in Senegal (Sérère region)...

In this brief, NAFRI focus attention on Styrax tonkinensis, the Benzoin tree (or locally, yarn), a species highly-adapted to long-fallow rotational systems that has enabled...

The Situation review of agro-ecology initiatives, stakeholders and networks in Lao PDR reports the information and data on the six most significant agro-ecological...

The current report presented results from a study on agroecology stakeholder mapping and situation review in Cambodia conducted within the framework of AFD’s funded regional...

GRET has been working since 2011 in Dry Zone Myanmar based at Monywa and improved the living condition of small and medium farmers and vulnerable people through suitable...

This is a brief introduction of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) programme. For centuries, farmers, herders, fishers and foresters have developed...

There is increasing evidence that warns that the growing push toward industrialization and globalization of the world’s agriculture and food supply imperils the future of...

2 Case studies on : 1/ Forestry smart agriculture and livelihoods in Mondulkiri Province 2/ The transition of Forest based medecinal plants to garden based medicinal plant in...

Case study Transition from traditional rotational shifting cultivation to growing ecological vegetables in Long Lan village, Luang Prabang province, Laos

On a global scale agriculture and food will face key challenges of properly feeding a population of nine billion individuals in 2050, while preserving the ecosystems from which...

We need drastic change in the global food system in order to achieve a more sustainable agriculture that feeds people adequately, contribute to rural development and provide...

Monoculture farming systems lead to soils depleted of nutrients and diminished microbial functional diversity, disrupting process crucial to maintaining soil health. The...

These posters are based on key messages derived from a sourcebook of reading/reference materials in a companion production entitled "Towards Climate Resilience in Agriculture...