Agriculture at a crossroads “ East and South Asia and the Pacific (ESAP) Report

Present the synthesis of the agricultural situation in East and South Asia and the Pacific.This document is a report of IAASTD that presents the general agricultural situation in East and South Asia and the Pacific. To present that situation, the document contains five parts: contextual realities, history and impact of agricultural knowledge, science and technology (AKST), influence of trade regimes and agreements on AKST, agricultural change and its drivers: a regional outlook, development and sustainability goals: AKST options.

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Title Agriculture at a crossroads “ East and South Asia and the Pacific (ESAP) Report
Description Present the synthesis of the agricultural situation in East and South Asia and the Pacific.This document is a report of IAASTD that presents the general agricultural situation in East and South Asia and the Pacific. To present that situation, the document contains five parts: contextual realities, history and impact of agricultural knowledge, science and technology (AKST), influence of trade regimes and agreements on AKST, agricultural change and its drivers: a regional outlook, development and sustainability goals: AKST options.
Agroecology Category
  • Integrated systems
  • Soil health
  • Economy and income
  • Nutrition and diets
  • Sustainable food system
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate
  • Natural resources governance
  • Water management
  • Collaboration
  • Equity
  • Knowledge and values
Agroecology Keyword
  • Agroforestry
  • Biomass
  • Monocrop
  • Income
  • Food safety
  • Human health
  • Nutrient
  • Food security
  • Biodiversity
  • Habitat
  • Climate change
  • Drought
  • Land management
  • Natural resources management
  • Water management
  • Community participation
  • Equity
  • Gender equity
  • Religion
  • Heritage
  • Local knowledge
  • Traditional knowledge
Contributing organisations International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD)
Author Li Xiande (China) and Fu Qin (China), Duong Van Chin (Viet Nam), Mahmudul Karim (Bangladesh), Harold McArthur (USA), Charito Medina (Philippines), Vanaja Ramprasad (India), and Girija Shrestha (Nepal), Lim Li Ching (Malaysia), Sukhpal Singh (India), Anna Matysek (Australia), Ma Shimming (China), Elenita Dano (Philippines), Wais Kabir (Bangladesh), Rasheed Sulaiman V. (India)
Year 2009
Type of document Report
Language English
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Country Asia
Administrative Level 1
Administrative Level 2
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