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Dynamics of Soil Carbon, Nitrogen and Soil Respiration in Famer’s Field with...
The years of intensive tillage in many countries, including Cambodia have caused significant decline in agriculture’s natural resources that could threaten the future of... -
Indigenous Agroforestry Practices of Northern Laos
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... -
Agroforestry for Livelihood Security in Agrarian Landscapes of the Padma...
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... -
Finding alternatives to swidden agriculture: does agroforestry improve...
Swidden cultivation can contribute to deforestation and land degradation, which can subsequently result in a number of serious environmental problems. This paper examines the... -
Asia at the Crossroads Prioritising Conventional Farming or Sustainable Agriculture?
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... -
Biodiversity Conservation in Rice Paddies in ChinaToward Ecological Sustainability
This paper describes the current situation of rice paddy biodiversity in China and analyzes the community characteristics of arthropods and weedy plants. Meanwhile, we discuss... -
To till or not to till? The diffusion of conservation agriculture in Xieng...
Over the past decade, efforts have been made to promote conservation agriculture as an ecologically sound alternative to tillage-based agriculture in the Lao People’s Democratic... -
Agroecology as a Transdisciplinary, Participatory, and Action-Oriented Approach.
This article traces multiple directions in the evolution of agroecology, from its early emphasis on ecological processes in agricultural systems, to its emergence as a... -
Strengthening agroecology for a fundamental transformation of agri-food systems
The negative effects of industrial agriculture have long been clear, and agroecology offers a multitude of solutions for the fundamental transformation of the agri-food system.... -
Mainstreaming Agroecology Implications for Global Food and Farming Systems
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... -
CALAO project Agro-ecology capitalization of experiences in West Africa
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)... -
Negotiating the Forest-Fallow Interface: Benzoin Tree in the Multifunctional...
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... -
Towards an agroecological transition in Southeast Asia: Cultivating...
Starting from the early 1990s, a multitude of national and regional initiatives have emerged in the Great Mekong Sub-Region for supporting ecological intensification of... -
Situation review of agro-ecology initiatives, stakeholders and networks in Lao PDR
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... -
Agroecology Transition in Myanmar: Issues, Status and Stakeholder Mapping
This report on situation review of agro ecological transition in Myanmar is the follow up feasibility study (Consultation workshop on agro ecology, held at Yangon, on 12 June... -
Agroecology Stakeholder Mapping and Situation Review in Cambodia
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... -
The World of Organic Agriculture: Statistic and Emerging trends
Organic agriculture is practised in almost 190 countries, and nearly 99 million hectares of agricultural land are managed organically by at least 4.3 million farmers. Global... -
Organic Agriculture Worldwide: Key results from the FiBL-IFOAM survey on...
There are 3 presentations summarizing the key results of the FiBL-IFOAM survey on organic agriculture worldwide 2013 (data 2011). Apart from the global data, key results on crop... -
Profitability of Organic Agriculture in a Transition Economy: the Case of...
Poverty is prevalent among smallholder farmers in transition economies where market failures prevail and where the capacity of the public sector is limited. This study assesses... -
Boosting the demand for organic products: The role of consumer trust and...
A brief overview of Boosting the demand for organic products: The role of consumer trust and product availability.
Agroecology Library
Our repository of literature on agroecology on Southeast Asia includes more than 750 documents.