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Shifting Forests in Northeast India Management of Alnus nepalensis as an...
This chapter describes an ancient but little-documented example of farmer manipulation of A. nepalensis in Nagaland, Northeastern India, which has enabled a significant... -
Lessons from Nature - A guide to Ecological Agriculture in the tropics
Over millions of years, nature has built up an intricate system of relationship of exchange and mutual dependence among its elements - land, water, air, forest, sunlight and... -
The Lao Uplands Sourcebook, Improving livelihoods in the Uplands of Lao PDR
The Lao Uplands Sourcebook was developed in order to provide field level extension workers, educators and students better access to the wealth of information and experiences in... -
Promoting Indigenous Knowledge and Good Agricultural Practices in Climate...
Climate change is one of the most important challenges to sustainable development in the Northern mountainous region of Vietnam. Indigeneous Knowledge is also used in... -
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... -
National Social Protection Strategy for the Poor and Vulnerable (Cambodia)
Development of the national social protection strategy for the poor and vulnerable is necessary to promote the livelihoods of the people and to ensure the achievement of the... -
Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition in Cambodia 2008-2012 /...
Improving food security and nutrition in Cambodia is an important development priority of the Royal government of Cambodia and is essential for achieving the Cambodian... -
Forestry Law, Lao PDR, 2007
This Forestry Law determines the basic principles, regulations and measures on sustainable management, preservation, development, utilization and inspection of forest resources... -
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... -
Who Wants to Farm? Youth Aspirations, Opportunities and Rising Food Prices
This paper explores these conditions in a context of food price volatility, and in particular rising food prices since 2007. To do so, it analyses primary qualitative research... -
The scaling up of agroecology. Spreading the hope for food sovereignty and resiliency
To retrace the contribution of SOCLA to discussions at Rio+20 on issues at the interface of hunger, agriculture, environment and social justice (this paper is the paper position... -
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... -
The System of Rice Intensification, Responses to Frequently Asked Questions
Compared to a decade ago, many more persons – at least 10 million people, most of them farmers -- can now answer the question "What is SRI?" at least in general terms. However,... -
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... -
Trade offs between ecosystem services and opportunity costs in the TonLe Sap...
This 2016 study by Ecoland examines rice farming systems around Tonle Sap Lake, showing how ecosystem services vary by method. Floating rice offers the most ecological benefits...
Agroecology Library
Our repository of literature on agroecology on Southeast Asia includes more than 750 documents.