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An Examination of the Socio-Economic and Behavioural Drivers of Agricultural...
This document is an empirical study examining the economic, social, and behavioral factors driving the burning of rice straw and sugarcane leaves by farmers in Thailand. The... -
Piloting Sustainable Use Cases of Rice Straw – A Feasibility Study
This document is a pre-feasibility study that evaluates and proposes innovative methods for collecting, processing, and recycling rice straw as alternatives to open-field... -
Conservation Agriculture, A 4 Wins Solution For Rainfed Agriculture In...
In “Mekong” countries (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, …), the agricultural sector provides the livelihood for a greater share of the population than its share part of the GDP.... -
Role of local place-based knowledges in sustaining locally- led adaptation...
Global strategies for adaptation to climate change that are based on western scientific knowledge often encounter difficulties being adopted in non-western contexts in the Asia-... -
Impact of agriculture, industry, food production, renewable energy...
This study investigates how industry, agriculture, food production, renewable energy consumption, consumer price index, and urbanization influence the ecological footprint... -
Agricultural low-carbon transformation driven by the integration of...
Agricultural carbon emissions are a major source of global climate change. The new form of agricultural economy resulting from the deep integration of agriculture and tourism... -
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... -
Resolving the twin human and environmental health hazards of a plant based diet
Food can be health-giving. A global transition towards plant-based diets may equally help curb carbon emissions, slow land-system change and conserve finite resources. Yet,... -
Use of digital tools in sustainable rice production in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
This report summarizes findings from a study on digital tool use among rice farmers in Vietnam for the Inclusive Digital Tools Project (ATDT) of the Agroecological Transitions... -
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... -
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... -
Alternate wetting and drying period (AWD) pilot. Kanghot irrigated...
Rice is a daily staple food for more than half of the world’s population but is also a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions. Rice paddies account for ~48% of... -
Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition: Proceedings of the...
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... -
Integrated Nutrient“Weed Management under mechanised Dry Direct Seeding...
In rainfed lowland rice-based systems, increasing labour scarcity due to off-farm employment is encouraging farmers to switch from transplanting to dry direct seeding (DDS). To... -
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... -
Toward thick legitimacy: Creating a web of legitimacy for agroecology
Legitimacy is at the heart of knowledge politics surrounding agriculture and food. When people accept industrial food practices as credible and authoritative, they are... -
Sustainable commercialization of new crops for the agricultural bioeconomy
Diversification of agroecological systems to enhance agrobiodiversity is likely to be critical to advancing environmental, economic, and social sustainability of agriculture.... -
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,... -
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... -
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...
Agroecology Library
Our repository of literature on agroecology on Southeast Asia includes more than 750 documents.