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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... -
Recognizing Farmer-Managed Seed Systems in Vietnam: A Review of Policy and...
This report reviews Vietnam’s policy and legal frameworks related to farmer-managed seed systems (FMSS), biodiversity conservation, and seed governance. The study finds that... -
Indigenous Fruit and Vegetable Systems in Northern Vietnam: Market...
This report examines indigenous fruit and vegetable systems in Northern Vietnam, focusing on Mai Son district in Son La and Sa Pa in Lao Cai. The study highlights the important... -
Youths' participation in agriculture for enhancing sustainable livelihoods:...
Myanmar in which 70 percent of the population is rural people relies on agricultural sector for its economy. It contributes about 37.8 percent of the country’s GDP and employs... -
Evidence on the impacts of long-term cassava-based conservation agriculture...
The research brief highlights the impacts of Conservation Agriculture (CA) on soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Cambodia’s upland... -
Impacts of long-term cassava-based conservation agriculture systems on soil...
Although cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is regarded as an important food and energy crop, the effects of its cultivation on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remain poorly... -
The role of Tay indigenous knowledge in climate change adaptation in the...
Through generations of observation and experimentation, the Tay people of Bac Kan Province in the Northern Mountainous Region of Vietnam have developed complex farming systems,... -
Indigenous knowledge and the enhancement of community resilience to climate...
Over centuries, ethnic minority communities in the north of Vietnam have developed complex farming systems well-adapted to their environments. Much of this is based on... -
Research on crop diversification measures in agroforestry systems for...
This study was conducted to develop and evaluate crop diversification models in agroforestry farming of Arabica coffee (Coffea Arabica L.) in Northwest Vietnam. The main... -
An Analysis of Value-Chains and Market Development to Support the...
This guidance memo analyzes pork value chains in Northern Vietnam, focusing on small-scale production by ethnic minority women. It highlights how industrial pork systems... -
Agroecological Rice Farming: An Approach for Economic Benefit and Energy...
Agroecological production strategies not only accomplish goals of food security (SDG #2- zero hunger) but also contribute to mitigating climate change (SGD #12 action for... -
African swine fever and the adaptive capacity of ethnic minority smaller-...
One of the poorest areas of Vietnam, the Northern Mountainous Region (NMR) is largely populated by ethnic minorities.Women in these communities produce heritage breeds of pork... -
Promoting nature-based solutions for climate resilience and low carbon...
This paper describes the initial results of a project focusing on the nature-based solutions (NbS) to climate change and food security among ethnic minority people in Son La... -
Leveraging Geo-Economic Proximity and Agricultural Commercialisation
The purpose of this research brief is to synthesize the findings of ten policy research studies conducted by NAFRI’s Policy Think Tank (PTT) research team between 2016 and 2020,... -
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.... -
Farmers’ access to credit in the Lao PDR
This document presents the results of a research le by NAFRI whose objectives were to assess main financial needs of smallholder farmers in Lao PDR, study the procedures of... -
Leveraging indigenous knowledge and resources for socio-economic development...
This study analyzes the role of indigenous knowledge (IK), indigenous resources, and heritage agriculture models associated with nature-based adaptation solutions (NbS) in... -
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-... -
Analysis of Agroecological Transition at the National Level The Emergence...
Across contrasting farming and sustainability context worldwide, social actors are mobilizing to promote agroecology in order to meet the major challenges of sustainable...
Agroecology Library
Our repository of literature on agroecology on Southeast Asia includes more than 750 documents.