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This issue of Farming Matters looks at the growing number of initiatives worldwide that aim to harness the potential of traditional plants. Cultivating traditional plants builds...

Between 2013 and 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) undertook a survey of...

With consumers and producers seeking alternative to corporate, industrial food, systems of provision that promise greater ecological and social sustainability have gained in...

The purpose of this is to assist agriculture industries and natural resources division in deveoping the objectives, goals, strategies of the ASEAN 5 years (2016-2010) Strategic...

The book makes an evidence-based case for organic agriculture indeveloping countries, particularly those in Southeast Asia. It starts byexamining the data from organic...

This report presents the main findings of the discussions held during the 2 days workshop addressing the agroecology transition in Vientiane, Laos on the 2nd and 3rd of June 2016.

This report presents the main findings of the discussions held during the 2 days workshop addressing the agroecology transition in Hanoi, Vietnam on the 5th and 6th of May 2016.

Rapid population growth, increasingly complex economies and novel industrial uses of agricultural products call for further intensification of agriculture, particularly in the...

Both World Bank and Livelihoods and Food Security Multi-Donor Trust Fund (LIFT) are actively involved in supporting Myanmar’s agriculture sector given its significance in...

Myanmar’s agriculture sector offers substantial unexploited potential to underpin the country’s inclusive economic development. With extensive land, water, and labor resources,...

This report presents the main findings of the discussions held during the 2 days workshop addressing the agroecology transition in Cambodia in Phnom Penh on the 30th and 31st of...

This report presents the main findings of the discussions held during the 2 days workshop addressing the agroecology transition in Myanmar in Yangon on the 7th and 8th of March...

Seeking to gain a better understanding of the role that agroecology can play in eradicating hunger and malnutrition, FAO organized the International Symposium on agroecology for...

Bihar’s agriculture sector employs more than eighty percent of the labor force and more than fourfifths of these farmers are small and marginal. They have one of the lowest...

The first 5-year Bamboo Development Strategy (2010-2015) has been implemented by the Authorities of Houaphanh Province and of the three Districts of Sam Neua, Viengxay, Sobbao...

Agreement on Endorsement and Promulgation of Development Strategy of the Crop Sector 2025 and Vision 2030: - Pursuant to the Article 70 of the Law on Agriculture No. 01/98 NA,...

Between 2001 and 2009, the four districts of Boten, Kenthao, Paklay and Thongmixay in southern Sayaboury Province have been targeted by two AFD-funded projects dealing with...

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade...

How can inefficient, poorly managed smallholder systems be transformed into productive agroecological systems? And how can environmentally destructive, energy and chemical...

The National IPM Programme in Vietnam was established in 1990 with support from FAO to address concerns regarding heavy reliance on chemical inputs in crop production and...