Agro-forestry is a collective name for land-use systems and technologies where woody perennials (trees, shrubs, palms, bamboos, etc.) are deliberately used on the same land-management units as agricultural crops and/or animals, in some form of spatial arrangement or temporal sequence. Agro-forestry is a dynamic, ecologically-based, natural resource management practice that,…
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is an agro-ecosystems management approach aimed at improving and sustaining agricultural productivity, increasing profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment. CA is characterised by three interrelated principles.
Integrated agriculture provides high quality food and other products by using natural resources and regulating mechanisms rather than polluting chemical inputs to secure sustainable farming. The agronomic techniques and biological / physical / chemical methods are carefully selected and balanced taking into account the health of people (i.e. farmers and…
This section addresses integrated farming approaches that have been promoted as alternatives to Green Revolution agriculture since the 1990s for self-sufficient farming. The New Theory farming system in Thailand and the VAC system in Vietnam (VAC in Vietnamese is Vuon, Ao, Chuong which means “garden/pond/ livestock pen”) consist in highly…
Organic agriculture aims at sustaining the health of soils, ecosystems and people. It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and natural cycles adapted to local conditions, rather than the use of chemical inputs with potentially adverse effects. Organic agriculture combines tradition, innovation and science to benefit the shared environment and promote…
The System of Rice Intensification, known as SRI is an agro-ecological approach for increasing rice productivity (and more recently other crops) by changing the management of plants, soil, water and nutrients.
ALiSEA Online Library contains a wide range of agro-ecology’s documents: backgrounds, case Studies and initiatives fact sheets, presentations, policy documents, toolkits and IEC Materials. All documents are searchable via their Agro-ecological School(s), country, or type. Access now.
Program description In July 2019, the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development and the Mekong Land Research Forum will run its third week-long intensive summer school on land research in the Mekong Region. The purpose of the summer school is to equip participants with a research orientation relevant to the challenges of land governance in the Mekong Region. The summer school will cover key concepts, provide access to existing research outputs and bring together knowledge of current land issues. It seeks to strengthen individual and networked research that is geared towards secure access to land amongst the rural and urban poor. The summer school will involve a mix of early-career academics, mid-level government staff and those working with civil society organizations in the six Mekong countries: Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. The summer school program will be organised and run by regional specialists in land issues and will include a number of guest lecturers. Included in the summer school are: Pre-workshop assignments for participants to submit a one-page summary of their areas of interest in land issues, plus reading of relevant articles and review of other participants’ summaries; Elevator talks: participants present their research topics and […]
Company Profile GAIA VITA Co,Ltd – Bio-fertilizers Engineering- GAIA VITA Co,Ltd, to be officially registered in the soon coming time, is a company dedicated to Environmental Sustainable Development, specifically in Agri-Business. Because of the changing market of agricultural inputs (fewer chemicals and more ecological products), the change in the methods of fertilization and the evolution of the economies of emerging countries, Gaia Vita provides a real answer to agro-industrial producers who today, wish to use clean fertilizers and/or recycle and enrich their residues in order to produce Bio-fertilizers. Gaia Vita projects in 2019 are first to set up a small-scale bio-fertilizer pilot production unit in Vientiane Capital for trading in that market area, taking part into GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) promotion (by seminars, workshops) and find investors who aim to set up their own factories in other locations, in what Gaia Vita can partner by providing technical, industrial and commercial support. Job Description It will be your job to aid the general manager in coordinating, directing and planning everyday business operations. You’ll help create weekly schedules, ensure shifts go smoothly, manage daily operations and help with human resources as necessary. The job also entails some administrative duties, training new employees […]
Farmers Forum on Agro-Ecological Practices and Food Sovereignty was conducted on March 22, 23 2019 at CARTC (Central Agriculture Research and Training Centre) Hle Gu Township, Yangon by Kalyana Mitta Development Foundation, co-funding with Swissaid Organization and Agroecology Learning Alliance in South East Asia – ALiSEA. The objectives of the Farmer Forum are; to exchange and share knowledge, experience, encountered problems, and available technologies and methods in order to learn from each other’s experience and lessons on Agro biodiversity Practicing, to identify priority action, relevant policy options and recommendations for Seed Law and Land Law and to develop future cooperation of farmer alliance on Agro ecological practices and farmers movement in Myanmar. The participants came from different region in Myanmar which is Kachin State, Northern and Southern Shan State, Sagaing Division, Magway Division, Ayeyarwaddy Division, Bago Division and Yangon Division. The attendances are young farmers, CSOs, students from Yezin Agriculture University, Agriculture experts and technicians over (100).
