Title of document: Pakistan Country Presentation Authors/editor: ENGR. LIAQAT ALI SHAHID Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: PARC Year of publication: 2019 Geographic focus: Pakistan Main issues/topics addressed (for example:…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to the original document (if any): Summary: The presentation of The Regional Training on Appropriate Scale Mechanisation for Conservation Agriculture was held on May 6-9, 2019 in Siem Reap and Bos Khnor, Cambodia   Read More

Title of document: Agricultural Mechanization for smallholders- Republic of India Scenario Authors/editor: Dr. K P Singh Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: ICAR-CIAE Year of publication: 2019 Geographic focus: India Main issues/topics addressed (for example:…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to the original document (if any): Summary: The presentation of The Regional Training on Appropriate Scale Mechanisation for Conservation Agriculture was held on May 6-9, 2019 in Siem Reap and Bos Khnor, Cambodia   Read More

Title of document: Creating opportunities for rural youth: 2019 Rural Development Report Authors/editor: IFAD Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: IFAD Year of publication: 2019 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues / topics addressed (for example:…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: This report (PDF) by IFAD attempts to inform policies, programmes, and investments to promote a rural transformation that is inclusive of rural youth. Rural youth development is powered by improvements in three mutually-reinforcing factors: 1) Productivity of rural young people is needs to be ensured by social structures and attitutes to help rural youth progress, especially for young rural women. 2) Connectivity – to people, markets, services, ideas and information – to create opportunities for rural youth to become more fully integrated with their transforming economies. 3) Agency: to become more productive and connected, youth must have the power to make decisions in their own best interest. Understanding the national, local and family settings in which young people live entails understanding the concept of rural transformation.   Read More

Title of document: Farmers taking the lead: Thirty years of farmer field schools Authors/editor: FAO Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: FAO Year of publication: 2019 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues/topics addressed (for example: …) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to the original document (if any): http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/CA5131EN/ Summary: The Farmer Field School (FFS) has been one of the most successful approaches developed and promoted by FAO over the past three decades, empowering farmers to become better decision-makers in their own farming systems. Initiated by FAO in 1989, and subsequently adopted by many other organizations and institutions, the FFS programs constitute one of the most important “results of the collective action of millions of small-scale farmers” that FAO has supported. FFS is interactive and participatory learning by doing approach that offers farmers, pastoralists, fisherfolks, foresters and their communities a place where they can learn from each other, share experiences, co-create knowledge and try new ways of doing. Participants enhance their understanding of agro-ecosystems, resulting in production systems that are more resilient and optimize the use of available resources. FFS aims to improve farmers’ livelihoods and recognize their role as innovators and guardians of natural environments. FFS has attained plenty of outstanding achievements in all aspects of agriculture and rural development.   Read More

Title of document: Food Presentation - Bureau Veritas Authors/editor: Bureau Veritas Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Bureau Veritas Year of publication: 2019 Geographic focus: General Main issues / topics addressed (for example: …) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: This presentation for the event on the “Agri-Business Conference Laos 2019” at the rooftop of Kolao Building on 25 June 2019, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR.   Read More

Title of document: Management of rice insect pests Authors/editor: E. A. Heinrichs; F. Nwilene; M. Stout; B. Hadi and T. Freitas Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Burleigh Dodds Science Year of publication: 2017 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues / topics addressed (for example: Introduction; Overview of concepts and options for integrated pest management (IPM) of rice; Cultural practices in rice IPM…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351114196 Summary: This is a part of the “Achieving sustainable cultivation of rice Volume 2 - Cultivation, pest and disease management”   Read More

Title of document: Empowering youth to engage in responsible investment in agriculture and food systems: Guidance for organizers and facilitators of the rapid capacity assessment tool Authors/editor: FAO Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: FAO Year of publication: 2018 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues / topics addressed (for example: …) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA2065EN Summary: This document provides guidance to support the utilization of the “Rapid Capacity Assessment Tool: Empowering youth to engage in responsible investment in agriculture and food systems”. The guidance document contains two distinctive, yet interrelated parts: • Guidance notes for organizers of the capacity assessment, which provide relevant information on planning, designing and conducting the capacity assessment; and • Guidance notes for facilitators, which contain concrete suggestions on how to prepare and facilitate multi-stakeholder discussions on the questions outlined in the tool.   Read More

Title of document: Empowering Youth to Engage in Responsible Investments in Agriculture and Food Systems Authors/editor: FAO Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: FAO Year of publication: 2018 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues / topics addressed (for example: …) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA1877EN Summary: The Principles for Responsible Investments in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS-RAI) adopted by the Committee on World Food Security establish that, among other social, environmental and economic issues, responsible investments should empower and engage youth. FAO has developed a new capacity assessment tool to support investments by and for youth in agriculture and the implementation of the CFS-RAI.   Read More

Title of document: Empowering youth to engage in responsible investment in agriculture and food systems: Rapid capacity assessment tool Authors/editor: FAO Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: FAO Year of publication: 2018 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues / topics addressed (for example: …) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): http://www.fao.org/publications/card/en/c/CA2061EN Summary: This rapid capacity assessment tool aims to help practitioners (such as government agencies, youth organizations, or development partners) to carry out a multi-stakeholder assessment of existing and needed capacities to engage and empower youth to carry out and benefit from responsible investment in agriculture and food systems. It is designed to support the application of the CFS Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS-RAI), with a particular focus on principle four (“Engage and Empower Youth”). The tool addresses the different systemic dimensions of capacity development and focuses on: the institutional set-up for agricultural investment related policy processes; policies, laws and incentives of relevance to agricultural investments; organizations and services that empower youth operating along agricultural supply chains; individual capacities to empower youth in agriculture.   Read More

Title of document: Position paper: Strengthening agroecology for a fundamental Transformation of agri-food systems Authors/editor: Heinrich Böll Foundation Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Heinrich Böll Foundation Year of publication: 2019 Geographic focus: Germany Main issues / topics addressed (for example: Together for nature-oriented family farms and mutually supporting communities; Agroecology as an alternative to industrial farming; Exploiting the potential of agroecology…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: The negative effects of industrial agriculture have long been clear, and agroecology offers a multitude of solutions for the fundamental transformation of the agri-food system. The position paper presents these solutions and is supported by the World Future Council and many other important actors of the agroecology debate.   Read More