Title of document: Insect Pest Management Authors/editor: Annie Deutsch and Stacy Swartz Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organization: EDN Year of publication: 2021 Geographic focus: Asia Main issues/ topics addressed (for example: …) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): http://edn.link/ipm2 Summary: Insect pests affect all forms of agricultural production, from densely planted field crops to high-value nursery plants to grains in storage. This article explains some principles and practices for conducting in-field observations (sampling) to inform pest management decisions. General principles and practices are discussed for detecting, identifying, and monitoring pest populations, in order to inform next steps.   Read More

Title of document: COVID-19 building back greener and more resilient: Contributions of agroecology to a “new normal” in Asia and the Pacific Authors/editor: FAO Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organization: FAO Year of publication: 2021 Geographic focus: SEA Main issues/ topics addressed (for example:…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/cb3114en Summary: Besides the severe health crisis, the COVID-19 epidemic also caused the global economy to contract at a rate not seen since the Second World War and led to a severe increase of poor and food insecure people as well as a sharp projected decrease of production of agricultural goods in Southeast Asia. The effects of the pandemic on agriculture have been exacerbated by the way in which the current industrial farming system is set up. Integral to Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) common vision for sustainable food and agriculture, agroecology echoes the goals of the 2030 Agenda and can be seen as a key part of the global response to this climate of instability, offering an original approach to meeting significant increases in our food needs of the future while ensuring no one is left behind. As recognized by the World Bank and FAO-led global agriculture assessment (IAASTD 2019), landmark reports from IPBES (2018; 2019), IPCC (2019), and FAO (2019a), agroecology has the capacity to reconcile the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of sustainability. This paper is a contribution to the regional dialogue on how to respond to the COVID19 crisis. It first highlights some of the impacts of the pandemic on agriculture and food security in the Asia Pacific Region. Then, mobilizing the FAO’s 10 elements of Agroecology framework, it provides selected examples of how agroecological approaches can contribute transforming food systems and developing a greener, more resilient and more inclusive “new normal”   Read More

Title of document: COVID-19 and the crisis in food systems: Symptoms, causes, and potential solutions Authors/editor: IPES-Food Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: IPES-Food Year of publication: 2020 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues/ topics addressed (for example: …) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: The COVID-19 health crisis has brought on an economic crisis, and is rapidly exacerbating an ongoing food security and nutrition crisis. In a matter of weeks, COVID-19 has laid bare the underlying risks, fragilities, and inequities in global food systems, and pushed them close to breaking point. Our food systems have been sitting on a knife-edge for decades: children have been one school meal away from hunger; countries – one export ban away from food shortages; farms – one travel ban away from critical labour shortages; and families in the world’s poorest regions have been one missed day-wage away from food insecurity, untenable living costs, and forced migration…   Read More

Title of document: Agroecology in times of COVID-19 Authors/editor: Miguel A Altieri and Clara Ines Nicholls Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: University of California, Berkeley and Centro Latinoamericano de Investigaciones Agroecológicas (CELIA) Year of publication: 2020 Geographic focus: Global level Main issues/ topics addressed (for example: …) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): http://celia.agroeco.org/ Summary: Most of our global problems: energy shortages, water scarcity, environmental degradation, climate change, economic inequality, food insecurity and others cannot be addressed in isolation, as these problems are interconnected and interdependent. When one of the problems is aggravated, the effects spread throughout the system, exacerbating the other problems.  Like never before, the systemic nature of our world has been revealed to us by the coronavirus pandemic:  human, animal and ecological health are closely linked. Is this one of the lessons that COVID -19 is here to teach us?  Regardless, the pandemic is undoubtedly a wakeup call to humanity to rethink our capitalist, highly consuming mode of development and the ways we relate to nature.  The times we live, demand a holistic response to the crisis, one that addresses the root causes behind the now obvious socioecological vulnerability and fragility of our globalized world…   Read More

Title of document: Geographical Indications in the ASEAN Region Authors/editor: ARISE+ IPR                                       Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: ARISE+ IPR, EU Year of publication: 2019 Geographic focus: South East Asia Main issues/ topics addressed (for example: overview about geographical indications in the ASEAN region; geographical indications protection in each ASEAN member state; protection of geographical indications in the European Union and international markets…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: A booklet on ASEAN Geographical Indications procedure and products The ARISE Plus Intellectual Property Rights (ARISE+ IPR) programme is one of the components under the Enhanced ASEAN Regional Integration Support from the European Union (EU)The overall objective of ACTAE project is to build durable and effective mechanisms to facilitate synergies among initiatives contributing to an agro-ecological transition in South East Asia. ARISE+ IPR programme supports regional integration through Intellectual Property (IP) cooperation and aims to upgrade the IP systems for creation, protection, utilisation, administration and enforcement, in line with international best practices and standards and the strategic objectives of the ASEAN Intellectual Property Rights Action Plan 2016-2025.   Read More

Title of document: Pest Control guideline #2 for Easy Gardens Booklet (Version Burmese) Authors/editor: Partners Myanmar                               Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Partners Myanmar Year of publication: 2018 Geographic focus: Myanmar Main issues/ topics addressed (for example:…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: Document of ALiSEA Small Grant Facility in Myanmar.   Read More

Title of document: Pest Control guideline #1 for Easy Gardens Booklet (Version Burmese) Authors/editor: Partners Myanmar Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: Partners Myanmar Year of publication: 2018 Geographic focus: Myanmar Main issues/ topics addressed (for example:…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: Document of ALiSEA Small Grant Facility in Myanmar.   Read More

Title of document: Delta technical sheets Authors/editor: GRET, WHH, LIFT Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: GRET, WHH, LIFT Year of publication: 2019 Geographic focus: Myanmar Main issues / topics addressed (for example:…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: This is technical sheets from Gret-Delta project in Myanmar (both Version English & Myanmar)   Read More

Title of document: The handbook - The regional vegetable forum 2018 Authors/editor: ACIAR Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: GRET/ALiSEA, LWD, WVI-C, DCA, Banteay Srei, CHQ of Plant and Food Research PFR New Zealand, Oxfam, Caritas Cambodia, World Renew, AK. Year of publication: 2018 Geographic focus: Cambodia and Lao PDR Main issues / topics addressed (for example:…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): Summary: The vegetable sector is becoming more of a focus for research, development and the private sector in Southeast Asia due to the high nutritional and economical value that can be generated. However, the sector faces key challenges including (1) low average yields of vegetable production in many places; (2) poor competitiveness within the region as well as outside the region; (3) postharvest losses as high as 40%; (4) produce that does not conform to quality and safety demands of consumers and (5) problems meeting market demand during the wet season. This handbook can be used as a reference guide to find people working in similar locations, with similar products or as a way to find information and synergies. We think that by working together and creating strong networks, we can be more effective and improve the sustainability of the vegetable sector in our region.   Read More

Title of document: Farming systems analysis: A guidebook for researchers and development practitioners in Myanmar Authors/editor: Jean-Christophe Diepart and Céline Allaverdian Journal’s name if any: Ministry/Government Agency/Organisation: GRET—Yezin Agricultural University Year of publication: 2018 Geographic focus: myanmar Main issues / topics addressed (for example:…) School of agroecology (if any): Web address to original document (if any): https://www.gret.org/publication/farming-systems-analysis-guidebook-myanmar/?lang=en&fbclid=IwAR3TdfKF7hvCsGM0ktOvSm3wD_ll_llQlqsPnyDdM_jFFRB-pYLHsiaLv_Y Summary: This guidebook was written for students, researchers and development practitioners engaged in supporting family farmers in Myanmar and other areas of Southeast Asia. It provides detai led methodological guidance to carry out farming systems analyses.The guidebook provides key concepts and tools for a better understanding of farmers’ decisions and practices. The guidebook helps nurture a professional dialogue between farmers and rural development practitioners, to effectively support family farmers’ productive activities and their future aspirations. The guidebook was developed by GRET in partnership with Yezin Agricultural University. It is based on 18 months of experience conducting farming systems research in five States and Regions of Myanmar.   Read More