Sustainable agriculture - global and regional

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Description: "CGIAR is a global research partnership for a food-secure future. CGIAR science is dedicated to reducing poverty, enhancing food and nutrition security, and improving natural resources and ecosystem services. Its research is carried out by 15 CGIAR centers in close collaboration with hundreds of partners, including national and regional research institutes, civil society organizations, academia, development organizations and the private sector..."
Source/publisher: CGIAR
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-10
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Language: English
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Description: "GRAIN is a small international non-profit organisation that works to support small farmers and social movements in their struggles for community-controlled and biodiversity-based food systems. Our support takes the form of independent research and analysis, networking at local, regional and international levels, and fostering new forms of cooperation and alliance-building. Most of our work is oriented towards, and carried out in, Africa, Asia and Latin America..."
Source/publisher: GRAIN
Date of entry/update: 2012-10-14
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Language: English
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Description: "Sustainable agriculture is the act of farming using principles of ecology, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment. ...It has been defined as "an integrated system of plant and animal production practices having a site-specific application that will last over the long term" For Example: Satisfy human food and fiber needs... Enhance environmental quality and the natural resource base upon which the agricultural economy depends... Make the most efficient use of non-renewable resources and on-farm resources and integrate, where appropriate, natural biological cycles and controls... Sustain the economic viability of farm operations..... Enhance the quality of life for farmers and society as a whole..."
Source/publisher: Wikipedia
Date of entry/update: 2014-09-29
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Language: English
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Description: "The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) is a CGIAR Consortium Research Centre. ICRAF?s headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya, with six regional offices located in Cameroon, China, India, Indonesia, Kenya and Peru. The Centre?s vision is a rural transformation throughout the tropics as smallholder households increase their use of trees in agricultural landscapes to improve their food security, nutrition security, income, health, shelter, social cohesion, energy resources and environmental sustainability. ICRAF?s mission is to generate science-based knowledge about the diverse benefits - both direct and indirect - of agroforestry, or trees in farming systems and landscapes, and to disseminate this knowledge to develop policy options and promote policies and practices that improve livelihoods and benefit the environment. The World Agroforestry Centre is guided by the broad development challenges pursued by the CGIAR. These include poverty alleviation that entails enhanced food security and health, improved productivity with lower environmental and social costs, and resilience in the face of climate change and other external shocks. ICRAF?s work also addresses many of the issues being tackled by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that aim to eradicate hunger, reduce poverty, provide affordable and clean energy, protect life on land and combat climate change..."
Source/publisher: The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Date of entry/update: 2016-07-10
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Language: English
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Topic: Farmers , Benefit , China-Myanmar Cooperation
Topic: Farmers , Benefit , China-Myanmar Cooperation
Description: "As the time for growing rice in Myanmar approaches, Kyaw Thet Naing, a farmer who lives on the outskirts of the nation's capital Nay Pyi Taw, already has high hope for his harvest. His confidence has grown from experiencing years of rich and quality yields on his five acres of rice, where he has kept planting paddy seed varieties from China and practiced related farming techniques since 2017. "With our traditional ways of cultivation, we would normally produce about 60 baskets (1,260 kg) per acre. With China's assistance, we have added nearly 50 baskets per acre," he said. In the past year, rice seeds and related techniques from China have become widely accepted among nearby farmers, he added. In 2017, the Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences (GAAS) in Nanning, capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, worked with agricultural authorities in Myanmar as well as companies from both sides to build several research platforms in Nay Pyi Taw. The platforms, which aim to introduce, select, demonstrate and publicize high-quality crop varieties from both countries, launched research projects targeting new ways to plant and grow crops more efficiently and with greener methods in pest and disease prevention and control. Yang Mingtong, chairman of the Guangxi Haokay Biotechnology Co. Ltd., one of the contributors to the platform, said that the company has been conducting tests and plant trials for about 102 Chinese crop varieties, including rice, corn, cucurbit and vegetables, in Myanmar to see if they are suited to the local climate and soil conditions..."
Source/publisher: "The Star Online" (Selangor)
2020-02-03
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-04
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Description: "Japan will launch a 390 million yen ($3.6 million) project in May in Myanmar to boost irrigation and agricultural management as part of efforts to increase productivity and eradicate poverty in the Southeast Asian country. Development of the agriculture promotion system, the improvement of the rice value chain, among other things, will be conducted in six townships in the Shwebo district of the Sagaing region, home to some of the largest irrigated farmland in Myanmar. The Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Myanmar government signed an agreement for the project in the Myanmar capital Naypyitaw last week. The two sides also aim to secure a stable water source by establishing a water management organization for farmers and improve profitably by obtaining a geographical indication tag for Shwebo Pawsan, a high-end variety of local rice. The project, designed to improve the income and management skills of farmers, runs from May 2020 to November 2024, according to JICA..."
Source/publisher: "Japan Today" (Japan)
2019-12-31
Date of entry/update: 2020-01-05
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Description: "Regenerative Agriculture has been around for a very long time. The trouble is it's just not the way most modern farming techniques are taught or practiced. Walter Jehne is an Australian microbiologist who argues that with a few very simple changes to the way we manage our land, all of which are just taking a lead from nature, the answer to reducing our global atmospheric temperature could be as easy as A-B-C..."
Source/publisher: Just Have a Think
2019-09-01
Date of entry/update: 2019-12-02
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Sub-title: China's state-owned CITIC Construction group, the Myanmar Rice Federation and Myanmar Agribusiness Public Corporation signed a cooperation agreement for the construction of agricultural centres in three key regions.
Description: "The US$130 million (K197 billion) deal signed in Nay Pyi Taw last week will construct centres in Yangon, Ayeyarwady, Mandalay and Rakhine. “The project intends to upgrade the quality of agricultural produce by providing services such as dryers and warehouses for post-harvest storage,” said U Ye Min Aung, chair of the federation. It also plans to go into partnered cultivation, to support farmers in the marketing of high-quality products, and to arrange for systematic market access, he added. The centres will be set up in Twante township in Yangon, Kyaiklat township in Ayeyarwady, Madaya township in Mandalay, and Kyauktaw township in Rakhine. Details such the investment ratio and profit-sharing will be decided after further discussions, said U Myint Lwin of the federation..."
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Source/publisher: "Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)
2019-11-20
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-20
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Description: "The country is in need of an agricultural commodity exchange suited to Myanmar, said Ye Min Aung, Vice-President of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) at a knowledge sharing seminar titled “Agri-commodity exchange” Park Royal Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw on February 19. “Recently, there emerged a commodity exchange in Ethiopia. In implementing the system, our country needs to take lessons of other countries. Efforts should be made to ensure the emergence of agriculture commodity exchange suitable to our country. On the other hand, we need laws and bylaws for the commodity exchange,” he added. With the aim of ensuring the emergence of agriculture commodity exchange in Myanmar, India had shared its knowledge and experience about the exchange system and technologies..."
Source/publisher: "Eleven Media Group" (Myanmar)
2019-11-17
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-17
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Description: "The Ambassador of Italy, Ms Alessandra Schiavo, has just signed in Nay Pyi Taw, together with the Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Hla Kyaw, two MoUs between the above mentioned Myanmar Ministry and the Italian Ministry for Economic Development, in the fields of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization. Both Agreements signed 2 August will aim at jointly setting up two Technological Centres (one in the Sagaing Region, and the other in the Mandalay Region), to improve the quality of local training, accelerate the development of agricultural mechanization in Myanmar thanks to the acknowledged technological Italian know-how, demonstrate and spread the benefits of adopting new technologies, processes and managerial skills. The Italian side will entrust the Italian Trade Agency, together with the industrial Associations ANIMA and Federunacoma, which collectively comprise almost 3.500 Italian companies, with a turnover respectively of 48,5 and 11 billion Euros in 2018, and have developed some of the most advanced technologies in the whole world. “With the signing of these two Memoranda of Understanding, Italy demonstrates its will to support Myanmar in its efforts to move from subsistence farming to market-oriented and export-oriented farming. We wish to promote the awareness of modern farming techniques, in order to improve both the quantity of the harvest and the crop quality, and to reduce the dependence on the seasonal nature of the produce supply..."
Source/publisher: "Mizzima" (Myanmar)
2019-08-03
Date of entry/update: 2019-10-07
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Description: "Sustainable aquaculture in Spain, rechargeable 'e-trikes' and a methane-cutting diet for Australia's cows. At Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events that affect people's lives. We bring topics to light that often go under-reported, listening to all sides of the story and giving a 'voice to the voiceless.' Reaching more than 270 million households in over 140 countries across the globe, our viewers trust Al Jazeera English to keep them informed, inspired, and entertained. Our impartial, fact-based reporting wins worldwide praise and respect. It is our unique brand of journalism that the world has come to rely on. We are reshaping global media and constantly working to strengthen our reputation as one of the world's most respected news and current affairs channels..."
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Source/publisher: "Al Jazeera" (Qatar)
2012-04-07
Date of entry/update: 2019-09-26
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Description: "Myanmar-focused private equity firm Anthem Asia announced on Friday it invested over $1 million in an early-stage agri-business Shan Orchard Myanmar Ltd, the first investment from its $50-million Myanmar SME Venture Fund. Based close to Heho Airport located near the popular Inle Lake at Southern Shan State in Myanmar, Shan Orchard is an agriculture services business focusing on growing Hass avocados and processing avocado oil. It is led by seasoned agri-business entrepreneurs Nathan Naing Winn and Daniel Bennett, as well as local Myanmar female entrepreneur Thel Suu Thinzar Bo. The capital will be used for purchasing an avocado oil processing facility, support facilities, acquiring farmland and working capital. “The avocado oil processing will be running by the end of the year with supplies coming from dozens of local farmers. In future, we will also source international grade avocados from our own plantations,” said Shan Orchard co-founder Nathan Naing Winn, who has experiences in logistics, operations and finance. Shan Orchard is also leveraging its management expertise to add value with other higher-value crops: it is trialling higher-value rice types and plans to intercrop other high-value products with the avocado plant to maximise land use and improve seasonality..."
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Source/publisher: "Deal Street Asia"
2019-08-23
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-24
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Description: "...There are many good books and resources on sustainable agriculture and we have learnt much from them. However refugees are constrained in their agricultural practices due to limited access to land, water and other resources. This Handbook attempts to present a summary of simple adaptations of ideas found in other books, manuals and resources on sustainable agriculture. This Handbook is not a textbook as such, but a compilation of different subjects for people to pick and choose. We know that it is not complete and I would ask anyone with ideas or suggestions to forward them so we can keep on learning..."
Creator/author: Community Agriculture Nutrition
Source/publisher: Community Agriculture Nutrition (CAN) Project
2007-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2015-05-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Thai
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Description: Summary: "For decades, international lenders, agencies, and foundations as well as national and local governments have spent millions of dollars trying to ?modernize” the traditional practices of farmers in many mountainous areas of Southeast Asia—an agenda driven by the belief that their age-old shifting cultivation practices (known pejoratively as ?slash and burn”) are deforesting Asia. But a new look at how forests fare under shifting cultivation (as opposed to under permanent agriculture) clearly demonstrates that efforts to eliminate the ancient practice have actually contributed to deforestation, loss of biodiversity, and reduction in carbon storage.1 In fact, shifting cultivation, rather than being the hobgoblin of tropical forest conservation, may be ecologically appropriate, culturally suitable, and under certain circumstances the best means for preserving biodiversity in the region. The real threat to these tropical forests is posed by the steady advance of large-scale permanent and commercial agriculture."
Creator/author: Jefferson M. Fox
Source/publisher: East-West Centre
2000-12-00
Date of entry/update: 2014-12-10
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Language: English
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Description: This Handbook is designed for both farmers and students to use in the field and during training. It is divided into eight sections, each one containing several topics and all illustrated with large clear pictures. The Handbook can be read from beginning to end or each topic can be read separately. Space is provided for readers to take notes and to add their own local knowledge...Our people have always been farmers. Farmers of the river lands, of the mountains, and of the forests. Due to civil war in Burma, more and more of us have migrated from our native lands and many now live in refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border. The Royal Thai Government, its citizens, and non-government organisations have been very generous in their support to us. We have food, shelter, health care and education, and for this we are very thankful. But while we have been living in refugee camps we have slowly been losing our heritage, our wisdom, and our ways. For our children, rice comes from a warehouse, not grown on our own land by our own hands. In 1999, I asked the organisations that were already supporting us if they could help me look for ways to teach our children about agriculture and to help us live more self-sufficiently. The result of this is now called the CAN Project (Community Agriculture and Nutrition). This Handbook is the latest step in its ongoing development over 7 years with refugees and internally displaced people along the Thai-Burma border. There are many good books and resources on sustainable agriculture and we have learnt much from them. However refugees are constrained in their agricultural practices due to limited access to land, water and other resources. This Handbook attempts to present a summary of simple adaptations of ideas found in other books, manuals and resources on sustainable agriculture. This Handbook is not a textbook as such, but a compilation of different subjects for people to pick and choose. We know that it is not complete and I would ask anyone with ideas or suggestions to forward them so we can keep on learning. In the year 2000 I wrote a draft CAN Handbook. Then Jacob Thomson and I wrote the first CAN curriculum in 2001. Since then it has been used in training with nearly 5,000 school children, teachers, villagers, and staff of community-based and non-government organisations. Needless to say, since the first curriculum was drafted, we have had many experiences, learnt many lessons and made many changes.
Creator/author: David Saw Wah
Source/publisher: Community Agriculture Nutrition (CAN)
2007-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2012-02-16
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: Burmese
Format : pdf
Size: 3.33 MB
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Description: This Handbook is designed for both farmers and students to use in the field and during training. It is divided into eight sections, each one containing several topics and all illustrated with large clear pictures. The Handbook can be read from beginning to end or each topic can be read separately. Space is provided for readers to take notes and to add their own local knowledge...Our people have always been farmers. Farmers of the river lands, of the mountains, and of the forests. Due to civil war in Burma, more and more of us have migrated from our native lands and many now live in refugee camps along the Thai-Burmese border. The Royal Thai Government, its citizens, and non-government organisations have been very generous in their support to us. We have food, shelter, health care and education, and for this we are very thankful. But while we have been living in refugee camps we have slowly been losing our heritage, our wisdom, and our ways. For our children, rice comes from a warehouse, not grown on our own land by our own hands. In 1999, I asked the organisations that were already supporting us if they could help me look for ways to teach our children about agriculture and to help us live more self-sufficiently. The result of this is now called the CAN Project (Community Agriculture and Nutrition). This Handbook is the latest step in its ongoing development over 7 years with refugees and internally displaced people along the Thai-Burma border. There are many good books and resources on sustainable agriculture and we have learnt much from them. However refugees are constrained in their agricultural practices due to limited access to land, water and other resources. This Handbook attempts to present a summary of simple adaptations of ideas found in other books, manuals and resources on sustainable agriculture. This Handbook is not a textbook as such, but a compilation of different subjects for people to pick and choose. We know that it is not complete and I would ask anyone with ideas or suggestions to forward them so we can keep on learning. In the year 2000 I wrote a draft CAN Handbook. Then Jacob Thomson and I wrote the first CAN curriculum in 2001. Since then it has been used in training with nearly 5,000 school children, teachers, villagers, and staff of community-based and non-government organisations. Needless to say, since the first curriculum was drafted, we have had many experiences, learnt many lessons and made many changes.
Creator/author: David Saw Wah
Source/publisher: Community Agriculture Nutrition (CAN)
2007-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2012-02-16
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Size: 2.37 MB
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Description: Conclusion and recommendations: Myanmar, like any other developing country, needs to have sectoral policies, objectives and strategies in agriculture, forestry and fisheries which are based on the present socio-economic, political and administrative situation. The three sectors should be monitored, supervised, evaluated and revised as necessary. The ministries concerned should issue documents that formalize the commitment and intent of the government in ensuring sustainable development of the resources for economic and environmental purposes. Surveys and studies which have not been previously or properly carried out (e.g., water demand in industries, soil sedimentation and rehabilitation) should now be undertaken systematically as part of short- and long-term plans; the results should be officially documented and published. With regard to environmental affairs in Myanmar, the concept is: "Everything possible is being done to prevent environmental degradation and make it a heritage that future generations can enjoy". Myanmar, although included among the least developed countries, is well endowed with natural resources for agriculture, forestry and fisheries. Modern technology and capital investment, coupled with a well-prepared plan and proper management, will lead to sustainable utilization of those resources. Priority should be given to self-sufficiency in food in order to contain domestic prices. When any surplus is exported, proper processing, packaging, storage and transportation are prerequisites to meeting international market requirements and standards. The suggested policies in this report, which have been discussed in detail to bring about better comprehension and serious consideration, could be used as a base to modify and improve and, if found feasible, officially adopted. All government policies on the three sectors must be well-defined, officially and legally documented, published and have theirnotification issued by the government. 74 KB
Creator/author: U Myint Thein, Director-General (Retd), Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, Yangon)
Source/publisher: UNESCAP
1995-00-00
Date of entry/update: 2003-06-03
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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