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Book (stand-alone)Handbook on enhancing the entrepreneurial capability of farmers
In the context of tilapia value chain development in Thailand
2021Also available in:
No results found.This handbook aims to increase knowledge and understanding of value chain development, with farmed tilapia as an example. It describes the principles involved and explains the practical skills in analysing situations and designing an efficient business arrangement that would increase opportunities for business partners to participate in and effectively access the market. It is designed as a learning resource for training farmers and could be used by trainers, government officers, private entrepreneurs, community leaders, extension officers, researchers, and students. It has five chapters. Chapter I explains the principles and strategies of value chain development and the importance of their applications. Chapter II describes the main aspects of good aquaculture practices for tilapia farming in earthen ponds. Chapter III guides farmers’ investment decisions on-farm operation, farm expansion, acquiring or upgrading farm assets, and how the investment can be financed. Chapter IV describes the processes and standards based on the guidelines prescribed for Thailand to ensure the safety and quality of fish products from culture to processing and marketing. Chapter V describes the concept and principles of developing a business plan, using that of a farmers’ group to illustrate the plan. -
Book (stand-alone)Integrated management of the Fall Armyworm on maize
A guide for Farmer Field Schools in Afica
2018Also available in:
Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) – FAW, a dangerous transboundary pest native to the Americas, has been spreading rapidly to all sub-regions of Africa since 2016, causing significant yield losses to crops. Farmer education and community action are critical elements in the strategy to best manage FAW populations, using an integrated and ecological pest management approach. Farmer Field School (FFS), a holistic farmer education approach used in over 90 countries, will be a key component of the response effort. This guide seeks to provide guidance on how to conduct FFS on the integrated and sustainable management of the FAW in Africa, with emphasis on maize as FAW’s preferred host plant. It provides information on the biology and ecology of FAW; field studies and exercises for use in season-long FFS; and suggestions on how to build a training programme for rural advisory services/extension on FAW and FFS refresher courses of Master Trainers and Facilitators. -
Book (stand-alone)Workshop to commemorate the International Year of the Potato - 2008 2008
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No results found.At its sixty-eighth session in December 2005, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2008 the International Year of the Potato. The UN Declaration reflects the importance of the potato in the diet of the world’s population and affirms the need to focus world attention on the role that the potato can play in providing food security and alleviating poverty in support of the Millennium Development Goals. The potato is the world’s most important tuber vegetable, with a vital but often underapp reciated role in the global food system. It is a staple food that contributes to the energy and nutritional needs of more than a billion people worldwide. In most of the developing countries today, the potato is considered to be the fourth most important food crop after rice, wheat and maize. Therefore, the potato should be a major component in strategies aimed at providing nutritious food to the poor and hungry. Potatoes are rich in protein, calcium, potassium, and vitamin C, and have an especi ally good amino acid balance. The crop is ideally suited to places where land is limited and labour is abundant, conditions that characterize much of the developing world. Moreover, the potato is a highly productive crop. It produces more food per unit area and per unit time than wheat, rice and maize. There is no doubt that in recent times the potato has become significantly more important for Asia and the Pacific region, which, like many other parts of the world, is facing enormous challenges today as a result of soaring food prices. In this connection, and taking into consideration the importance of this crop in the region, this one-day workshop aimed to: raise awareness of the merits of the potato; review the situation regarding the potato sector in Asia and the Pacific region; and elaborate on key issues and propose further actions needed to promote sustainable potato crop production and development in the region.
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