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Book (stand-alone)On-farm practices for the safe use of waste water in urban and peri-urban horticulture
A training handbook for farmer field schools
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No results found.Many farmers in developing countries grow crops, especially vegetables, in urban and peri-urban environments using wastewater, raw or diluted, to irrigate their crops. Such wastewater is often heavily contaminated with disease-causing organisms and chemical agents that can seriously harm the health of the farmers,the traders who handle crops and the people who consume them. It is therefore very important for urban and peri-urban vegetable farmers to be aware of the health-risks associated wi th using wastewater for their irrigating crops and to know how to use wastewater safely at farm level to reduce those health risks. This handbook focuses on low-cost and low-tech on-farm wastewater treatment and safe irrigation practices that farmers can adopt to grow safer products. -
ProjectFarmers’ Market-Safe Horticultural Crop Production in Peri-Urban Areas and Marketing in Dhaka City to Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19 Crisis - TCP/BGD/3807 2024
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No results found.In Bangladesh, the agriculture sector contributed in 2022 to around 11.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), with 60 percent of the workforce engaged directly or indirectly in agriculture 1. The Government of Bangladesh, in pursuit of its objectives outlined in the Seventh Five Year Plan (7YFP) 2016-2020, is dedicated to advancing the shift in agriculture from semi-subsistence farming to commercialization, focusing on enhancing productivity, expanding diversity, adding value, improving food safety and quality and streamlining processing methods. -
ProjectSupport for Increased Access and Availability of Fresh Local Food Through Development of Urban, Peri-Urban and Backyard Gardening - TCP/STK/3601 2020
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No results found.Saint Kitts and Nevis is a net importer of food, although a significant portion of the fresh produce currently importedby the country can be grown locally. The critical food and nutrition situation faced by the country relates to the four pillars of food and nutrition security: availability, access,consumption/utilization and stability. The developmentof sustainable food production systems and theelimination of all forms of malnutrition are the long-termgoal of the Government in this priority area. Government policy is focused on the expansion of urban and peri-urbanagriculture in order to support national social protection programmes aimed at vulnerable pockets of the population. In this context, FAO assistance was requested to increase food access and availability via urban,peri-urban and backyard garden development. The project aimed to strengthen the capacity of DOA inthe training of backyard gardeners, school teachers and students to sustainably produce short-term vegetable crops, and the capacity of backyard gardeners, school teachers and students in both sustainable crop production and the development of good eating habits. These wouldbe achieved through the establishment of two backyard demonstration gardens (BDGs) and two school demonstration gardens (SDGs), one of each in selected communities of Saint Kitts and of Nevis, respectively. In addition, backyard and school gardeners would be trainedin best practices for crop production and their awareness raised of concepts of nutrition and better eating habits.
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