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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookFarm planning and management for trainers of extension workers - ASIA
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ProjectFactsheetStrengthen Extension Services Capacity and Transform It to Become a Market-Oriented Advisory System - TCP/SYR/3802 2025
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No results found.The crisis in Syria has severely impacted the national agricultural extension services, resulting in the loss of over 50 percent of qualified technical staff and leaving only about 10 percent of extension units operational. Many units have been destroyed or are inaccessible, and the remaining staff are disconnected from recent advancements in agricultural technology. This has led to a need for updating and enhancing their technical knowledge and skills. The reduction in workforce and resources has also impaired the extension services' ability to collect data, affecting agricultural monitoring and production planning. Additionally, the limited accessibility and the loss of staff have diminished field presence and eroded trust between farmers and extension services. Consequently, farmers now rely on various alternative sources for technical advice and market information, including input dealers, market traders, private advisors and farmer organizations. In this context, the Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform (MAAR) sought the assistance of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to strengthen the capacity of extension services, modernize the advisory system, and shift its role from providing technical production advice to facilitating a market-orientated approach to enhance farmers' profitability and income. This assistance was carried out through the current project, which was developed in consultation with the International Cooperation and Planning Directorate and the Agricultural Extension Directorate of the MAAR. This collaboration ensured that the project was tailored to the ministry’s needs and aimed at enhancing the quality and scope of extension services. Finally, the project was aligned with the United Nations Strategic Framework in Syria, contributing to Pillar Two, "Sustainable Socio-economic Recovery," and Pillar Four, "People Resilience and Institutional Responsiveness.". -
Book (stand-alone)ProceedingsProceedings of the consultation workshop on market-oriented agricultural extension 2011
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No results found.In recent years agricultural marketing has changed dramatically with a global boom in retail food marketing. Consumers are expressing greater concern for food quality and safety, and greater demand for high-value products. The future for many small farmers is bleak unless they can adapt their farming systems to these changes. Many of the constraints they face are related to lack of adequate know-how and skills. Market-oriented agricultural advisory services can play an important role in helping small farmers overcome these constraints and, in response, many countries in Asia are changing the content of their extension and advisory services. FAO has been at the vanguard of this shift and has developed a variety of training and extension materials in marketing and farm business management to better link small farmers to markets. This publication is a proceedings of a workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand from 11 to 13 May 2010 to raise awareness among heads of agricultural extension servic es of changes that are occurring and identify ways to meet these challenges by re-orienting agricultural extension services to respond to global and regional trends. The report contains summaries of the country papers as well as information on FAO training and extension materials available.
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Book (stand-alone)High-profileStatus of the World's Soil Resources: Main Report 2015
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No results found.The SWSR is a reference document on the status of global soil resources that provides regional assessments of soil change. The information is based on peer-reviewed scientific literature, complemented with expert knowledge and project outputs. It provides a description and a ranking of ten major soil threats that endanger ecosystem functions, goods and services globally and in each region separately. Additionally, it describes direct and indirect pressures on soils and ways and means to combat s oil degradation. The report contains a Synthesis report for policy makers that summarizes its findings, conclusions and recommendations.The full report has been divided into sections and individual chapters for ease of downloading:
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Book (stand-alone)Corporate general interestPulses: nutritious seeds for a sustainable future 2016
The aim of raising global awareness on the multitude of benefits of pulses was integral to the International Year of Pulses. This coffee table book is part guide and part cookbook— informative without being technical. The book begins by giving an overview of pulses, and explains why they are an important food for the future. It also has more than 30 recipes prepared by some of the most prestigious chefs in the world and is peppered with infographics. Part I gives an overview of pulses and giv es a brief guide to the main varieties in the world. Part II explains step-by-step how to cook them, what to keep in mind and what condiments and instruments to use. Part III underscores the five messages that FAO conveys to the world about the impact pulses have on nutrition, health, climate change, biodiversity and food security. Part IV illustrates how pulses can be grown in a garden patch with easy gardening instructions and how they are grown in the world, highlighting major world producers , importers and exporters. Part V takes the reader on a journey around the world showing how pulses fit a region’s history and culture and visits 10 internationally acclaimed chefs as they go the market to buy pulses. Back at their restaurant or home, each chef prepares easy dishes and gives their best kept secrets. Each chef provides 3 recipes that are beautifully illustrated.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookSoil erosion: the greatest challenge for sustainable soil management 2019
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Despite almost a century of research and extension efforts, soil erosion by water, wind and tillage continues to be the greatest threat to soil health and soil ecosystem services in many regions of the world. Our understanding of the physical processes of erosion and the controls on those processes has been firmly established. Nevertheless, some elements remain controversial. It is often these controversial questions that hamper efforts to implement sound erosion control measures in many areas of the world. This book, released in the framework of the Global Symposium on Soil Erosion (15-17 May 2019) reviews the state-of-the-art information related to all topics related to soil erosion.