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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFactsheetCassava factsheet - Solomon Islands
A series of special agricultural product (SAP) profiles on production, processing, marketing and consumption in Asia and the Pacific
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No results found.Cassava is a traditional staple crop in the Solomon Islands, primarily grown by smallholder farmers for subsistence and local markets. It is well-suited to the country's coastal and lowland areas below 300m elevation across various soil types. Cassava is a nutritious root vegetable rich in carbohydrates, fiber, phosphorus and potassium. It has a low glycemic index beneficial for diabetes management. The leaves also have medicinal properties. Cassava processing involves peeling, washing, grating, dewatering, drying and milling into flour used for products like chips, puddings and gari. There are two large commercial processors but processing is limited. Key opportunities highlighted includes promoting climate-resilient varieties, expanding sustainable production, processing, certification, marketing domestically and for export, and further promoting consumption as a nutritious local food. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFactsheetCocoa factsheet - Samoa
A series of special agricultural product (SAP) profiles on production, processing, marketing and consumption in Asia and the Pacific
2024Also available in:
No results found.This factsheet provides an overview of cocoa (Theobroma cacao) as the nominated special agricultural product (SAP) for Samoa under the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) program. The factsheet covers Samoa's country context, the agroclimatic requirements for growing the Trinitario cocoa variety, and the nutritional benefits of cocoa. It highlights current production statistics, various cocoa processing steps like fermentation, drying, roasting, and grinding to make products. While some cocoa is exported, a significant portion is consumed domestically as Koko Samoa. The factsheet identifies opportunities for investment and partnerships under OCOP to improve sustainable production, branding, value-added processing facilities, and domestic consumption of Samoan cocoa products. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFactsheetMango factsheet - Cambodia
A series of special agricultural product (SAP) profiles on production, processing, marketing and consumption in Asia and the Pacific
2024Also available in:
No results found.The document provides detailed information about mango production in Cambodia, highlighting the country's transition from an agrarian economy to a manufacturing- and services-based one. Cambodia's mango industry focuses on two main varieties, Keo Romeat and Keo Chen, with unique characteristics and significant production levels. The mango tree thrives in Cambodia's hot and subtropical climate, with specific agroclimatic requirements for optimal growth. It also covers the nutritional benefits of mangoes, traditional medicinal uses, production statistics, processing methods, marketing, consumption patterns, and traditional recipes involving mangoes. Additionally, it areas for partnership and investment under the One Country One Priority Product (OCOP) initiative.
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookUnderstanding the Farmer Field School agro-ecosystem analysis board 2021
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No results found.The ecosystem-literacy training employed in FFS is vital for enabling smallholder farmers to master the management skills required for sustainable crop production intensification and diversification. This is radically different from the approach used by more traditional extension systems which are designed for “technology-transfer” purposes. Agro Ecosystem Analysis (AESA) is the cornerstone of the field school approach and is based on the ecosystem concept, in which each element at the crop/farm/field has its own, unique role. It involves crops or commodity observations, data collection, analysis, interpretations or discussions, and recommendations. Farmers use AESA method to understand the situation of crop ecosystem in the FFS approach. However, the method still included a reasonable level of complexity where the farmer has to deal with numeric and textual data. This remained a challenge for the facilitator to communicate with the farming community, who cannot easily write and read the observations and perform analysis on a paper sheet and also in the presentation of the same AESA sheet. The New AESA Board is devised to mitigate the challenge of illiteracy and some other challenges in participatory group learning including the difference of age, education level, gender equality, wealth position, social activism in the field school. The pre-designed AESA board provides equal opportunity to all participants including literate, illiterate or poor literacy services. This AESA board along with analytical color language named Jam's 4 Colors by FAO Pakistan remains among the top innovations of 2020. -
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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookFood loss analysis: causes and solutions – The Republic of Uganda. Beans, maize, and sunflower studies 2019
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No results found.This report illustrates the food loss assessment studies undertaken along the maize, sunflower and beans supply chains in Uganda in 2015-16 and 2016-17. They aimed to identify the critical loss points in the selected supply chains, the key stages at which food losses occur, why they occur, the extent and impact of food losses and the economic, social and environmental implications of the food losses. Furthermore, these studies also evaluated the feasibility of potential interventions to reduce food losses and waste.