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ProjectFactsheetScaling Up Climate-Smart Crop and Mechanization Systems to Promote Sustainable Crop Production in Sri Lanka and Zambia 2021
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No results found.Unsustainable agriculture practices contribute to land degradation, which impacts the fertility and productivity of soil and leaves land vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change. These issues threaten food security and reduce livelihoods, particularly for smallholder farmers. To combat these problems, FAO implements the Save and Grow approach. This approach promotes and intensifies sustainable crop production through the use of high quality seeds and planting materials and the implementation of integrated pest management and conservation agriculture practices. Key to conservation agriculture are the planting and management of climate smart crops and the implementation of mechanization systems for land preparation, direct seeding, weeding and harvesting. The project will be implemented in Sri Lanka and Zambia. It was designed to create synergies with an ongoing project that is already supporting the implementation of the approach in the targeted countries. Several constraints to the adoption of sustainable crop production practices have been identified throughout the implementation of the ongoing project. These include a lack of knowledge of sustainable agronomy and its benefits among beneficiaries and inadequate market linkages, which limit the availability of sustainable agronomic inputs and mechanization services, as well as the sale of crop yields. The goal of this project is to help rural smallholder farmers in Sri Lanka and Zambia to overcome these challenges and to encourage them to adopt the Save and Grow approach. -
ProjectFactsheetScaling Up Climate-Smart Crop and Mechinization Systems in Sri Lanka and Zambia - GCP/INT/398/GER 2022
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No results found.This project complemented GCP/INT/259/GER, which focuses on the implementation of Save and Grow practices in rice and maize based crop production systems. The Save and Grow approach, promoted by FAO, is a means of intensifying sustainable crop production and comprises agronomic practices that leverage ecosystem services, resulting in increased crop yields while simultaneously preserving financial and natural resources. Under project GCP/INT/259/GER, the following were identified as challenges to the adoption of sustainable crop production practices: ( i ) inadequate knowledge of sustainable agronomy and of its benefits; (ii) inadequate market linkages, limiting the availability of sustainable agronomic inputs and mechanization services; and (iii) inadequate market linkages for the sale of crop yields. This project was therefore designed to assist small scale farmers in Sri Lanka and Zambia to overcome the above mentioned constraints and foster the adoption of Save and Grow practices in targeted communities in both countries. -
Book (stand-alone)HandbookHandbook for Farmer Field School on Climate Smart Agriculture in central dry zone, Myanmar 2019
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The FAO is implementing a project entitled “Sustainable Cropland and forest management in priority agro-ecosystems of Myanmar (SLM-GEF)” in coordination with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MoNREC) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MoALI) with funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The project promotes climate smart agriculture (CSA) policies and practices at different levels in Myanmar. In the field, the project is active in five pilot Townships from three different agro-ecological zones implementing various relevant CSA initiatives mainly using Farmer Field Schools (FFS) models. In order to implement FFS effectively in a proper way, the project has developed FFS Curricula for each of the above mentioned three agro-ecological zones with support from AVSI Foundation as a Service Provider. Similarly, the project has developed a FFS Handbook for each agro-ecological zone both in Myanmar and English version with support from AVSI Foundation as a Service Provider. This handbook is intended to help the Extension Workers, FFS Facilitators and FFS Committee/farmers to implement FFS on CSA techniques and practices in different agro-ecological zones and scaling up the learnings in similar areas of Myanmar.
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Book (series)Technical studyThe impact of agriculture-related WTO agreements on the domestic legal framework of the Republic of Kazakhstan 2006
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No results found.This section will give an overview of the agricultural sector in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has traditionally been a surplus producer of agricultural goods. It is the 9th largest country in the world in terms of territory, and has approximately 25 Mio hectares of arable land and 61 million hectares of pastures.1 Traditionally, nomads used steppe land predominantly for cattle growing, during the 1950s and 1960s large acreages of land were brought into grain production and supplied large parts of the Soviet Union. -
BookletCorporate general interestEmissions due to agriculture
Global, regional and country trends 2000–2018
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No results found.The FAOSTAT emissions database is composed of several data domains covering the categories of the IPCC Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector of the national GHG inventory. Energy use in agriculture is additionally included as relevant to emissions from agriculture as an economic production sector under the ISIC A statistical classification, though recognizing that, in terms of IPCC, they are instead part of the Energy sector of the national GHG inventory. FAO emissions estimates are available over the period 1961–2018 for agriculture production processes from crop and livestock activities. Land use emissions and removals are generally available only for the period 1990–2019. This analytical brief focuses on overall trends over the period 2000–2018. -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookThe future of food and agriculture - Trends and challenges 2017
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No results found.What will be needed to realize the vision of a world free from hunger and malnutrition? After shedding light on the nature of the challenges that agriculture and food systems are facing now and throughout the 21st century, the study provides insights into what is at stake and what needs to be done. “Business as usual” is not an option. Major transformations in agricultural systems, rural economies, and natural resources management are necessary. The present study was undertaken for the quadrennial review of FAO’s strategic framework and for the preparation of the Organization Medium-Term plan 2018-2021.