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DocumentOther documentRice landscapes and climate change: Options for mitigation in rice-based agroecosystems and the scaling-up of climate-smart rice cultivation technologies in Asia. Workshop report
October 10-12, 2018
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No results found.This report summarizes the proceedings of a regional workshop on “Rice Landscapes and Climate Change: mitigation in rice-based agroecosystems and the scaling-up of climate-smart rice cultivation technologies in Asia.” Participants left the workshop with an enhanced understanding of the implications of the Paris Agreement and the importance and relevance of climate-smart rice cultivation practices for increasing resilience, reducing GHG emissions and storing carbon in rice ecosystems. Knowledge sessions on the global policy context for climate action were followed with technical sessions on a range of ongoing research and technical advisory initiatives related to rice production systems and climate change. A special session on capacity building provided practically oriented examples and information to apply and scale-up measures related to climate-smart rice production practices. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureRice-fish farming system practices in irrigated urban farming, Pasuruan, Indonesia 2019
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No results found.The integrated system of growing rice and fish together is one of the concepts of the ‘Save and Grow’ approach to rice farming. This case study examines rice-fish in urban farming in the Municipality of Pasuruan where vegetables are also grown. -
ProjectProgramme / project reportTraditional Dong’s Rice-Fish-Duck Agroecosystem in Southeast Guizhou, China. Proposal for the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS) Programme
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
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No results found.As one of the outstanding representatives of Chinese traditional alpine agriculture, Rice-Fish-Duck Agro-ecosystem can date back to Eastern Han Dynasty. Within thousands of years, this farming practice has been handed down by minority communities of Guizhou, Hunan, and Guangxi Province, particularly by Dong people of Southwest Guizhou. This agro-ecosystem is an evolving result from co-evolution of human culture and natural environment, and it developed an extraordinary living model of sustainab le use of water and soil resources. Dong people in Southwest of Guizhou used to cultivating rice and simultaneously stocking fish and duck, which in nature is a kind of wisdom condensed by countless agricultural practice. Different in approaches but equally satisfactory in results, Traditional Dong’s Rice-Fish-Duck Agro-ecosystem and modern organic, vertical and ecological agriculture stand on the same footing in terms of sustainable produce concepts and techniques. They both stress importance t o high-efficiency, low toxicity and healthy food. Xianghe glutinous rice is one of those excellent products of Rice-Fish-Duck model. However, due to the influence of modern economic and societal change, traditional values gradually fade away, whist the excellent agricultural traditional culture confronted with threats and challenges from many aspects. Immediate action should be taken to conservation it. Values of this system need to be explored and assessed.
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Book (stand-alone)High-profileStatus of the World's Soil Resources: Main Report 2015
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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.