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  1. Library Resource
    CIAT in Asia cover image
    Institutional & promotional materials
    April, 2017
    Asia, China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Vietnam, Southern Asia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal

    With more than 60 percent of Asian population either directly or indirectly relying on agriculture for livelihood, agriculture remains key to uplifting lives of many people in the region, as well as to providing sufficient and nutritious food for all.

    In Asia, CIAT undertakes scientific research enabling smallholder farmers, agri-food businesses, and national governments to use smart technologies and innovations and make evidence-based decisions, towards achieving profitability, environmental sustainability and resiliency in agriculture.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2000
    Morocco, United States of America, Philippines, Japan, Germany, China, Italy, United Kingdom, Canada, Iran, Niger

    A broad range of actions that can aid in the efforts to end hunger are described in this issue of Food, Nutrition and Agriculture. Improving the methods and tools to work drectly with food-insecure households is critical. For decades, growth monitoring has been practised by community health workers in many developing countries. Authors show how techniques for assessing children's growth status can be made more effective.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2004
    Egypt, Bangladesh, United States of America, Samoa, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Iran, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Pakistan, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Uzbekistan, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, India, Sudan, Nauru, Cambodia, Asia

    The first in a new series of biennial reports, this publication describes FAO priorities and activities in the Asia-Pacific region during 2002 and 2003. The introduction contains a succinct analysis of the main socio-economic developments affecting agriculture in the region. Other sections describe the challenges facing the region and present solutions in support of food security and poverty alleviation while protecting the region's natural resource base.

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    Reports & Research
    December, 2016
    United States of America, Belgium, Philippines, China, Mexico, Canada, India, Malawi, Chad, Ghana, Africa

    Using detailed household-farm level data from Malawi, we measure real farm total factor productivity (TFP) controlling for a wide array of factor inputs, land quality, and transitory shocks. We nd that factor inputs are roughly evenly spread among farmers: operated land size and capital are essentially unrelated to farm TFP implying a strong negative eect on aggregate agricultural productivity. A reallocation of factors to their ecient use among existing farmers would increase agricultural productivity by a factor of 3.6-fold.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1978
    Nepal, Bangladesh, Philippines, Malaysia, Afghanistan, China, Iran, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, Thailand, Asia

    The Study Tour was financed by the UNDP and had the following objectives. To gain knowledge and experience in: - The multiplication of Azolla as a source of biological nitrogen, particular attention being paid to propagation of Azolla and its protection form disease, insect damage and adverse climatic conditions. - Harvesting and agricultural use of Azolla. - Contruction of small-scale biogas units. - Management of biogas units and efficient use of the gas by farming communities and of the effluents for improving soil fertility

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2012
    Bangladesh, United States of America, China, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Italy, Republic of Korea, Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan, Myanmar, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India, Russia, Bhutan, Maldives, Tajikistan, Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, Asia

    This AQUASTAT report presents the most recent information available on water resources and their use in the 22 countries in the Southern and Eastern Asia region. Clearly it has an emphasis on agricultural water use and management. But in addition it contains the relevant tables and maps, and a regional synopsis emphasizing the particular characteristics of this large and diverse region. It also analyses the changes that have occurred since the first survey in 1999.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2010
    Egypt, Bangladesh, Honduras, Afghanistan, Germany, Peru, Guatemala, Australia, Burkina Faso, Bolivia, China, Cameroon, Haiti, Philippines, Lesotho, Japan, Madagascar, Uzbekistan, Italy, India, Paraguay, Brazil

    This paper examines some of the key technical, institutional, policy and financial responses required to achieve climate-smart agriculture which sustainably increases productivity, resilience (adaptation), reduces/removes Greenhouse Gases (mitigation), and enhances achievement of national food security and development goals. Building on case studies from the field, the paper outlines a range of practices, approaches and tools aimed at increasing the resilience and productivity of agricultural production systems, while also reducing and removing emissions.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1984
    Kenya, France, Nigeria, Philippines, Micronesia, Australia, Ghana, Congo, Guinea, India, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Niger, Brazil

    Shifting cultivation, under its diverse forms of slash and burn system, is a traditional method of cultivating tropical upland soils, mostly for subsistence purposes. This traditional system of cultivation is in ecological balance with the environment and does not irreversibly degrade the soil resource, provided a sufficient length of fallow is allowed for soil restoration. However, increasing population pressures necessitate more intensive use of land. The consequence is extended cropping periods and shortened fallows.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2003
    Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Honduras, Zimbabwe, Guatemala, Canada, Malawi, Sri Lanka, Niger, Kenya, Pakistan, Philippines, Lesotho, Vietnam, Madagascar, Cuba, Nicaragua, France

    Ce recueil d'initiatives rcentes de dveloppement durable dans le domaine de la gestion des terres et de l'agriculture a t labor comme document d'appui au Rapport de la Commission de travail examinant le volet Terres et agriculture pour les chapitres 10, 12 et 14 de l'Action 21. Ce rapport prsente un ensemble de 75 tudes de cas provenant de 45 pays et illustrant les diffrents aspects d'une amlioration de la gestion des terres et de l'agriculture et du dveloppement durable.

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    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2002
    Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Honduras, Nepal, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Peru, Guatemala, United Kingdom, China, Benin, Malawi, France, Colombia, Kenya, Philippines, South Africa, Lesotho, Madagascar, Nicaragua, India, Senegal, Brazil

    This conmpendium of recent sustainable development initiatives in the field of agriculture and land management has been developed as a supporting document for the Task Manager's Report on the Land and Agriculture Cluster for Chapters 10, 12 and 14 of Agenda 21. The report draws together 75 cases from over 45 countries, illustrating the many features of improved land management and sustainable agriculture and rural development.

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