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Environment

The importance of Plant Health

byDr. Jingyuan Xia - Secretary to the International Plant Protection Convention

December 14, 2017

International Plant Protection Convention’s work for Food Security Today, new plant pests are putting in danger crops around the world, ...

Tech

The future of agriculture: data-driven farming with GrainSense

byCinantyan Prapatti

December 8, 2017

Farmers are continuously faced with complicated decisions to ensure the quality and yield of their crops without proper information. They ...

Pigs in a rice paddy where they provide fertilization. - - Farmers Field School: SPFP/CMB/6701. Eighty percent of the Cambodian population is dependent on subsistence farming with rice as the main agricultural crop. The agricultural sector contributes to almost 50 percent of the GDP of the country, although agricultural productivity is low in comparison with neighboring countries in Asia. Food production remains highly vulnerable to the effects of adverse weather conditions such as flooding or droughts. Years of civil strife have taken substantial agricultural areas out of production, and a large part of the population of Cambodia is subject to temporary, seasonal or chronic food shortages and nutritional deficiencies.

The objective of the Special Programme for Food Security in Cambodia is to maximize national food self-sufficiency and to reduce the risks of disruptive variations in supply, by demonstrating and facilitating a rapid increase in agricultural productivity and food production on an economically and environmentally sustainable basis. Various techniques and technologies have been identified to increase agricultural production, depending on the potential and constraints in the seven selected pilot areas. These include water control techniques, crop intensification, improved pig and poultry production, analysis and evaluation.

Integrated pest management is one of the crop intensification technologies and farmers' field schools are set up to educate farmers' groups in the pilot areas.

Environment

Why does sustainable agriculture remain a challenge?

byDr Clayton Campanhola - FAO Strategic Programme Leader for Sustainable Agriculture

November 13, 2017

The term “sustainable agriculture” has been in use since the late 1980s, and, although interpretations vary, it is usually understood ...

SDG Series

‘The Whites Have Brought Planes’: Perceptions of Drones in Malawi

byAlexander Fraser

September 14, 2017

Drones have a big role to play in the development of emerging economies. However, rampant misconceptions and misunderstandings of what ...

10 November 2015, Ub, Serbia - Members of Tadic family working inside their newly installed greenhouse. FAO project: OSRO/SRB/401/EC - Agricultural and Food Security Emergency assistance to flood affected small-scale farmers in Serbia 2014/2015

Philanthropy

Transforming Agriculture for Sustainable Development

byEwald Rametsteiner - Programme Coordinator at UNFAO

November 8, 2016

What governance changes are needed? With the Sustainable Development Goals we now have an ambitious and comprehensive new framework for ...

Culture

The Amish, a potential sustainable-living model

byJason Wiff - Sustainability & Marketing Manager

September 7, 2016

As communities across the globe search for a solid sustainable-living model, the answer may live in the corners of the ...

Philanthropy

What I Didn’t Know About International Development

bySarah Cramer - Nonprofit Communications and Development Professional

September 2, 2016

I thought I knew a lot about agriculture and compared to the average American twenty-something, maybe I did (only two ...

SDG Series

Strengthening of China’s Capacity in Agricultural Market Monitoring and Agricultural Outlook

byChristine Chaperon

July 5, 2016

EDITOR'S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. Improving ...

Society

Potential Benefits of Genetically Modified Food

byPetra Kosi

June 27, 2016

Genetic modification is one of the most controversial revolutionary developments in the biotechnological sector. Production, processing, marketing, and consumption of ...

Business

Helping to Invest More and Better

byAlberta Mascaretti

January 11, 2016

FAO Investment Centre Celebrating 50 Years of Activity The FAO Investment Centre recently celebrated 50 years of activity supporting FAO ...

Science

What Is Happening To Our Soil?

byMara Finkelstein

October 20, 2015

Roberto Peiretti is an agricultural scientist in Argentina. He is the CEO of Roberto Peiretti & Associates, a firm engaged ...

Business

South-South Cooperation: The Partnership

byLaurent Thomas - Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

April 13, 2015

The world is changing as fast as the pace of new technological innovations that are increasingly shrinking our notion of ...

Tag: Agriculture

The importance of Plant Health

The future of agriculture: data-driven farming with GrainSense

Why does sustainable agriculture remain a challenge?

‘The Whites Have Brought Planes’: Perceptions of Drones in Malawi

Transforming Agriculture for Sustainable Development

The Amish, a potential sustainable-living model

What I Didn’t Know About International Development

Strengthening of China’s Capacity in Agricultural Market Monitoring and Agricultural Outlook

Potential Benefits of Genetically Modified Food

Helping to Invest More and Better

What Is Happening To Our Soil?

South-South Cooperation: The Partnership

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