The Small Entrepreneurs Coffee Production System Development Project in Southeast Asia (Coffee+) recently launched a free online learning course learning course for public access. The Farmer Business School (FBS) is regarded as the project’s key components aimed at improving the business and management skills of smallholder coffee growers Deutsche Gesellschaft fur...
Nuanla-or working on her coconut farm, © Nuanla-or Dherdkiattikun Author: Valentin Kossack, valentin.kossack@giz.de The new ReCAP project supports coconut farmers in the Nam Hom Provinces of Thailand in converting their farms to regenerative organic farms. What is regenerative organic farming? In a nutshell: Farming practices that boost soil health and reduce...
Joint exhibition booth of GIZ, develoPPP.de and Import Promotion Desk (IPD) at BIOFACH 2020 (Copyright: IPD) Digital BIOFACH (February 2021) – Organic Sourcing for Development GIZ and the Import Promotion Desk (IPD) will extend their successful joint exhibition appearance for the sixth time at BIOFACH 2021. BIOFACH is world’s leading trade...
Women in rural areas bring about great changes every day despite many obstacles. As part of the special initiative ONE WORLD – No Hunger, seven women from Africa and Asia were awarded for their commitment to agriculture. A digital exhibition shows their impressive success stories. How it all began The competition...
The podcast is a tool used by our multi-stakeholder platform Initiative for Sustainable Agricultural Supply Chains. Every second week our podcast team interviews an expert who is related to agriculture in the global south, sustainable supply chains or the trade and sales of products made of the named crops...
The key modules of sustainable agriculture (MOSA) COURSE DATES AND VENUE 7 – 11 May, Bangkok, Thailand PARTICIPANTS You work in the field of rural development and/or natural resource management. You are involved in the development of agricultural production systems as an advisor, programme coordinator or policy maker. OBJECTIVES AND CONTENT You will gain...
Plenary Session, Initiatives and achievements of key stakeholders in scaling up CSA 12-13 December, FAO headquarters (Green Room). Photo by: ©FAO/Giuseppe Carotenuto. Editorial use only. Copyright ©FAO. ROME, Italy – The ASEAN Climate Resilience Network (ASEAN-CRN), through Ms. Imelda Bacudo (Senior Advisor and Deputy Head, Forestry and Climate Change project) of...
One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. Finally, after several years of formal negotiation processes, a decision on how the agriculture sector can tackle climate change issues has been finally reached at the 23rd Conference of Parties (COP23) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...
Ms. Li from the Regional Initiative on Zero Hunger Challenge, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations was invited to give an international and regional perspective on sustainable agrifood systems at the Regional Knowledge Sharing Consultation “Sustainable Agrifood Systems for Food Security and Sustainable Development in the...
ASEAN Guidelines on the Regulation, Use and Trade of Biological Control Agents (BCA) was developed in close collaboration with the ASEAN Member States (AMS) and endorsed by the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) in 2014. It aims to improve and harmonise the regulations on biological control agents...
