Good practices on seeds preservation took center stage at the recently concluded Knowledge Management (KM) Fair during the South Asia Sub-Regional Steering Committee Meeting held in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on 22-25 August 2017. Bangladesh entry entitled “Community Seed Bank: Ensuring farmers’ seed sovereignty” bagged the most number of votes at the “Marketplace of Good Practices” […]
Young people in Laos are choosing to do #farming over other employment. Watch this video by Lao Farmer Network to find out why.
This video presents the reflection of Exposure visit and Training of the Forest and Farm Producer Organizations (FFPOs) representative to Self Employment Women Association (SEWA) in Ahamedabad, Gujrat, India. The visit was made with support of Forest and Farm Facility(FFF) Programme.
Agriculture is the leading employer in Myanmar’s economy, employing 60% of the country’s population. Out of 67.6 million hectares of land, 12.8 million hectares is cultivated. Most agricultural activities in the country are still carried out manually, with low levels of mechanization. This results to low productivity and low agricultural outputs and, consequently, to low […]
The Matale district in Sri Lanka is famous in the country for cultivating spices. In Kambiadiya village in Matale, most of the residents are also engaged in agriculture. Additionally, the women in the village are engaged in home gardening to help provide for their family needs. Their gardens are collectively referred to as “Kandyan Home […]
During the 2014 International Year of Family Farming (IYFF), FAO and various partners and stakeholders expressed the need to go beyond the celebrations and to put in place a set of concrete actions aimed at addressing issues and challenges raised throughout the year. In response to that, the decision was made to implement a web-based […]
Assam, India – Growing crops is a challenge in the hilly terrain of Assam-India. To counter this, Sloping Agriculture and Land Technology (SALT) has been introduced as an alternative farming method to the farmers in place of jhum. Farmers are trained on – A-frame or making the contour line by using the A-frame; and planting […]
Gujarat, India – For farmers’ organization (FOs) in India, one of the key areas of emphasis in recent years has been the use of technology by grassroots women to increase efficiency and cost-effectiveness of last-mile operations and to improve delivery. Towards this, SEWA, in partnership with the private sector, has piloted several innovative mobile-based ICT […]
