Nepal’s Energy Landscape Nepal’s persistent energy scarcity stems from its heavy reliance on traditional biomass and imported fossil fuels, which account for 68% and 28%, respectively, of the 14.464 million tons of oil in 2019. Out of this, only 3.2% came from renewable energy sources. Despite 92.2% of households in the country having access to […]
The Agroecology TPP (AE-TPP) was established to convene a large set of international, national and local partners who share the vision of filling research gaps and doing research differently in order to accelerate and co-ordinate the work on agroecology with the aim of fostering transitions to more sustainable agricultural and food systems. The Platform implements numerous projects across eight domains of […]
Statement and Recommendations of Farmers’ Organizations at the Transformative Partnership Platform on Agroecology (Agroecology TPP) Annual Members ForumMarch 31 – April 4, 2025 | Hanoi, VietnamDelivered by Jonjon Sarmiento, PAKISAMA Family farmers are not just food producers but knowledge producers and solution providers. Our organizations and cooperatives are our platforms for collective actions, enabling us […]
Vietnam's ecologically sensitive wetlands, which produce much of the country's food staples, including rice, fish and fowl, are now beginning to suffer the effects of over-exploitation.
''Environmental protection and economic development sometimes contradict each other,'' Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE) Pham Khoi Nguyen said, spelling out the government's dilemma.
But Nguyen indicated that the time had come for drastic measures to protect a vast region of shimmering paddies and mudflats, stretching from the Red River valley in the north to the Mekong Delta in the south, which ''plays a crucial role in ensuring the national food supply but is also home to delicate ecosystems''.
Fostering the engagement of smallholder farmers and fishers in the policy processes and program development within the context of UNDFF: The Case of ARDKPP in the Philippines Irish P. Baguilat, AFA, Honey Bermudez Tabiola, UPCIDS-AltDev, and Raul Socrates Banzuela, PAKISAMA This abridged version of the case study was produced through the partnership of the Asian […]
The United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF 2019-28) recognizes the role of communication as a driver to advance sustainable food systems and the need to increase awareness about the central role that family farmers play for the future of our planet. In particular, rural radio is still the most widely used medium for sharing […]
The United Nations Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF 2019-28) recognizes the role of communication as a driver to advance sustainable food systems and the need to increase awareness about the central role that family farmers play for the future of our planet. In particular, rural radio is still the most widely used medium for sharing […]
The $250,000 World Food Prize, considered by many the Nobel Prize of food and agriculture, was awarded today to an Indian scientist credited with launching a "blue revolution" (a rapid increase in fish production) in the developing world.
Modadugu Gupta has spent 30 years creating a cheap and ecologically sustainable system of small-scale fish-farming using abandoned ditches and seasonally flooded fields and water holes smaller than the average swimming pool.
