A key message of this report is that without better understanding the determinants of smallholders’ participation in agricultural markets, and formulating appropriate measures to facilitate improved participation, initiatives seeking to promote the adoption of productivity enhancing technology by smallholder producers are likely to have limited success.

With the support of the OK-Net EcoFeed project this field lab has been investigating ways of reducing pig and poultry farmer's reliance on imported protein for animal feed.

International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD) was to assess the impacts of past, present and future agricultural knowledge, science and technology on the - reduction of hunger and poverty, - improvement of rural livelihoods and human health, and - equitable, socially, environmentally and economically sustainable development.

This study assesses the international instruments, mechanisms, UN bodies, and other regional and global initiatives that address concerns relating to indigenous lands, territories, and resources.

Practitioners, farmers and scientists are studying agroecological initiatives in India to promote agroecology to political authorities and intergovernmental bodies and to support the productivity of agroecosystems for food security, agricultural livelihoods and reduce environmental degradation and greenhouse gas emissions.

We demonstrate how to make and use a fermented fertilizer known as fish hydrolysate. This fertilizer is rich in microbes that promotes soil fertility and plant health and can boost crop yields. It is easy to make from widely available low-cost ingredients.

In 2011, Typhoon Washi devastated the city of Cagayan de Oro and prompted institutions to employ sustainable mechanisms for disaster risk reduction and management. One of the projects introduced was the Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES), an alternative sustainable financial mechanism, in Mt. Kalatungan, Bukidnon, where Xavier Science Foundation, Inc. served as the fund manager.

This document presents the results of a series of initiatives implemented by IPs’ organizations, development agencies, FAO and the UNPFII to position Communication for Development as a key element in achieving social change and guaranteeing IPs the opportunity to benefit from their rights.

In order to oppose logging activities in their territories (ongoing since 1968) and an attempt of eviction by the State (in 1992), the indigenous people of Huay Hin Lad Nai village, Northern Thailand, have established traditional forest management techniques and institutions, set up the Northern Farmer’s Network (NFN), and adopted a sustainable land and forest use planning system.

The overall study is to identify and safeguard Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems and their associated landscapes, agricultural biodiversity and knowledge systems by initiating and establishing a long-term programme to support such systems and enhance global, national and local benefits derived from their dynamic conservation, sustainable management and enhanced viability.