Training Manual Agrometeorology For Agriculture Extension Officers In The Lao People S Democratic Republic

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Lao People's Democratic Republic,Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789251350881

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Training manual agrometeorology for agriculture extension officers in the Lao People's Democratic Republic by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Lao People's Democratic Republic,Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Lao People's Democratic Republic Pdf

Agricultural meteorology deals with the meteorological, hydrological, pedological and biological factors that affect agricultural production as well as the interaction between agriculture and the environment. This training manual is developed for the Training of Trainers (TOT) to effectively implement agro-meteorology at the local level through multiple methodologies tested in Lao PDR, such as climate field schools and group approaches, public announcement systems (loudspeakers), and school programmes. The manual is developed for the use of the Laos Climate Service for Agriculture (LaCSA) online system developed under the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded project Strengthening Agro-climatic Monitoring and Information Systems (SAMIS) to improve adaptation to climate change and food security in Lao PDR. It is aimed for TOT, and the design is flexible so that any modules or lessons can be extracted and applied in field-level staff training with some local adjustments. The training can also help fill gaps between the producers of agrometeorological services and the farmers’ actual needs to improve their livelihood.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789251322000

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Strengthening Agro-climatic Monitoring and Information Systems (SAMIS) to improve adaptation to climate change and food security in the Lao People's Democratic Republic by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

The project Strengthening Agro-climatic Monitoring and Information Systems to improve adaptation to climate change and food security in Lao People's Democratic Republic, has arranged training on basic and advanced geographic information systems (GIS) for the staff of the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology and of the Department of Agricultural Land Management in Lao PDR. The folder contains the training materials for materials prepared by the Asian Institute Technology.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789251330098

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Practical handbook for agricultural land cover mapping in the Lao People's Democratic Republic by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ,Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao People’s Democratic Republic Pdf

This handbook presents the detailed steps for national agricultural land cover mapping, conducted with limited resources and budget from design to final validation and production. It covers the technical aspects of 1) selection and preprocess of satellite imagery (both optical and radar), 2) definition of a land cover legend using international standards, 3) the integration with other existing information as well as the analysis of such database in order to assign a thematic classification, 4) the interpretation, 5) the accuracy assessment and 6) the final packaging and publication of results. The handbook focuses on mapping agricultural land, in a complex landscape, such as the one found in Lao PDR, where atmospheric conditions, topographic effects and management makes the classification challenging. The handbook also presents practical examples of the team, software and skill-set required to develop a national land cover dataset. The objective of the document is to provide a working manual to other national teams willing to develop a land cover mapping programme.

Author : Charles L. Gilreath
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : AGRICOLA (Information retrieval system)
ISBN : MINN:31951D01743648F

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AGRICOLA User's Guide by Charles L. Gilreath Pdf

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251346167

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Climate-smart agriculture case studies 2021 by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

This publication describes climate-smart agriculture (CSA) case studies from around the world, showing how the approach is implemented to address challenges related to climate change and agriculture. The case studies operationalize the five action points for CSA implementation: expanding the evidence base for CSA, supporting enabling policy frameworks, strengthening national and local institutions, enhancing funding and financing options, and implementing CSA practices at field level. The publication provides examples of the innovative roles that farmers, researchers, government officials, private sector agents and civil society actors can play to transform food systems and help meet the Sustainable Development Goals; it also demonstrates how these actors can collaborate. The case studies discuss context-specific activities that sustainably increase agricultural productivity and incomes, adapt and build resilience of people and food systems to climate change, and reduce and/or remove greenhouse gas emissions where possible.

Author : UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789231003714

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The United Nations world water development report 2020 by UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme Pdf

The 2020 edition of the WWDR, titled 'Water and Climate Change' illustrates the critical linkages between water and climate change in the context of the broader sustainable development agenda. Supported by examples from across the world, it describes both the challenges and opportunities created by climate change, and provides potential responses - in terms of adaptation, mitigation and improved resilience - that can be undertaken by enhancing water resources management, attenuating water-related risks, and improving access to water supply and sanitation services for all in a sustainable manner. It addresses the interrelations between water, people, environment and economics in a changing climate, demonstrating how climate change can be a positive catalyst for improved water management, governance and financing to achieve a sustainable and prosperous world for all. The report provides a fact-based, water-focused contribution to the knowledge base on climate change. It is complementary to existing scientific assessments and designed to support international political frameworks, with the goals of helping the water community tackle the challenges of climate change, and informing the climate change community about the opportunities that improved water management offers in terms of adaptation and mitigation.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9251077207

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Climate-smart Agriculture Sourcebook by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Pdf

"Climate-smart agriculture, forestry and fisheries (CSA), contributes to the achievement of sustainable development goals. It integrates the three dimensions of sustainable development (economic, social and environmental) by jointly addressing food security and climate challenges. It is composed of three main pillars: sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and incomes; adapting and building resilience to climate change; reducing and/or removing greenhouse gases emissions, where possible. The purpose of the sourcebook is to further elaborate the concept of CSA and demonstrate its potential, as well as limitations. It aims to help decision makers at a number of levels (including political administrators and natural resource managers) to understand the different options that are available for planning, policies and investments and the practices that are suitable for making different agricultural sectors, landscapes and food systems more climate-smart. This sourcebook is a reference tool for planners, practitioners and policy makers working in agriculture, forestry and fisheries at national and subnational levels." -- Back cover.

Author : Jean Nicolas Wintgens
Publisher : Wiley-VCH
Page : 1034 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015059265994

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Coffee: Growing, Processing, Sustainable Production by Jean Nicolas Wintgens Pdf

A quick pick-me-up or a subtle beverage with an aroma that conjures up images of special moments shared with special people? There′s more to coffee than that. Apart from being a beautiful tree with fragrant flowers, coffee is also a culture, practically a religion to a certain elite and certainly a source of income to millions of people, rich and poor alike. Coffee professionals around the world will find the specific information they need in this lavishly illustrated and practical work designed to answer all their questions about the coffee plant and how it is grown, harvested, processed and refined. Specialists and experienced professionals were consulted and some 40 renowned international experts have contributed their specific knowledge and expertise to this comprehensive handbook, covering such topics as: ∗ Growing ∗ Pests, diseases, and their control ∗ Harvesting and processing ∗ Storage, shipment, quality ∗ The latest economical and technological aspects. In addition, special indexes demystify such confusing data as information sources, conversion tables and other technicalities. With its 40 chapters, over 1000 pages and 900 superb illustrations, this is a universally reliable manual, providing basic guidelines and recommendations applicable everywhere, and not geared to any specific country.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251045097

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Handbook for Defining and Setting Up a Food Security Information and Early Warning System (FSIEWS). by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

The World Food Summit, held in Rome in November 1996, recognised the urgent need for better information. As a result the FIVIMS (Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping System) initiative was launched, as a co-operative venture, to assist countries and the international community to identify the "who, where and why" of food insecurity. Even before the Summit, many countries had established approaches for this purpose based on multidisciplinary networks, at national and local levels. One of these approaches, developed first in French-speaking Africa, is the FSIEWS method (Food Security Information and Early Warning System) proposed in this handbook as one of the tools available to those engaged in the fight against hunger. This contribution to the FIVIMS initiative is addressed to the national technical officers at central and decentralised level, as well as to their collaborators from the technical assistance community.

Author : Prasad Thenkabail
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 2304 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781482282672

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Remote Sensing Handbook - Three Volume Set by Prasad Thenkabail Pdf

A volume in the three-volume Remote Sensing Handbook series, Remote Sensing of Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban Studies documents the scientific and methodological advances that have taken place during the last 50 years. The other two volumes in the series are Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies, and Land Reso

Author : A. P. Mossman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Rice
ISBN : MINN:31951002860547V

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Rice Postharvest Losses in Developing Countries by A. P. Mossman Pdf

Author : Unesco
Publisher : UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 9231034464

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World Science Report 1998 by Unesco Pdf

This year's edition of the World Science Report examines the role played by science in resolving the major issues facing human society, such as food security, water resources and disease.

Author : Pons Batugal
Publisher : Bioversity International
Page : 797 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Coconut
ISBN : 9789290436294

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Coconut Genetic Resources by Pons Batugal Pdf

Author : Franck Billé,Grégory Delaplace,Caroline Humphrey
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781906924874

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Frontier Encounters by Franck Billé,Grégory Delaplace,Caroline Humphrey Pdf

China and Russia are rising economic and political powers that share thousands of miles of border. Despite their proximity, their interactions with each other - and with their third neighbour Mongolia - are rarely discussed. Although the three countries share a boundary, their traditions, languages and worldviews are remarkably different. Frontier Encounters presents a wide range of views on how the borders between these unique countries are enacted, produced, and crossed. It sheds light on global uncertainties: China's search for energy resources and the employment of its huge population, Russia's fear of Chinese migration, and the precarious independence of Mongolia as its neighbours negotiate to extract its plentiful resources. Bringing together anthropologists, sociologists and economists, this timely collection of essays offers new perspectives on an area that is currently of enormous economic, strategic and geo-political relevance.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,African Union
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-13
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251308714

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Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization: A Framework for Africa by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,African Union Pdf

This framework presents ten interrelated principles/elements to guide Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization in Africa (SAMA). Further, it presents the technical issues to be considered under SAMA and the options to be analysed at the country and sub regional levels. The ten key elements required in a framework for SAMA are as follows: The analysis in the framework calls for a specific approach, involving learning from other parts of the world where significant transformation of the agricultural mechanization sector has already occurred within a three-to-four decade time frame, and developing policies and programmes to realize Africa’s aspirations of Zero Hunger by 2025. This approach entails the identification and prioritization of relevant and interrelated elements to help countries develop strategies and practical development plans that create synergies in line with their agricultural transformation plans. Given the unique characteristics of each country and the diverse needs of Africa due to the ecological heterogeneity and the wide range of farm sizes, the framework avoids being prescriptive.