Success stories from the field

Afghanistan

• Irrigation works enable Afghan farmers to grow high-value crops
• Private seed markets help Afghan farmers outgrow poverty

Bangladesh

• Making it happen in Bangladesh: country investment plan 
• The national food policy and plan of action 
• Towards a master plan for a mega delta

Cambodia 

• Cambodia invests in the future by improving food security for mothers and young children
• In Cambodia healthier silkworms are boosting rural incomes
• FAO helps Cambodia control bird flu, saving lives and food

China

• China prepares farmers for climate change
• Environmental initiatives lead to more productive farming for China’s minorities
• China expands capacity to detect and control bird flu with FAO help
• Agricultural heritage in China: rice-fish culture
• Agro-biodiversity matters
• Policy matters - reform of forest tenure in China's collective forests and promoting knowledge exchange

DPR Korea  

• DPR Korea halts foot and mouth disease with help from FAO

India

• Possible approaches in community based fisheries management: two initiatives in South India 
• Fishing harbour management by stakeholders

Lao PDR

• Lao fishery legislation 
• Insects on the menu 
• Fighting malnutrition in Lao PDR

Mongolia

• To save forests, Mongolia devolves forestry management to locals
• To grow more food, Mongolia turns to irrigated agriculture
• Mongolia beefs up agriculture statistics to fight hunger

Myanmar

• Increased crop productivity is making life in rural Myanmar easier
• Growing more food and saving mangroves

Nepal

• In Nepal integrated pest management saves lives and boosts rural incomes
• Livestock and dairy upgrades raise incomes and help Nepal’s food security
• Nepal plants olive orchards to boost farm income

Pacific

• Improving life in the Pacific: better agriculture and fishing  
• Creating new income opportunities: understanding global trade rules 
• Trade promises, better jobs and stronger economies: when opportunity knocks

Pakistan

• Sowing seeds of hope
• Building on the strength of community
• From agriculture to agri-business

Sri Lanka

• Rural Sri Lanka farm families grow more crops
• Sri Lanka fisheries future bright after tackling problems left by Indian Ocean tsunami
• Sri Lanka boosts food availability by increasing aquaculture

Viet Nam

• Using IPM, farm incomes are boosted by growing potatoes in lowland rice