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Key guidelines and advice on effectively and sustainably managing FAW include: Visit the field and look at the status of the crop: its health and signs of presence of the FAW. Farmers can take direct action by crushing egg masses and young larvae. FAW damage can look alarming, but maize plants have [...]

This guidance note outlines how increasing livelihood support and employment opportunities for youth can: 1. reduce distress migration, addressing it at its root causes in countries of origin, and help to address causes of instability or conflict; 2. meet the immediate livelihood needs of young IDPs and refugees and give them ‘portable’ [...]

A total of 33 participants (10 women) participated in the Regional Rice Initiative – Workshop cum Study Tour on knowledge exchange on Farmer Field School curriculum development for promotion of efficient rice farming practices and value chains. Field visits were made to Sleman (Rice-Fish farming and “jajar legowo”) and Boyalali [...]

At the end of the module participants will: ● be aware of the various types of aquaculture; ● value aquaculture as a means of livelihood diversification and as a business opportunity; ● understand the importance of careful planning.

An Empirical Analysis of Expanding Rice Production in Sub-Sahara Africa. How far can new technologies taught to a small number of selected farmers diffuse to other farmers in a village? In order to answer this question, this paper investigates the impact of JICA training on the adoption of rice cultivation technologies [...]

The purpose of this paper is to document CARE’s current practice of Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) to climate change and how, increasingly, elements of the approach are evolving and being integrated into other development sectors. This synthesis of CBA project examples informs an ongoing process to update our various tools and [...]