05 August 2024
Over 2018-19, the Farmers' Integrated Development Association (FIDA) distributed 167 goats to 158 women-headed households in southern Punjab, Pakistan. Today, six years later, the results are remarkable. From 167 goat given to 158 families, the initial herd has multiplied to...
29 September 2023
FAO together with the Ministry of Agriculture and the Mahaweli Authority of Sri Lanka (MASL) implements the project “RiceUp” with funding from the European Union (EU). Its main objective is to respond to the economic and food security crisis in...
17 July 2018 - 20 July 2018
With support from FAO, the Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) programme in Andhra Pradesh is strengthening its use of non-formal education approaches and their application to ZBNF in particular on soils, initially in the Guntur district.
FAO and its partners have...
Starting in the 1990’s, the International Potato Center (CIP)’s integrated pest management team for potato late blight (IPM-LB) realized the importance of addressing the management of late blight, a complex potato disease, by combining crop protection and management sciences, with...
Agriculture feminisation is considered to be the major obstacle to agriculture development in Nepal. However, if we take it as an opportunity and invest in women’s productive and adaptive capacity, this will change. In order to improve farm production and...