An assessment of the capabilities of the Forest Research Institute in Myanmar revealed the need to further enhance capacities in order to cater to the requirements of the country’s stakeholders and to benefit from emerging trends in forestry and environmental research across the globe...(more)

In Myanmar, wildfires are a serious problem, with local and wide-reaching regional impacts. The country has the highest burn rate in Southeast Asia, and ranks 11th globally in terms of forest fires...(more)

On 25 April 2015, a devastating earthquake hit Nepal, with the epicentre in Gorkha District. This was followed by hundreds of aftershocks of differing magnitude, including that of 12 May 2015, with its epicentre in Dolakha District, which shook the hills...(more)

Dans un pays comme le Niger, où l’activité agricole est prédominante et la population en majorité jeune et rurale, la main-d’œuvre infantile est généralement moins chère, voire gratuite...(more)

Le Niger dispose d’un important potentiel aquacole estimé à 400 000 hectares de plans d’eau douce, des sous-produits agricoles nécessaires à la formulation d’aliments pour poissons et d’un niveau élevé de consommation des produits halieutiques...(more)

Le Niger est un pays d’élevage, avec un cheptel important et diversifié d’environ 45 millions de têtes toutes espèces confondues, principalement concentré dans les régions d’Agadez, Diffa, Maradi, Tahoua, Tillabéry et Zinder...(more)

The Fall Armyworm (FAW) is a highly destructive plant-eating insect, attacking a great number of different plant species and causing massive economic loss. The pest was first observed in Nigeria in 2016...(more)

Over the years, Pakistan’s seed sector has grown significantly. The seed system was initially dominated by the public sector in activities ranging from crop variety development, release/registration, seed multiplication/production, processing and marketing...(more)

Para el Paraguay, la agricultura familiar (AF) es estratégicamente importante, atendiendo a las políticas nacionales impulsadas para la reducción de la pobreza rural...(more)

Paraguay ha avanzado de manera significativa en todo lo relativo a sistemas de protección social en los últimos años, promoviendo políticas y programas sociales para luchar contra la pobreza, sobre todo en el ámbito rural...(more)