- 22/07/2022 Learn the principles of the "System of Rice Intensification" (SRI) and explore how rice yield can be increased even while reducing the amount of seed, water, and pesticides needed. This rice management system is well suited to the Asian smallholder farmer as it does not require additional...
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19/05/2022 A quick overview of the different categories of common crop pests and diseases, and tools for identifying them.
- These are a few images from the Introduction to Integrated Pest Management, 19-20 May, 2022
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19/05/2022 This is an introductory overview of Integrated Pest Management as a management system and includes a summary ofprevention, cultural, physical, biological, and chemical controls.
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Bicksler, A., Trail, P., Bates, R. M., Burnette, R. R., & Thansrithong, B. (2022). Small Farm Resource Centers as Informal Extension Hubs in Underserved Areas: Case Studies from Southeast Asia.Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education, 29(2), 74-90....
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01/01/2022 Scientific understanding about domestication and the origins of food production in East Asia is undergoing rapid change based on new data from archaeology, paleobiology, and paleoenvironmental studies. The earliest agricultural and pastoral societies emerged from the highly diverse habitats and...
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01/01/2018 This Special Issue will consist of selected papers from the Sustainable Asia Conference (SAC) 2016, an annual international conference held on Jeju Island, South Korea, from 28 June to 2 July. The SAC 2016 is one of the leading international conferences for presenting novel and fundamental...
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AQUASTAT is the FAO global information system on water resources and agricultural water management. It collects, analyses and provides free access to over 180 variables and indicators by country from 1960. AQUASTAT draws on national capacities and expertise with an emphasis on Africa, the Near...
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06/01/1999 This document warns of the danger of mercury containing soaps which are sold to lighten skin color. Many of these soaps are produced in European coutnries (but cannot be legally sold there)so the soaps are thensold in African, Asian and Carribbean countries.These soaps are dangerous to unborn...