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Parviz Koohafkan is currently director of the Land and Water Division of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations, FAO. His is a positive view: inspite of the difficulties that small-scale farmers face, they play a very important role in rural development, and this is increasingly being recognised. Their role will therefore become even more important – especially in the face of climate change. Interview Jorge Chavez-Tafur
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Applying the Farming First Principles to Mitigate and Adapt to Climate Change Farmers must be involved in implementing climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies. To support them, we must create sound and reliable incentives; we must share knowledge; and we must make adequate tools and technologies accessible to deliver both food and energy security.. |
Wrong policies behind Rajasthan's water crisis Desert state Rajasthan, which has long been renowned for its traditional water harvesting methods, is today facing an acute water crisis. Policy |
Food and Climate Change: a Perspective
The food-growing situation may seem to be in good shape today but that's just an illusion based on the current availability of petroleum fuels. All the wheat, corn and other crops that are produced on big American farms may be alive and growing, but they're not products of real nature or real agriculture. They're manufactured rather than grown. The earth isn't producing those things, petroleum is! |
China drought highlights future climate threats
Yunnan's worst drought for many years has been exacerbated by destruction of forest cover and a history of poor water management.Yunnan's worst drought for many years has been exacerbated by destruction of forest cover and a history of poor water management. |
Millets future of food and farming
Millets need very little water for their production. Compared to irrigated commodity crops currently promoted by policy measures, millets and require just around 25% of the rainfall regime demanded by crops such as sugarcane and banana. Thus, they do not burden the state with demands for irrigation or power.
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Impact of Climate Change in Meghalaya : Micro-level Perception and Institutional Response
Third Assessment Report of IPCC concluded that forest exosystems would be seriously impacted by future climate change.Even with global warming of 1-2 degree C, most ecosystems and landscapes will be impacted through changes in species composition,productivity and biodiversty.These will impact millions of people's livelihood who depend on forest resources..
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Agriculture led Strategies for Livelihood Security of Rural Poor Agriculture provides sustenance to two-third of India’s population, which has crossed more than one billion and still growing. Agriculture and allied activities contribute 25 percent to its GDP. However, with decreasing share of agriculture to GDP is resulting into rural poverty and people are faced with the livelihood problem... |
Enhancing Soil-Organic Matter in SAT - Scientific Evidence and Policy Support Needed for Scale-up Any dry piece of grass or plant leaf is made of more than 30 different elements, including major nutrients like NPK and micro-nutrients like Fe, Zn, B, Mo etc. |
Changing Pest Scenario in Crops
The concept of integrated Pest Management (IPM) was developed in response to these negative implications of intensive chemical pest control. Initially, IPM concentrated on the development and introduction of spraying on thresholds levels. Later non-chemical control methods were integrated with limited and selective pesticide use. Modern IPM is based on ecosystem management. |
Women take control of their food security and sovereignty
Bringing a ‘positive change in gender and power relations’ remained central to the efforts made by Utthan in influencing change. |
Tribal women attain food sovereignty through seed banks The women groups have revived their traditional seed storage techniques to preserve seeds in the seed banks. |
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By gaining critical control over seeds rural women have recovered traditional landraces and biodiversity in agriculture. Initiatives such as Alternative PDS and Food Sovereignty Trust by Deccan Development Society have not only ensured heightened access to food and nutrition but have also empowered women by strengthening their leadership abilities |
Gender-Sensitive Strategies for Adaptation The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and local Indian institutions in Andhra Pradesh are addressing the gender aspects of coping with climate variability and longterm change within the project Gender-sensitive Strategies for Adaptation to Climate Change: Drawing on Indian Farmers’ Experiences... |
Resistance is Ripe! Agriculture Action Day
The current food system is responsible for over 32% of the greenhouse gas emissions. At the same time the practices of agri-businesses make millions of small farmers loose their land and livelihood. It is unfair to use the benefits that small farmers provide to the environment as an excuse to keep polluting as usual |
