The world’s largest safety net for family farmers?
Title The world’s largest safety net for family farmers? Contributor ILEIA Author KS Gopal Content India’s Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is the largest public-works based employment programme in the world. Unanimously enacted by the Indian parliament in 2005, implementation began in February 2006. With an annual budget of six billion US dollars, it now supports some fifty million rural people – larger than the population of Senegal, Mali and Niger combined. This article focuses on the successes, issues and potential of the Act to improve the well being of workers and family farmers. Type of initiative Case Studies Year Published Language English Asia INDIA Link http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/global/resilience-faces/social-safety-nets 
Sustainable Way of Living – Homeschooling the Youth
Title Sustainable Way of Living – Homeschooling the Youth Contributor Moral Promotion Center Public Organisation, Office of Knowledge Management and Development Author Phra Sangkom Thanapanyo Khunsiri Content Mainstream education has caused difficulties for the youth of northern Thailand in reaching their dreams. In most cases, they are forced to take exorbitant student loans which brings their families in poorer conditions. This video proposes an alternative to mainstream education by home schooling the youth and teaching them the sustainable way of living. They are taught to live in a sufficiency economy model, consuming what they only need and driving themselves away from greed.
Type of initiative Multi-Media Year Published Language English Link https://youtu.be/w4oBGneP6dY 
A ‘green revolution’ that may save Filipino coconut farmers
Title A ‘green revolution’ that may save Filipino coconut farmers Contributor Rappler Author Rappler Content In agroforestry, farmers plant more than one type of crop and in different heights – a concept called multi-storey cropping. Like in the Marjes’ farm, you’ll find coconut trees or tall fruit trees watching over everything.
In lower levels are shorter fruit trees, coffee or cacao trees, and herbal plants. On the ground are pineapples, tuber and root crops like cassava, potato, and peanut.Type of initiative Article Year Published Language English Asia PHILIPPINES Link http://www.rappler.com/science-nature/environment/120326-agroforestry-intercropping-coconut-farmers-quezon 
Youth and agriculture: It’s up to us
Title Youth and agriculture: It’s up to us Contributor Dinesh Panday Author Author Content With a population of more than 28 million, Nepal is one of the poorest countries in Asia. But it is enormously rich in terms of biodiversity and natural resources, and agriculture plays a very important role in the country’s economy. It is also very rich in another way: young people make up 40 percent of the population. The problem is that young people don’t seem to be interested in agriculture. Type of initiative Case Studies Year Published Language English Asia NEPAL Link http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/global/markets/youth-and-agriculture-dinesh-panday 
The Mother of Our Breath
Title The Mother of Our Breath Contributor Agriculturesnetwork.org Author Robert V. Bishop and ILIEA Content Women have been the nurturers of the family and providers of food on land, while men have been providers from the sea. Children are expected to help their parents and other elders in their different tasks. This is the story of the Paulauan traditional family farming system in the western most regions of the Caroline Islands in the Republic of Palau. Type of initiative Case Studies Year Published Language English Asia Taiwan Oceania PALAU Link http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/global/family-farming/palau-family-values 
Nutrition from innovation and taste from waste
Title Nutrition from innovation and taste from waste Contributor ILEIA Author Jacob Zucker, Roshan Mehta, Roshan Pudasaini Content From a situation of widespread undernutrition, consuming fresh vegetables all year round has now become a reality for many Nepali households thanks to their expanding home gardens. But the stories they tell show that the benefits of home gardens are not limited to improving household nutrition. The gardens also help to empower women and conserve biodiversity, two much needed conditions for better family and community nutrition on a broader scale. Type of initiative Case Studies Year Published Language English Asia NEPAL Link http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/global/reclaiming-nutrition/diversifying-production 
Climate Resilience Sustainable Agriculture Experiences
Title Climate Resilience Sustainable Agriculture Experiences Contributor ActionAid Author Content This document summarises case studies from ten countries through ActionAid’s approach to climate resilient sustainable agriculture, which incorporates agroecology in a human rights framework. Based on these experiences ActionAid recommends to increase investment in agroecology, as part of a comprehensive human rights based approach: - In particular in ensuring public agriculture research works with nature, taking cognisance of the natural ecological functioning;
- That public agriculture scientists are encouraged to work with farmers to define their research priorities, disaggregating the priorities of male and female farmers;
- That extension agents are trained on sustainable agronomic practices and farm management, which can have significant benefits in terms of building resilience, adapting to climate change, and improving production and food security;
- Of course, all this needs to be underpinned by support for smallholder farmers’ organisations, including women farmers’ unions, to both engage effectively with markets and with government to influence public policy in their favour.
Type of initiative Case Studies Year Published 2014 Language English Asia AFGHANISTAN, BANGLADESH, CAMBODIA, CHINA, MYANMAR, NEPAL Africa MOZAMBIQUE, RWANDA South America BRAZIL, Nicaragua Link http://ag-transition.org/wp-content/pdf/2014-CRSA_Experiences-September_2014_SMALL.compressed.pdf 
Participatory Guarantee System and Analog Forestry
Title Participatory Guarantee System and Analog Forestry Contributor AgriCultures Network, ILEIA Author Cavan Gates, Eduardo Aguilar Content Besides providing for many of our needs, forests play a pivotal role in providing ecosystem services, ranging from biodiversity conservation to climate regulation. Yet over the last decade the world has lost an average of more than 5 million hectares of forests every year. Different examples show that marketing forest products can have a very positive impact, leading to higher incomes and also to healthier ecosystems. Type of initiative Article Year Published Language English Asia SRI LANKA Africa CAMEROON Link http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/global/markets/pgs 
Aprendiendo de los agricultores
Title Aprendiendo de los agricultores Contributor AgriCultures Network, ILEIA Author ILEIA Content La primera vez que leí sobre el SICA fue una tarde del 2002. En los siguientes años, en mi función de extensionista de la Oficina Distrital de Desarrollo Agrícola (DADO) empecé a promover el SICA en el distrito de Morang, Nepal. Type of initiative Case Studies Year Published Language Español Asia NEPAL Link http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/latin-america/el-sica/aprendiendo-de-los-agricultores 
SRI in Bihar: From one to 350,000
Title SRI in Bihar: From one to 350,000 Contributor AgriCultures Network, ILEIA Author ILEIA Content Farmers in Bihar were initially sceptical when they heard about the System of Rice Intensification, five years ago. Only one farmer decided to try it. From then, first by word of mouth and now with government support, SRI has gone from strength to strength.In 2012, Bihar had some 335,000 hectares of SRI paddy and had a record rice harvest. One small-scale farmer has broken the world record for rice production, achieving a staggering 22.4 tons/hectare, almost 10 times the previous typical yield in the state.
Type of initiative Case Studies Year Published Language Asia INDIA Link http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/global/sri/sri-in-bihar
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