Climate-Smart Agriculture Initiatives in the Philippines

Fe B. Perlas
ABSTRACT Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach that helps to guide actions needed to transform and reorient agricultural systems to effectively support development and ensure food security in a changing climate. CSA aims to tackle three main objectives: sustainably increasing...
Country: Philippines Topic: Smart agriculture
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Study on Rice Paddy Agroecosystem in Different Cultivation Methods and Landscapes

Li Lin, Chung-Yu Hsu, Chi-Ling Chen, Mei-Ling Fan, Sung-Hsia Weng, Sih-Sheng Cai, Hung-Chang Hsu, Guan-Hua Pung
ABSTRACT The biodiversity in rice paddies is influenced by factors such as the surroundings and farming methods employed but is also related to the rice yield and production costs. In 2013, a survey was conducted in Hualien County to determine the community structure of invertebrates in rice...
Country: Taiwan Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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Achievements, Challenges and Ways Forward for the Satoyama Development Mechanism: A Self-Assessment by the SDM Secretariat

Yasuo Takahashi, Nicolas Schauffele, Sabrina Mengrani, Andre Mader, Henry Scheyvens, Federico Lopez-Casero, Rajarshi Dasgupta
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) are “dynamic mosaics of habitats and land uses where the harmonious interaction between people and nature maintains biodiversity while providing humans with the goods and services needed for their livelihoods,...
Country: Japan Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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Smart Platform for Precision Agriculture in Thailand

Tanee Sreewongcha, Sutkhet Nakasathien
ABSTRACT A SMART platform is a farming management system that monitors the variations of crop, environment and farmer practices in each farm upon a combination of satellite or drone images, sensor technologies, mobile applications, positioning technology, and the Internet of Things. The SMART...
Country: Thailand Topic: Smart agriculture
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Biodiversity Maintained by the Traditional Tea-Grass Integrated System in Shizuoka, Japan

Yoshinobu Kusumoto
ABSTRACT In Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, farmers traditionally cover furrows in green-tea fields with grass (mainly Miscanthus sinensis and Pleioblastus chino) in the autumn and winter seasons. The semi natural grasslands from where this grass is collected are called Chagusaba. The results of...
Country: Japan Topic: Eco-friendly agriculture (satoyama and satoumi)
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