Agriculture and natural resources
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How do you like them apples? Central Asia gets ready to help feed the world
By Dorothea Lazaro, Loreli de Dios on Friday, 21 June 2019
Central Asia is improving food safety measures to share with the world some of the more than 8000 plant species, as well as livestock, from the region.
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Harvesting the good data that Asia’s farmers need
By Pamela Lapitan, Anna Christine D. Durante on Friday, 31 May 2019
Area frame sampling – which compiles objective agriculture data using geographic areas and advanced technology – is increasingly being used in Asia to help farmers prepare for climate change and extreme weather.
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Let’s scale up remote sensing technology to better evaluate projects
By Garrett Kilroy, Andrew Brubaker, Maya Vijayaraghavan on Thursday, 14 March 2019
Remote sensing technology can be a cost-effective tool to help international development practitioners monitor project outcomes
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Leading women's empowerment and rural development in Nepal
By Md. Abul Basher on Monday, 07 January 2019
Jit Kumari is a role model for her audacious voyage to economic and social prosperity.
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Technological innovation is a game-changer for agricultural statistics
By Lakshman Nagraj Rao, Jude David Roque, Anna Christine D. Durante on Tuesday, 11 September 2018
Both emerging and existing technologies should complement each other to bolster agricultural data quality.
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Crop insurance lessons from my field trip to Rajshahi
By Arup Kumar Chatterjee on Thursday, 23 August 2018
Crop insurance is a valuable climate adaptation tool for disaster-prone countries like Bangladesh.
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8 ways to promote natural capital investments in the GMS
By Pavit Ramachandran on Tuesday, 05 June 2018
Boosting investments in natural capital requires an accurate accounting of its economic value to guide policy-making.
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Measuring rice yield from the sky
By Lakshman Nagraj Rao on Monday, 30 April 2018
Spatially explicit maps of crop yields can help countries improve overall agricultural productivity.
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Land measurement bias revisited
By Lakshman Nagraj Rao on Friday, 06 April 2018
Weak statistics and informal land area measurement techniques can distort agricultural policies, ADB research shows.
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How the gig economy can transform farms in the developing world
By Sohail Hasnie, Sungsup Ra on Monday, 02 April 2018
What Uber has done for urban transport, drones can do for farms and the billions who depend on them.
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No progress on gender if women, girls stay hungry
By Md. Abul Basher on Thursday, 08 March 2018
Connecting women with wholesale markets can help them escape hunger, narrowing the gender gap.
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E-commerce key to modernized farming in the PRC
By Qingfeng Zhang on Thursday, 25 January 2018
“Internet plus agriculture" can revitalize the country’s villages and boost productivity – if the government and the private sector work together.
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Pushing GMS food up the value chain
By Pavit Ramachandran on Wednesday, 03 January 2018
The Siem Reap Action Plan will pave the way for the subregion to become a regional and global hub for good, sustainably produced food.
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Where should we invest to keep hunger at bay?
By Amy Leung on Monday, 16 October 2017
To promote food security and curb migration, we need to shift from resource-intensive agriculture to smarter methods of food production.
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Online farms are a win-win for PRC agriculture
By Ayumi Konishi on Thursday, 28 September 2017
Getting many more farms online will boost farm productivity in the People's Republic of China, and help make the country’s future growth more inclusive.
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Asian agribusiness has much to learn from Spain’s cooperative model
By Md. Abul Basher on Monday, 11 September 2017
Spanish agricultural cooperatives have become successful for-profit ventures. How can Asia’s farmers follow their path?
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Pakistan’s fragrant basmati rice at a crossroads
By Akmal Siddiq, Kiyoshi Taniguchi on Monday, 26 June 2017
With a bit more attention to quality, Pakistani basmati rice can take its rightful place in world markets.
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How farmers cope with natural disasters in Bangladesh, Pakistan
By Shikha Jha on Wednesday, 19 April 2017
Post-disaster strategies help farmers overcome immediate losses while they wait for assistance.
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It’s time to energize Cambodian agribusiness
By Samiuela Tukuafu on Monday, 23 January 2017
Agriculture is by far the most important sector of Cambodia’s economy, and fundamental to its success.
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The foreseeable future of Mongolia’s agriculture
By Enerelt Enkhbold on Tuesday, 06 December 2016
The road ahead for agribusiness in Mongolia is exciting and full of opportunities, once several challenges are addressed to unleash the sector’s potential.
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