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Sustainable Development and Science: Bridging the Gap with Tools

September 12, 2018|post

While sipping your tea this morning, chances are you weren’t thinking about the journey it made to reach your cup. A world away, on a plantation in the Central Highlands of Vietnam, those tea leaves grew, were handpicked by farm workers and hauled off in diesel trucks to processors who fermented and dried them. The […]

Women, Water and World Hunger

September 10, 2018|post

For hundreds of millions of women, providing food to feed their families is a daily imperative. Many of them depend solely on the meager yields of small plots and farms, with little or no access to support when vital crops fail. At the same time, they shoulder the burden of household chores like fetching water, […]

Improved Breeding Bull Management and Dairy Cattle Rearing

September 6, 2018|volunteer

It was my pleasure to serve as Farmer-to-Farmer volunteer in Bangladesh from January 26 to February 11, 2018. The assignment was coordinated by Winrock International with sponsorship by USAID, United States Agency for International Aid. The host recipient, BRAC Artificial Insemination (AI) Enterprise,is one part of  Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee (BRAC), the largest NGO in […]

Market Value Chains of Small Ruminants

September 5, 2018|volunteer

My last visit to Mali was in 2013, and there has been significant change since then. In Bamako, construction has progressed rapidly, and outside Bamako, roads are now in good shape and services, along those roads, are much more available.  Use of cell phones is ubiquitous and is one of the most important factors responsible […]

BUKU 1 : Indonesia Oil Palm Independent Smallholders Limited Definitions, Gaps and Challenges

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Palm oil has become the mainstay of agricultural commodities in Indonesia and has had huge impact on general society. Thus, it has received significant attention from various groups due to both positive and negative aspects arising from the industry. The expansion of oil palm plantations undoubtedly has had a negative impact in some sectors, especially […]

White Paper 2 : Institutional Arrangements for Conservation Area Management

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Revisions to Law No. 5/1990 on Conservation of Natural Resources, Biodiversity and ecosystems (Law No. 5/1990) are under discussion at the legislative and executive levels in Indonesia. This second White Paper focuses on “institutional arrangements for conservation area management.” We have gathered expert opinions on the matter. This discussion is part of a series, following […]

USDOL Project EMPOWERs Woman to Read and Write

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Alice’s household faces many challenges like any other single woman-headed household in her village. She has been unable to send any of her children to school, so none of them has been educated. She does not own a farm because within her husband’s culture, a woman can only inherit ancestral land from her father, not […]

Pollen Production Brings New Benefits to Bangladesh Beekeepers

August 28, 2018|volunteer

Bangladesh Field Team reflects on the successful impacts F2F has had on the Bangladesh Association for Social Advancement (BASA). “F2F assistance helped with specialty knowledge related to beekeeping including honey, pollen and royal jelly production. It has been immensely beneficial. The benefits continue as the trained people have trained others.” – AKM Shirajul Islam, Executive […]

Towards More Resilient Solutions

August 27, 2018|post

On August 26, water professionals turned their attention to Stockholm, Sweden. At World Water Week, the world’s premier conference on water issues, attendees chose from hundreds of panels, presentations and plenaries, and enjoy the opportunity to network with other experts, decision-makers and innovators. Sharing experience and information with fellow practitioners, working toward solutions to the most critical water-related challenges — what more could a water wonk ask for?  […]

August Volunteer of the Month

August 23, 2018|volunteer

Neelam Canto-Lugo was nominated by the Myanmar Farmer to Farmer team because she is excellent at highlighting personal capacity and demonstrating how to use, manage and improve it. She has opened the eyes of many trainees about how to prepare for the work place and is dedicated to training while doing it with pleasure.  Country Director, […]