Volume 5
Examples of Successful Initiatives in Agriculture and Rural Development in the South

Published in partnership with:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

FOREWORD

Agricultural production and support system

• Mucuna cover cropping: Benin
• Zero tillage: Brazil
• Productive water decontamination: Colombia
• Walnut propagation: India
• Rice self-sufficiency: Indonesia
• Oil palm R&D: Malaysia
• Date production support: Namibia
• Cotton standardization and grading: Pakistan
• Microbanking: Philippines
• Beekeeping as business: Samoa
• Baby corn development: Thailand
• Acid sulphate soil drainage: Viet Nam
• Smallholder Irrigation: Zimbabwe

Fisheries, forestry and food and agriculture policy and development

• Aquaculture extension through trickle-down: Bangladesh
• Improved fish smoking: Ghana
• Community forestry: Turkey
• Nutrition training to prevent vitamin A deficiency: Nepal
• Household food security and nutrition: Nigeria

Contributions to sustainable development and special programme thrust

• Empowering women: China
• Client-oriented extension training: Ethiopia
• Gender and biodiversity management: India
• Rural women in development: Slovenia 
• Rural youth curriculum: Uganda 
• People's participation: Zambia