This guide does not aim to be a comprehensive manual on the use and importance of biodiversity in the farmscape. Rather, it is an attempt to provide a first step in encouraging further research and a systematic approach into a field of research that concerns the livelihood of most people in Lao as well as… [Read More]
Agriculture Resources
A list of free guides, how-to tools and other resources on Agriculture for NGOs and development professionals.
Energy and Gender for Sustainable Development: Free Toolkit for Practitioners
This toolkit and resource guide has been produced jointly by the Sustainable Energy Programme of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and ENERGIA, the International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy. It is designed to help planners and practitioners integrate gender and energy considerations into development programmes, including those focusing on energy improvements as well… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit for African Agribusiness Development Programme
As part of its mandate, UNDP’s African Facility for Inclusive Markets (AFIM), has developed an African Agribusiness Supplier Development Programme (AASDP) in support of the AU and CAADP’s agriculture transformation and food security agenda. The objectives of the agricultural supplier development programme (ASDP) are three-fold: first, to improve the quantity and quality supply of agricultural… [Read More]
A Free Analytical Toolkit for Support to Contract Farming
This document aims to provide a task team leader with tools for a critical evaluation of projects promoting contract farming schemes before, during, and after the life span of the project. This toolkit has three objectives: provide guidance on what kinds of contract farming schemes work well, and in what circumstances (the best practice function); provide… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit of Best Prevention and Management Practices: Invasive Alien Species
Invasive alien species are recognised as one of the leading threats to biodiversity and also impose enormous costs on agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and other human enterprises, as well as on human health. Rapidly accelerating human trade, tourism, transport, and travel over the past century have dramatically enhanced the spread of invasive species, allowing them to… [Read More]
A Free Gender Responsive National Communications Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to strengthen the capacity of national government staff and assist them in integrating gender equality into the development of National Communications (NCs). It is recognized that NC reporting processes can be a meaningful entry point for training, awareness-raising and capacity-building efforts. Preparation of reports can also influence other, ongoing climate change… [Read More]
Free Advocacy Toolkit: Advocating for the National Strategy for the Development of Statistics
PARIS21 has produced a Country-level Advocacy Toolkit, which aims to help national statistical system managers and statisticians in developing countries with their own advocacy work and to demonstrate the advantages of planning advocacy systematically. It gathers, in a single package, advocacy methodology, tools, tips and messages. The Toolkit deals with statistical advocacy at the country… [Read More]
A Free Guide to Climate Change Adaptation in Cities
Cities—especially in developing countries—are on the front lines of climate change impacts. These impacts range from an increase in extreme weather events and flooding to increased air temperatures and public health concerns. Climate change affects both human well-being and the economy, posing threats to the livelihoods and assets of people living in cities. Most vulnerable… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit: Hands-on Energy Adaptation
Hands-on Energy Adaptation Toolkit (HEAT) is an online resource that is designed to lead you through an assessment of climate vulnerabilities and adaptation options in your country’s energy sector and raise awareness among key stakeholders. HOW HEAT provides an interactive, step-by-step guide, as well as an analytical framework and support tools, to help policymakers consult… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit for Supporting Smallholder Seed Systems
Agriculture begins with seed. Without seed, there can be no crops and no food production. When harvests fail or seed stocks are lost, seed insecurity ensues, which can reduce food security and livelihoods. In most smallholder farming systems farmers save seed from the previous harvest to plant in the next season. They select seed from… [Read More]
A Free Publication on Nutrition-Sensitive Value Chains
This publication has been produced to fill a key knowledge gap in the emerging field of value chains for nutrition by providing guidance on how to design nutrition-sensitive value chain (NSVC) projects, with a particular focus on smallholder producers. This guide provides validated step-by-step guidance for NSVC project design, relevant not only for IFAD but… [Read More]
A free Local Regulation of Agriculture Toolkit
The New Hampshire Coalition for Sustaining Agriculture is pleased to present the Local Regulation of Agriculture Toolkit, developed with grant funds provided by Farm Credit East Northeast AgEnhancement. They have created the Toolkit for farmers and municipal decision makers to guide development of local farm friendly regulatory environments in which agricultural enterprises can operate successfully,… [Read More]
A free Toolkit for Transforming Food and Agriculture to Achieve the SDGs
Food and agriculture stand today at a crossroads. Looking back, major improvements in agricultural productivity have been recorded over recent decades to satisfy the food demand of a growing global population. But progress has often come with social and environmental costs, including water scarcity, soil degradation, ecosystem stress, biodiversity loss, decreasing fish stocks and forest… [Read More]
Save and Grow: A Free Policymaker’s Guide to the Sustainable Intensification of Smallholder Crop Production
Save and Grow addresses the crop production dimension of sustainable food management. In essence, it calls for “greening” the Green Revolution through an ecosystem approach that draws on nature’s contributions to crop growth, such as soil organic matter, water flow regulation, pollination and bio-control of insect pests and diseases. This guide offers a rich toolkit… [Read More]
Free Gender and Inclusion Toolbox: Participatory Research in Climate Change and Agriculture
This toolbox was guided by the valuable feedback and recommendations of key practitioners, scientists and subject experts at Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), the CGIAR and many local development partners. They also benefited greatly from the many workshops, co-design events,… [Read More]
A Free Good Practice Handbook: Water Demand Management
During the implementation of the WATER POrT component of the WATER SUM project, the beneficiary countries explicitly requested capacity building on water demand management. One of the project tasks was therefore dedicated to this topic and included training events, demonstration case studies, workshops, and the development of good practice case studies in order to share… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit: Digital Tools for Agriculture
Digital Development for Feed the Future (D2FTF) is a collaboration between the U.S. Global Development Lab (Lab) and the Bureau for Food Security (BFS) at USAID. Launched in September 2015, this three year partnership is aimed at integrating digital tools and approaches into the Feed the Future portfolio. Due to the rapid global growth and… [Read More]
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A Free Training Guide: Gender and Climate Change Research in Agriculture and Food Security for Development
This training guide was prepared by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to fill that gap by supporting work to investigate the gender dimensions of responding to climate change in the agriculture and food security sectors. The final goals are to improve food production, livelihood security and gender equality in the context… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit for Practitioners: Interactive Radio for Development Projects
This Interactive Radio Toolkit is adapted from and expands on Interactive Radio for Agricultural Development Projects: A Toolkit for Practitioners in December 2012 under USAID’s FACET project. Though many examples used here highlight agriculture, this adaptation is for development projects more broadly and draws on the wisdom and experience of colleagues in many fields who… [Read More]
