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Aug. 06, 2019

ICTs for Precision Agriculture

May. 28, 2019

International Symposium on Smart Agriculture for Environmentally and Consumer Friendly Food Production

May. 07, 2019

Enabling capacity in production and application of bio-pesticide and bio-fertilizer for soil-borne disease control and organic farming

Oct. 30, 2018

Smart Use of Fertilizers for Environmentally Friendly Agriculture

Oct. 22, 2018

Strengthening The Prevention Strategies And Early Warning Systems Of Agricultural Disasters Through Information And Communication Technology (ICT)

Oct. 02, 2018

International Workshop on Fostering Increased Engagement and Capacitating the Youth on Agri-Entrepreneurship

Sep. 27, 2018

Climate Smart Agriculture for the Small - Scale Farmers in the Asian and Pacific Region

Sep. 12, 2018

Soil and Plant Tissue Analysis: Testing Methods, QA/QC, Data Interpretation and Application

Jun. 05, 2018

International Seminar on Promoting Rice Farmers’ Market through Value-adding Activities

Apr. 23, 2018

Dragon Fruit Regional Network Initiation Workshop

FFTC’s project list for 2020

PUBLICATIONS

Newsletters

Newsletter 210: Circular agriculture experts meet

Experts who attended the recently concluded international symposium on circular agriculture talked about agri food loss, wastes, and innovative technologies for the reuse, recycling and value addition of agricultural wastes and residuals.

Books

Implementing the Satoyama Initiative for the Benefit of Biodiversity and Human Well-Being

The Center has recently added to its publication list the book entitled “Implementing the Satoyama Initiative for the Benefit of Biodiversity and Human Well-Being,” edited by former FFTC Director Dr. Kuo-Ching Lin and Dr. Kuang-Chung Lee, Associate Professor, National Dong Hwa University. The Satoyama book is a joint project of FFTC and the Hualien District Agricultural Research and Extension Station and Forestry Bureau of the Council of Agriculture (COA), Taiwan, together with the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, COA, and the International Partnership of Satoyama Initiative (IPSI). The 269-page book encapsulates the articles written by experts from different countries who shared their knowledge and experiences on topics like conserving biodiversity, economic forest plantation, community conserved areas, environmentally friendly agricultural technologies, ecological engineering, etc.

Books

ICTs for Precision Agriculture Focusing on Rice Production in the Asian and Pacific Region

Modernization of the agricultural processes is seen as one of the paths towards addressing the many issues of rice production, which is the major staple crop of people in the Asian Pacific Region. Through the integration and implementation of suitable Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) like smart phones, drones and robotics, precision agriculture can be harnessed and rice farmers will be more informed and empowered. To shed more light on this topic, in 2019, FFTC and the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) organized an international symposium on “ICTs for Precision Agriculture” and invited 12 rice scientists from eight countries (Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan and Malaysia) to present papers on technology packages and country reports on precision agriculture particularly focusing on ICTs. A year later, these papers are now re-edited and published into a book (144 pages) containing three major sections: 1) Understanding Precision Agriculture; 2) Technology Packages for Precision Agriculture; and 3) Precision Agriculture in Asia. Edited by FFTC Deputy Director Dr. Akira Hasbe and the late Zolkafli Bin Aris, Director of the Engineering Research Centre of MARDI, the book is now off the press and is also available online.