Managing your pigs with the LongArm
Say you have a thousand head pig farm going, and you’re alone to do all the work. How would you herd your pigs from one place to another? Enter canadian pig farmer Mary Haugh. She came up with “The Longarm”, “a roller that dispenses a swath of red cloth–a sort of farm version of the […]
Legowo System for Fish-Rice Intercropping
Fish and rice is always a tasty combo right? FarmFriday shares this farming method developed by the Assessment Institute of Agricultural Technology (AIAT), Ungaran, Indonesia. Thanks again to FFTC. Learn how to setup the Legowo System here….
The wonderful Polyface Farm
Ok this is not from Asia but this farm is amazing and we can get some ideas that can be applied to the asian farming context. Polyface Farms is a “grass-farming” operation in Swope, Virginia run by Mr. Joel Salatin and his family and a bunch of staff and interns. It has become the “mecca of […]
Building a Biogas Plant to Supply a Farm Household
Farm technology again for FarmFriday courtesy of FFTC Archives. This is a concise howto on building a small Biogas plant that can supply the energy needs of a farm household. This technology was developed by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry Extension, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam.read the full howto on Building a […]
Multi-Purpose Paddy Sowing Machine
FarmFriday is back again after a long rest 🙂 and today we feature this machine developed by the Department of Agriculture of Thailand. We got this from our friends over at FFTC. This machine attempts to resolve the following problem encountered using manual sowing “for a consistent spread, farmers have to constantly cast the seeds […]
Philippine farmers reduce production cost and increase yield by going organic
OrganicSaturdays shares this tidbit from GlobalResearch.ca about how Philippine Farmers are reaping the benefits of going organic. MASIPAG-trained farmers have not used chemical pesticides for decades now, he said, with ducks for example an excellent natural control against golden snail; “it converts biomass into eggs and meat as well,” he observed. MASIPAG organic farms, he […]
Agriculturesnetwork.org module on Sustainable small-scale farming
FarmFriday features module 1 of the Learning AgriCultures series put up by the admirable folks over at agriculturesnetwork.org. Module 1 provides an overview of issues to be explored in the Learning AgriCultures series. This series aims to provide support to educators in explaining the principles behind sustainable small-scale farming. Module 1 serves as the introduction […]
GIZ Seminar: The Future of Smallholder Farming in Agribusiness – June 2011
Our friends at GIZ Thailand sent out this invite for a regional training they will conduct on June 21-25, 2011 in Krabi, Thailand dubbed “The Future of Smallholder Farming in Agribusiness“. Agriculture must produce more from less, and do so in an environmentally sustainable, efficient and socially just manner. The GIZ partnership farming approach provides […]
Maligaya Flatbed Dryer Inquiries
To our readers who have been requesting for assistance in purchasing the maligaya flatbed dryer, here’s the updated contact details of the program manager in charge of the machines. Apologies for the bad links in our posts on maligaya flat bed dryer, it seems like PhilRice Online revamped their website and put in new permalinks […]
Radically Rethinking Agriculture for the 21st Century
As the year draws to a close, FarmFriday leaves you with this interesting bit from ScienceMag. Food for thought as another year is about to start. Happy New Year everyone and may we all have a peaceful, just and bountiful year ahead… Population growth, arable land and fresh water limits, and climate change have profound […]
