scholarly journals Physical Potentials and Constraints of Tidal Peat Swamps for Agriculture (Case Study of Rasau Jaya District, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia)

2021 ◽  
Vol 921 (1) ◽  
pp. 012079
Author(s):  
H Herawati ◽  
N Chatib ◽  
D Suswati ◽  
Y M Soetarto
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Land Productivity ◽  
Land Quality ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
Land And Water Management ◽  
Lowland Area ◽  
Tidal Swamps

Abstract Tidal swamps which are widespread in lowland areas have the potential to be used for agricultural activities. The amount of rain potential available in this type of land can be used to supply water for irrigation purposes so that plants grow optimally. However, the tidal potential especially on the peat swamps area may have a negative impact, namely the occurrence of nutrient leaching from the soil, which is harmful to plants. Rasau Jaya, a tidal lowland area with peat swamp soil characteristic, is an area allocated for rice and corn cultivation. The study was conducted with the aim to determine the physical potential and constraints of land and water management in Rasau Jaya for the cultivation of both types of plants. This research was conducted through field observations and measurements as well as laboratory tests and model scale to evaluate the characteristics of existing land quality based on Land Suitability Classification by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The result of this study shows that characteristics of water availability in Rasau Jaya is classified as Class S1 Highly Suitable for rice and corn crops, while existing conditions of land in Rasau Jaya III are generally classified in the S2 class Moderately Suitable for rice and corn crops. Appropriate land management is needed to increase land productivity for the cultivation of the Rasau Jaya’s assigned priority crops.

scholarly journals Sustainability-Oriented Innovations in Food Waste Management Technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 210
Author(s):  
Carlos Martin-Rios ◽  
Anastasia Hofmann ◽  
Naomi Mackenzie
Keyword(s):  
Food Waste ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Third Party ◽  
World Population ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization

Food is essential to our survival, yet the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) estimates that about 820 million people were undernourished in 2018. In this context, food waste generation is a particularly salient issue. Wasting food means missing opportunities to feed the growing world population and consuming scarce resources, such as land, water and energy used in the production, processing, distribution and consumption of food. Firms in HORECA (hospitality, restaurant and catering) represent a considerable share of total food waste and, more importantly, are characterized by an overall low sense of awareness about the sustainability-oriented innovation opportunities and challenges of minimizing food waste. This article draws on an in-depth case study to explore the use of technological advancements in downstream value chain. This case study draws on a tech startup providing services for HORECA companies to address a new way for companies to solve the food waste challenge. Adopting technological innovations to quantify and minimize wastage via collaborations with third-party companies can be a strategic and cost-effective way to supplement a company’s open innovation activities.

scholarly journals The Meaning of Water Environment for Stilt Houses on the Musi Riverbanks, Palembang

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-77
Author(s):  
Ari Siswanto ◽  
◽  
Ira Kusumawaty ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Water Environment ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
The Road ◽  
Lowland Area ◽  
Tidal Swamps ◽  
Agriculture Development ◽  
Musi River

Water functions are very diverse for humans for daily needs such as drinking water, bathing, agriculture, development, aesthetics, and lower temperatures. Palembang is a lowland area dominated by wetlands, tidal swamps, and rivers. The types of houses on stilts on the banks of the Musi river are limas, Gudang, and Chinese stilt houses which are always associated with the water environment. The construction of roads replacing the role of rivers has realized people that the water environment has an important meaning for the house on stilts. The research objective was to explore the meaning of the water environment from various aspects for residents, stilt houses, and their environment. This research method is a case study with data collection through interviews, observation, measurements, and taking photos. Data and findings were analyzed and juxtaposed with images in the field. The road construction has eliminated part of the function of the river and influenced the change in orientation of the house on stilts. In conclusion, respect for the water environment including rivers has decreased, causing the quality of the river to decline, and the house on stilts cannot take advantage of the existence of the water environment optimally

scholarly journals Tidal Swamps Development in West Kalimantan: Farmers Prefer A Rational-Moderately Strategy

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 269
Author(s):  
Jajat Sudrajat ◽  
Sutarman Gafur ◽  
Sutarman Gafur ◽  
Sutarman Gafur
Keyword(s):  
Development Project ◽  
Rice Farming ◽  
Success Story ◽  
Crop Species ◽  
West Kalimantan ◽  
Prefer Strategy ◽  
Rice Intensification ◽  
Tidal Swamps ◽  
Local Farmers

The Indonesian government has spent lots of budgets and built more infrastructures to escalate the intensive rice farming in the tidal swamps since 1970s. However, the success story is very limited.  This study aims to describe some obstacles in the practice of rice intensification, and also to explain some factors leading to their failure.  In explaining this context, we refer them to our-own-experiences in tidal lowlands development project from 2008 to 2009, literatures study, and then it is deepened by doing collectives case study –that is consisting of three studies in the type of-B, C, and D overflows.  The local farmers used to reject the intensive rice farming practices.  The use of local paddy varieties is a prefer strategy option. It is closely related to minimize the farming cost and also as a strategy so that they have more time to manage another farm activities.  Rationally the farmers prefer growing a variety of perrenial crop species that suits their personal needs and strategies. In conclusion, this study showed that agro-ecological based farm could be the most adaptive way in optimizing the indigenous rice farming.

scholarly journals Tough choices for an agile open source international development project: the Libre LAS Case

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
A McDowell ◽  
Andreas Drechsler
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
International Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Initial Development ◽  
Project Coordinator ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Land Administration ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
Financial Issues

© 2017, Association for Information Technology Trust. In June 2010, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) started a three-year trust fund project to develop and pilot open source cadastre and registration software. This project was called Libre Land Administration System (Libre LAS), and its aim was to make computerised cadastre and registration systems more affordable and more sustainable in developing countries. The first stage of the Libre LAS project was undertaken at FAO headquarters (HQ) in Rome. Generic cadastre and registration processes were defined and software requirements and software architecture documents prepared. Development of the Libre LAS software began in early 2011. An international team of software developers assembled at FAO HQ and proceeded to create the generic software platform using an Agile Scrum methodology. By early 2012, the first release of Libre LAS was ready and pilot implementations began in Ghana, Nepal, and Samoa to validate and prove the Libre LAS concept. This case study tracks the initial development and implementation of Libre LAS in the pilot countries from 2011 to late 2012. It is presented from the standpoint of Brett, the Libre LAS Project Coordinator, and discusses organisational, cultural, stakeholder, and financial issues that conspired to derail the project. Ultimately, Brett is left to make some tough decisions around the pilot implementations to ensure the success of the overall project.

scholarly journals Agriculture in the function of rural development: Case study from Republic of Serbia and Republic of Srpska

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 463-476
Author(s):  
Mirjana Delić-Jović ◽  
Tamara Gajić ◽  
Biljana Rađenović-Kozić
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Paired Samples ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Spss Software

Rural areas in Republic of Serbia and Republic of Srpska, but also in the surrounding countries, are rich in natural resources suitable for agricultural and rural development. The authors of the paper performed a comparative analysis of agricultural development and the possibility of influencing rural development in Serbia and Republic of Srpska. In addition to the available secondary documentation, they used data from FAOSTAT (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). The authors conducted a survey in the rural areas of the two countries during 2019, on a total sample of 215 respondents, farm owners. The obtained data were analyzed in the SPSS software, version 23.00. The descriptive statistical analysis gave an insight into the shortcomings of agricultural development, while the paired samples t-test confirmed the hypothesis of the existence of a statistically significant difference in certain categories.

scholarly journals Sustainability of the Jeju Haenyeo Fisheries System in the Context of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS)

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 3512
Author(s):  
Wonseob Song
Keyword(s):  
Future Generations ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Livelihood Security ◽  
The Core ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
Environment And Development ◽  
Core Meaning ◽  
Important Objective

According to the Brundtland Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED), the concept of sustainability emerges from the expectation of development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. This notion of sustainability is highly related to the implication of the Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The haenyeo (women divers) fisheries system of Jeju Island, South Korea, serves as an empirical case that illustrates that the core meaning of GIAHS is placed on the concept of sustainability. The most important objective of this case study is to explore how the five main values of GIAHS—(i) food and livelihood security, (ii) agro-biodiversity, (iii) local and traditional knowledge systems, (iv) cultures, value systems, and social organizations, and (v) landscape and seascape features—can be interlocked, and how the concept of sustainability can emerge through this interlocked relationship. In doing this, the value of both GIAHS and the Jeju haenyeo fisheries system is illuminated.

Algerian case study and the need for permanent Desert Locust monitoring

1990 ◽  
Vol 328 (1251) ◽  
pp. 573-583 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Protection ◽  
National Level ◽  
Integrated System ◽  
Desert Locust ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
The World ◽  
Locust Control ◽  
And Control

Through the experience gained by Algeria and the Maghreb Commission for Desert Locust control during the past recession and the present plague (1987, 1989), especially in the use of operational meteorological products of the World Weather Watch of the World Meteorological Organization for improved forecasts of swarm movement, an integrated acridometeorological watch system is suggested for the whole Saharan breeding area to avoid any surprise in the future. This permanent monitoring system should be built and operated jointly by the meteorological and the plant protection services at the national level. The regional and international coordination by the Food and Agriculture Organization of this Desert Locust monitoring could make use of the now experienced and integrated system of the World Weather Watch. The system proposed is not only useful for Desert Locust survey and control, but for the realistic use of the Saharan environment for a better life for nomads and the newly settled peasants.

scholarly journals Identifikasi Kandungan Berbahaya Jajanan Anak Sekolah Dasar SDN A dan SDN B Kota Samarinda Tahun 2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 30
Author(s):  
La Anton ◽  
Sri Evi New Yearsi ◽  
Muhammad Habibi
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
The One

Latar Belakang:Makanan jajanan menurut Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) didefisinikan sebagai makanan dan minuman yang  dipersiapkan  dan  dijual  oleh  pedagang  kaki  lima  di  jalanan dan  di  tempat- tempat keramaian umum lain yang langsung dimakan atau dikonsumsi tanpa pengolahan atau persiapan lebih lanjut. Sedangkan menurut Depkes RI (2013) makanan jajanan merupakan makanan dan minuman yang bisa langsung di konsumsi dan dapat dibeli dari penjual makanan, yang diproduksi oleh penjual tersebut atau yang diproduksi oleh orang lain, tanpa diolah lagi.Tujuan :Untuk  mengetahui  kualitas  jajanan  anak Sekolah Dasar SDN A dan SDN B Kecamatan Sungai Pinang wilayah kerja Puskemas Remaja Samarinda tahun 2018.Metode Penelitian:Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan Pra-Eksperimen The One Shot Case Study. Teknik pengambilan sampel adalah purposive random sampling. Sampel pada penelitian adalah makanan jajanan siomay, cireng, pentol, mie basah, kerupuk dan saos yang di jual di lingkungan SDN A dan SDN B  Kecamatan Sungai Pinang Dalam.Hasil : Hasil penelitian, setelah dilakukan pengamatan dari 12 sampel makanan jajanan secara kualitas fisik, yaitu dari   warna, rasa, bau dan benda asing, didapatkan hasil makanan jajanan tersebut aman untuk dikonsumsi. Namun hasil uji kualitas kimia pada makanan jajanan tersebut didapatkan 67% sampel yang mengandung formalin dan 8% sampel mengandung boraks. Hasil uji kualitas biologi didapatkan 11 sampel   jajanan tercemar bakteri coliform, namun terdapat 2 sampel jajanan yang melewati syarat mutu SNI-3788-2009 tentang batas maksimum cemaran mikroba dalam makanan.Kesimpulan: Dari 12  sampel dari 6 jenis makanan jajanan yang sama, tidak ditemukan ciri-ciri sampel yang mengandung formalin dan boraks. yang teridentifikasi positif mengandung formalin 1 sampel siomay, 2 sampel cireng, 2 sampel pentol, 1 sampel mie basah, dan 2 sampel krupuk. Berdasarkan hasil uji Laboratorium kandung boraks pada 12 sampel dari 6 jenis makanan jajanan   yang   sama,   terdapat   1   jenis sampel makanan jajanan yang teridentifikasi mengandung boraks, yaitu 1 sampel pentol. Cemaran   kandungan   bakteri   Coliform ditemukan 11 sampel makanan jajanan positif  tercemar bakteri Coliform dan terdapat 2 sampel makanan jajanan mie basah dengan cemaran coliform    TBUD    (tidak    bisa    untuk dihitung).

scholarly journals Tough choices for an agile open source international development project: the Libre LAS Case

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
A McDowell ◽  
Andreas Drechsler
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
International Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Initial Development ◽  
Project Coordinator ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Land Administration ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
Financial Issues

© 2017, Association for Information Technology Trust. In June 2010, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) started a three-year trust fund project to develop and pilot open source cadastre and registration software. This project was called Libre Land Administration System (Libre LAS), and its aim was to make computerised cadastre and registration systems more affordable and more sustainable in developing countries. The first stage of the Libre LAS project was undertaken at FAO headquarters (HQ) in Rome. Generic cadastre and registration processes were defined and software requirements and software architecture documents prepared. Development of the Libre LAS software began in early 2011. An international team of software developers assembled at FAO HQ and proceeded to create the generic software platform using an Agile Scrum methodology. By early 2012, the first release of Libre LAS was ready and pilot implementations began in Ghana, Nepal, and Samoa to validate and prove the Libre LAS concept. This case study tracks the initial development and implementation of Libre LAS in the pilot countries from 2011 to late 2012. It is presented from the standpoint of Brett, the Libre LAS Project Coordinator, and discusses organisational, cultural, stakeholder, and financial issues that conspired to derail the project. Ultimately, Brett is left to make some tough decisions around the pilot implementations to ensure the success of the overall project.

Tough Choices for an Agile Open Source International Development Project: The Libre LAS Case

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-148
Author(s):  
Andrew McDowell ◽  
Andreas Drechsler
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
International Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Initial Development ◽  
Project Coordinator ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
Land Administration ◽  
Food And Agriculture Organization ◽  
Financial Issues

In June 2010, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) started a three-year trust fund project to develop and pilot open source cadastre and registration software. This project was called Libre Land Administration System (Libre LAS), and its aim was to make computerised cadastre and registration systems more affordable and more sustainable in developing countries. The first stage of the Libre LAS project was undertaken at FAO headquarters (HQ) in Rome. Generic cadastre and registration processes were defined and software requirements and software architecture documents prepared. Development of the Libre LAS software began in early 2011. An international team of software developers assembled at FAO HQ and proceeded to create the generic software platform using an Agile Scrum methodology. By early 2012, the first release of Libre LAS was ready and pilot implementations began in Ghana, Nepal, and Samoa to validate and prove the Libre LAS concept. This case study tracks the initial development and implementation of Libre LAS in the pilot countries from 2011 to late 2012. It is presented from the standpoint of Brett, the Libre LAS Project Coordinator, and discusses organisational, cultural, stakeholder, and financial issues that conspired to derail the project. Ultimately, Brett is left to make some tough decisions around the pilot implementations to ensure the success of the overall project.

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