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Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been identified as potential enablers for alternative forms of sharing surplus food to prevent food loss and waste. Food sharing platforms can also provide an entry point to the sustainability transition by encouraging its users to confront the systemic causes of unsustainable and inequitable...

Regional droughts are increasing in frequency and climate change projections indicate an exacerbation in the occurrence of regional droughts in the future. Droughts are complex hydrometeorological events, and the complexity of cause-and-effect relationships across administrative and political borders can make drought management a challenge. While...

Groundwater offers smallholder farmers in the lowlands of Lao PDR opportunities to diversify cropping beyond wet season paddy and thus enhance their livelihoods while reducing climate risks. This chapter focuses on evaluating existing and specifically developed groundwater irrigation options on the Vientiane Plain, and framing the findings around...

Highlights • The analysis indicated a positive correlation between socioeconomic factors and agricultural land change in Asia. • A negative correlation between agricultural land and urban population signified an agricultural land decline in Asia. • Higher agricultural productivity gains contributed to the farmland decline in some countries in Asia...

This report, which focuses on innovation, is the third by The World in 2050 (TWI2050) initiative that was established by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and other partners to provide scientific foundations for the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In 2018, the first report by TWI2050 on Transformations...

This chapter considers food waste from the perspective of cities in Asia, presenting case studies from Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines. Interdisciplinary perspectives are brought together, drawing from sociology, industrial ecology, urban planning and public affairs, towards highlighting current efforts to manage waste in...

Food production and productivity improvements have contributed to lifting millions of people out of poverty and reduced hunger and malnutrition, but are associated with patterns of land intensification that have degraded agricultural land and caused great environmental harm. Underlying drivers affecting land conversion to and from agriculture...

Irrigated agriculture has become an important focus of the Government of Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) for addressing poverty alleviation, food security and climate change. Most irrigation systems to date have relied upon surface water, limiting irrigation development to areas close to streams, rivers and reservoirs. To address this gap, a...

Groundwater can provide irrigation for rural communities where surface water is absent or unreliable. Technical, institutional and capacity limits have prevented rural communities from using groundwater for irrigation, and researchers have not demonstrated how to extract and use groundwater effectively for agriculture. A recent Australian-funded...

本ガイドラインは、アジアの開発途上国の都市を対象に、有機性廃棄物の発生源での分別と、都市廃棄物処理施設における好気性発酵による堆肥化の活用を図ることに焦点を当てている。 またこのガイドラインは、堆肥化の妥当性を検討するための技術的知見をほとんど、あるいは一切持っていない地方の政策立案者や意思決定者を対象に、廃棄物処理の改善に向けての適切な戦略の選択肢としての堆肥化の導入について、その実現可能性の評価を支援することを目的としている。 このガイドラインは、 （1）堆肥化についてその長所と短所、および持続可能な堆肥化の立案のための技術的および非技術的側面について必要となる諸条件を始めとする堆肥システムの全体像を説明し、 （2）堆肥化プロジェクトの導入可能性を検討するに際して...