The open burning of agricultural crop residues poses a sizable threat to Southeast Asia’s near-term prosperity and long-term sustainability. Though Southeast Asia’s policymakers have adopted burning bans and other solutions to curb this threat, few studies have systematically assessed their implementation prospects. This study offers a novel data-driven assessment of those prospects in Thailand. M...

This communication campaign on crop residue burning was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico, titled "Mi Parcela No Se Quema" (My Plot Does Not Burn). It aims to promote no-burn alternatives among farmers and make sure they understand risks associated with burning before they submit for a fire permit.The communication campaign is complementing by in-person and on...

This methodology applies to projects/activities that introduce technologies that reduce or displace no more than 10,000 tCO2eq per crediting year (i.e., 365 days) from the thermal energy consumption of household cooking. It is also mandatory for projects using this methodology to have primary baseline fuel as either wood or charcoal....

Farmer Field School (FFS) is a participatory education approach that brings together a group of small-scale food producers to solve production problems through sustainable agriculture. The FFS approach offers space for hands-on group learning, enhancing skills for observation and critical analysis and improved decision making by local communities. This course provides an overview of the FFS approa...

This course is meant to enable development and communication professionals to design and implement rural communication strategies combining participatory methods with communication processes, media and tools best suited for a specific situation.Audience:The course primarily addresses field workers, community leaders, development and communication professionals who need to enhance their skills in d...

Although intentional use of fires to transform land has decreased globally, particularly among highly capitalized countries through regulatory and market-oriented approaches and moral suasion, regulatory strategies have been less effective in southern and eastern Asia (see table S21). Some densely populated agricultural regions in China and India buck the global trend, showing increases in agricul...

Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) involves working with diverse stakeholders from the government, private sector, civil society, donors, and others for developing a shared understanding of goals and their role in the project. Getting your head around all the different dynamics that influence decisions is overwhelming at times.Stakeholder mapping enables diverse teams to have an in-depth conversation a...

Slash and burn agriculture has been commonly practiced in the tropics for generations. Besides the fact that this system is important for local people, it has been changing from the traditional pattern to a more intensive practice that could degrade ecosystems. There is a need to develop an automated method able to efficiently quantify land-use intensity within slash and burn system, i.e., the num...

These trainings materials were developed by Self Helf Africa as part of the CCAC-funded project "Abatement of Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) in the Nigerian Agricultural Sector by Reducing Open Field Burning (No Burn Alternatives)". They were produced to support the training of extension agents in Nigeria and cover the following topics:Module 1: Understanding No-Burn TechnologyModule 2: Cl...

Open waste burning (OWB) is an urgent environmental and public health crisis in low- and middle-income countries, yet little work has been done to understand it through a gender lens. In this article, Delila Khaled, founder and principal of ImpaXus, a global development advisory firm, shares details from her research on OWB in Samaná Province, Dominican Republic. Her study provides new insights in...