GIS Report – Status And Perspective Of GIS/GIM Published by:Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP)Chameli House, 17 Topkhana RoadG.P.O. Box 2883, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh Geographical Information System (GIS) has developed remarkably over the last two decades and will play a vital role in the development of nations in the 21st Century, after which many countries have formulated their strategic development plan for the application of GIS technology with huge financing efforts. Now it is time for all the decision-makers to discuss GIS technology and its applications for rural development, natural resource management, urban development planning, Land information system, suitability for agricultural development and educational infrastructure development, with special emphasis on rural areas. Download this book: click here

RDR 2019 – Food waste to wealth Published by:Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the PacificChameli House, 17 Topkhana RoadGPO. Box 2883, Dhaka-1000, BangladeshFax: 880-2-9562035Website: www.cirdap.org For the purpose of this report, the title- “Food Waste to Wealth: Post-harvest Loss from Farm Gate to Market” is crafted to represent the CIRDAP Policy Bodies concern of food losses and wastage in its fifteen membercountries consistent with other developing countries most of which happen from the farms right to consumption stage. Since the report takes into consideration global perspective as bearings, it has to discuss food loss and waste both concepts encompass post-harvest loss. Downoad this book: click here

Asia Pacific Journal of Rural Development – June 2019 issue Title: Asia Pacific Journal of Rural Development – June 2019 issue Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development (APJORD), a bi-annual academic journal, is a flagship publication of CIRDAP. It is devoted to the issues and discussions on rural development, primarily in the Asia-Pacific region. The journal provides a platform for academicians, policymakers, NGOs, research scholars, and other stakeholders interested in Integrated Rural Development (IRD) to exchange and share ideas, opinions, field observations, and empirical findings on various facets of rural development.APJORD focuses on Integrated Rural Development, keeping in view the six programme priorities of CIRDAP. These are: (a) sustainable development and efficient use of natural resources (e.g. land administration andmanagement, waste management and natural resource management); (b) livelihoods (e.g. povertyreduction, economic productivity through technological innovation, upgrading and diversification andrelated policies, skill development, entrepreneurship, access to financial services and sustainable tourism);(c) access to basic services (e.g. food and nutrition security, safe and affordable drinking water andsanitation, health and education, affordable reliable and modern renewable energy, access to information, decent housing, and rural transportation access); (d) climate change (e.g. strengthen resilience andadaptive capacity to climate change, and mitigation of adverse impact); (e) governance (e.g.strengthening local governance and CBO/CSOs, and gender inclusive governance) and (f) management ofrural areas in transition. With this interdisciplinary journal, CIRDAP fulfils its mandate as a service institution to its member countries for promoting sustainable integrated rural development through the dissemination of knowledge and promotion of policy dialogue. Download this book: click here