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 certified online course provides an overview of the process to design, implement, scale up, evaluate and manage FFS programmes.

This e-learning course is intended for project managers, project formulators and evaluators, government staff, FFS practitioners, and researchers who wish to learn about formulating, implementing, and evaluating FFS programmes.

The course consists of 5 lessons, ranging from approximately 35 to 60 minutes duration each:

Lesson 1 - Planning and initiating an FFS programme

Lesson 2 - Development of human capacity

Lesson 3 - Curriculum development

Lesson 4 - Organizing and running an FFS

Lesson 5 - FFS programme management.