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Investigación doctoral que tiene el propósito de generar el diseno y la aplicación de la metodología de las Escuelas de Campo de Agricultores (ECA) con enfoque de género y lengua (ECAMUQ).

Diálogo, interacción y aprendizaje son procesos dinámicos en el marco de desarrollo de capacidades. En este contexto, la colaboración entre actores múltiples juega un rol clave y, si bien su aplicación en la región es aún reciente, ya está en curso. Solo nos queda emprender un verdadero ejercicio de colaboración [...]

El siguiente artículo tiene como fin compartir las reflexiones del equipo HortiSana del Centro Internacional de la Papa, respecto a los aprendizajes obtenidos a partir de la implementación de la metodología ECA, para promover la producción sustentable y el consumo de hortalizas sanas en el Valle del Mantaro, de modo [...]

This study uses Q-methodology as a tool to investigate subjectivity and to study the perceptions of rural and urban producers. The aim is to determine whether the perceptions of Farmer Field School (FFS) participants from urban areas differ from their rural counterparts, particular in reference to time management. The study [...]

Overcoming challenges to ecosystem health calls for breaking down disciplinary and professional barriers. Through reflection on a research and development project to address pesticide-related concerns in northern Ecuador, this article presents challenges encountered and accommodations made, ranging from staff recruitment, through baseline assessments and community education activities, to mobilising for [...]

Bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) is a serious disease of potato. It can be managed with cultural practices, but only if farmers understand the technologies, and the reasons behind them. Face-to-face extension methods, like farmer field school (FFS), can teach these messages to smallholders, but other methods may also be useful. [...]

The field guide aims to provide pointers for program managers and field staff on how to foster several skill sets crucial for preparing groups of poor farmers who are at a very early stage of engaging in markets and who aspire to successful agroenterprise development.

The contribution of community-based interventions, including farmer field schools (FFSs) in integrated pest management (IPM), to reducing pesticide exposures and associated neurotoxic burden among smallfarm families in Ecuador was assessed in three Andean farming communities in a co-design of targeted action–research. Baseline questionnaire surveys elicited pesticide-related knowledge, practices, and exposure [...]