Number of documents: 98
The Farmer Field School project growing sustainable tea in Kenya
Information on projects
2009 - Unilever -
English
Production system: Beverages/Spice crops
Effects of Training on acquisition of Pest Management Knowledge and Skills by Small Vegetable Farmers
Impact assessment
2008 - Crop Protection - Puyun Yang, Wenxin Liu, Xunan Shan, Ping Li, Jinyu Zhou, Jianping Lu, Yahong Li
Effects of farmer field school (FFS) and the conventional (classroom lectures) training on acquisition of pest management knowledge and skills by small vegetable farmers were studied in Yunnan province, China from 2003 to 2007. There were significant gains of knowledge about vegetable pests, natural enemies, insect and disease ecology and [...]
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons
Participatory training and curriculum development for Farmer Field Schools in Guyana and Suriname - A field guide on Integrated Pest Management and aquaculture in rice
Training material
2008 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Matthias Halwart, William Settle
English
Production system: Cereals, Aquaculture
The Happy IPM Farmer
Case study
2008 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
English
Production system:
Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Production and Protection of the Potato Crop in Vietnam and Elsewhere in Asia Dalat, Vietnam
Technical background material
2008 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
The FAO Regional Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Production and Protection of the Potato Crop in Viet Nam and elsewhere in Asia (WOCSPPPCVA), co-organized by the Potato Vegetable and Flower Centre and the FAO Vegetable IPM Programme, was held in Da Lat city from 25-28 November
2008. Thirty-one participants, [...]
English
Production system: Root/Tuber crops
Evaluating Cotton Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Farmer Field School Outcomes using the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach in India
Key documents on FFS
2007 - Cambridge University Press - Francesca Mancini, Ariena van Bruggen and Janice Jiggins
English
Production system: Crops
Changing the strategies of Farmer Field Schools in Bangladesh
Case study
2007 - LEISA Magazine - Hein Bijlmakers and Muhammad Ashraful Islam
English
Production system: Cereals
Role of Farmer Field Schools on sugarcane productivity in Malakand, Pakistan
Impact assessment
2007 - Department of Extension Education and Communication NWFP Agricultural University Peshawar - Pakistan - MUBASHIR HABIB, M. ZAFARULLAH KHAN, MAHMOOD IQBAL, KHALID NAWAB & SHAHID ALI
Farmer field schools (FFS) are always aimed to help farmers to discover and learn about field ecology and integrated crop management. A study for sugarcane crop was conducted in 4 FFS villages namely Zoormandai, Baghicha, Sarogai and Haji Gulzada Kalay of Malakand Agency during 2004-05. From each FFS, 10 farmers [...]
English
Production system: Sugar crops
Organic cocoa production : a guide for Farmer Field Schools in Sierra Leone
Training material
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Cora Dankers, Chris Newell
The objective of the guide is to promote participants' production and export quality cocoa in sufficient quantities to fulfill export contracts
English
Production system: Beverages/Spice crops
Farmer Field School for Potato Integrated Pest Management - A Facilitator’s Field Guide
Training material
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Sri Wahyuning, Warsito Tantowijoyo, Elske van de Fliert
This guide is meant as a reference for IPM FFS facilitators. It describes
exercises for the farmer field school learning process relating to sustainable
potato cultivation. This learning process begins with preparing fields for planting
and goes on right up to marketing harvest produce. These experiential learning
exercises are intended to empower farmers to [...]
English
Production system: Root/Tuber crops