Number of documents: 154
Impact of educating farmers about biological control in Farmer field schools
Impact assessment
2005 - Second International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods - Peter A. C. Ooi and Peter E. Kenmore
An Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Farmer Field School (FFS) is a field-based activity that lasts a full cropping season. A typical FFS meets once a week and 25-30 farmers participate in an FFS. In addition to group dynamics activity and a special topic session, an FFS emphasizes scientific learning through [...]
English
Production system: Cereals, Vegetables and Melons, Insects
The Impact of the FAO-EU IPM Programme for Cotton in Asia
Impact assessment
2005 - Pesticide Policy Project - Peter A. C. Ooi, Suwanna Praneetvatakul, Hermann Waibel, Gerd Walter-Echols
English
Production system:
An effective approach of safe vegetable production: a case of community vegetable integrated pest management in Kunming city, Yunan province
Case study
2005 - National Agro-technical Extension and Service Center, Ministry of Agriculture, China - Puyun Yang, Ping Li, Elske van de Fliert and Xinmei Hu
This paper describes a case study in small producer system in the Petri-urban areas of Kunming city, Yunnan province on an approach of farmer participatory vegetable community IPM development. The vegetable community IPM development was composted of farmer education, technological development, farmers’ self organization, alliance building and policy supporting. [...]
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons
An assessment of the impact of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) on integrated pest management dissemination and use: evidence from smallholder cotton farmers in the lowveld area of Zimbabwe
Impact assessment
2004 - . - Edward Mutandwa, Jf Mpangwa
Many technological innovations have been developed to improve agricultural productivity in Sub Sahara. However, the adoption of these innovations has been low. Appropriate extension models are often seen as the missing link between adoption and the achievement of productivity gains. Although, Zimbabwe’s agriculture continues to be a vital cog in [...]
English
Production system: Crops, Others
Management of potato late blight in the Peruvian highlands: evaluating the benefits of Farmer Field Schools and farmer participatory research
Impact assessment
2004 - The American Psytopathological Society - O. Ortiz , K. A. Garrett, J. J. Health, R. Orrego, R. J. Nelson
Farmer field school programs incorporating farmer participatory research (FPR-FFS) have the potential to provide important benefits to their participants and to other farmers who benefit from improved cultivars and management techniques. An FPR-FFS program in San Miguel, Cajamarca, Peru, has been in place since 1999 with an emphasis on management [...]
English
Production system: Root/Tuber crops
The acquisition and diffusion of knowledge: the case of pest management training in Farmer Field Schools, Indonesia
Impact assessment
2004 - Journal of Agricultural Economics - Gershon Feder, Rinku Murgai, and Jaime B. Quizon
Farmer Field Schools (FFS) are an intensive training approach introduced in the last decade in many developing countries to promote knowledge and uptake of ecologically sensible production approaches, and in particular, integrated pest management which minimises pesticide use. Because of the high training cost, the viability of the program depends [...]
English
Production system:
Guía para facilitadores de Escuelas de Campo - Herramientas de Enseñanza
Training material
2004 - Programa Manejo Integrado de Plagas en América Central (Promipac) - Programa Manejo Integrado de Plagas en América Central (Promipac)
Spanish
Production system: Crops, Root/Tuber crops, Legumes
Capacitación e investigación participativa para el manejo integrado de la marchitez bacteriana de la papa
Training material
2004 - CIP- PROINPA- DFID; Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP) - Sylvie Priou, Oscar Barea, Hermeregildo Equise, Pedro Aley
Manual con información validada en Perú y Bolivia sobre la marchitez bacteriana de la papa (MB). Esta guía intenta ser una herramienta flexible para ser usada como recurso para facilitadores de ECAs o de CIALs, o para profesionales de campo que requieran capacitar a agricultores o experimentar con ellos de [...]
Spanish
Production system: Root/Tuber crops
IPM Farmer Field Schools: a synthesis of 25 impact evaluations
Key documents on FFS
2004 - FAO - Henk van den Berg
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English
Production system:
Farmer Field Research: An Analysis of experiences in Indonesia
Case study
2004 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office of Asia and the Pacific - Henkvan den Berg, Peter A.C. Doi, Arief L. Hakim, Hartjahjo Ariawan and Widyastama Cahyana
This publication examines five cases of farmer field research in Indonesia.
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