Number of documents: 561
InPaC-S: Participatory knowledge Integration of Indicators of Soil Quality - Methodological Guide
Training material
2012 - World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), International Center for Tropical Agriculture - Barrios, E., R.J. Delve, M. Bekunda, J. Mowo, J. Agunda, J. Ramisch, M.T. Trejo and R.J. Thomas
The aim of the methodological guide is to constitute an initial step in the empowerment of local communities to develop a local soil quality monitoring and decision-making system for better management of soil resources. This approach uses consensus building to develop practical solutions to soil management constraints identified, as well [...]
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English
Production system:
Coping with changes in cropping systems: plant pests and seeds. In: Building resilience for adaptation to climate change in the agriculture sector
Case study
2012 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - M. Allara, S. Kugbei, F. Dusunceli and G. Gbehounou
English
Production system:
Factors associated with Performance of Farmer Field School as Extension Approach to Cocoa Production in Osun State, Nigeria
Case study
2012 - Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development - Adisa B.O. and Adeloye K.A.
The study focused on factors associated with performance of Farmer Field
School (FFS) as extension approach to cocoa production in Osun State,
Nigeria.
English
Production system: Beverages/Spice crops
Farmer Field Schools as a vehicle to help vulnerable smallholder farmers develop climate resilient farming systems: experiences based on FAO's work in South and Southeast Asia
Advocacy and policy
2012 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Jan Willem Ketelaar, Alma Linda M. Abubakar
Short presentation.
English
Production system:
What factors determine membership to farmer groups in Uganda?
Case study
2012 - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - Annet Adong, Francis Mwaura, Geofrey Okoboi
While government of Uganda and its development partners are targeting farmer groups as the vehicle for agricultural development, there is limited empirical evidence on what drives membership to these groups. Using the Uganda Census of Agriculture 2008/9 data, this paper reveals low levels of membership both at individual and household [...]
English
Production system:
Sharing Ideas between Cultures with Videos
Other
2011 - International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability - Jeffery Bentley, Paul Van Mele
Civil servants, agricultural researchers, extension people and media experts often think that videos for farmers need to be filmed locally, so that the audience identifies with the actors. But this is not so. Farmers in southwestern and northern Nigeria reacted to videos on rice seed health (made in Bangladesh), on [...]
English
Production system: Cereals
Field Exercise Guide on Fruit Flies Integrated Pest Management
Training material
2011 - Asian Fruit Fly IPM Project - Prabhat Kumar, Abubakar, AlmaLinda, Jan Willem Ketelaar, Vijaysegaran Shanmugam
“Area-wide Fruit Fly Integrated Pest Management in South and Southeast Asia‖ is a regional initiative coordinated by the Asian Institute of Technology with funding support from Taiwan‘s ICDF (www.icdf.org.tw). The project has a focus on adaptation and adoption of fruit fly IPM practices among vegetable and fruit smallholder using Farmer‘s [...]
English
Production system: Fruits and Nuts
The experiential learning process in farmer field school in rice production innovation; A case of Ruanda - Majenje irrigation scheme in Mbarali District, Tanzania.
Case study
2011 - Van Hall Larenstein University -
This thesis sheds light on the study which was carried out in Mbarali District, in Farmer Field School (FFS) in Ruanda-Majenje irrigation scheme in Tanzania. The data and information were collected from mid July to mid August, 2011. The study aimed to investigate how the principles of experiential learning are [...]
English
Production system: Cereals
Farmer Field School - The St Lucia Experience
Audiovisual material
2011 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
European Community (EC) - Funded Special Framework of Assistance (SFA) to Agricultural Diversification in t he Windward Islands (SFA, 2006)
English
Production system:
Climate Change Adaptation for Smallholder Farmers in Southeast Asia
Technical background material
2011 - World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) - Rodel D. Lasco Christi ne Marie D. Habito Rafaela Jane P. Delfi no Florencia B. Pulhin Rogelio N. Concepcion
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