Number of documents: 561
The Farmer Field School project growing sustainable tea in Kenya
Information on projects
2009 - Unilever -
English
Production system: Beverages/Spice crops
Farm Forestry Field Schools Implementation Guide - Volume 1: Intensified Social Forestry Project (IFSP) in Semi-Arid Areas in Kenya
Training material
2008 - JICA, Kenya Forest Service, FAO - Takayuki Hagiwara, Shinji Ogawa, Patrick M. Kairuki, Jane N. Ndeti, James M. Kimondo
This guide is an attempt to provide an FFFS implementation guide for a wider audience including project designers and managers as well as field practitioners who intend to use the FFS platform for farm forestry extension. This volume also aims to provide not only a basic conceptual framework with [...]
English
Production system:
The ‘Business’ of the Public Sector: Extension in Transition and the Balance of Powers
Technical background material
2008 - Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE) - William M. Rivera
The paper addresses the public sector’s role in agricultural extension. The first part of the paper subtitled ‘Extension in Transition’ reviews the ideological and technological changes that have occurred since the 1980s and stresses the importance of educating producers and establishing a climate where they begin to organize themselves for [...]
English
Production system:
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
Community Farmer Field School Animal Health Facilitators: Hybridizing private animal healthcare and capacity building in remote pastoralist areas
Training material
2008 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) - David J Watson
The report has four specific objectives. 1) To evaluate the inherent capacity of the Livestock Farmer Field Schools (LFFS) approach to contribute to the development goals of VSF-Belgium in Turkana, Kenya; 2) To evaluate current strengths and weaknesses of the community-based primary animal healthcare system in Turkana; 3) To evaluate [...]
English
Production system: Large Ruminants, Small Ruminants, Camel/ Camelids
Global Review of Good Agricultural Extension and Advisory Service Practices
Technical background material
2008 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Burton E. Swanson
Global -
English
Production system:
Farmer Field Schools in traditional societies: from technical to social issues
Case study
2008 - LEISA Magazine - Hans Feijen
English
Production system:
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
IPM Impact Assessment Series. Guidance Document: Introduction to the “Double Delta” Approach
Impact assessment
2008 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
This Guidance Document describes the purpose, methodology and procedure of impact assessment of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) on Integrated Pest Management (IPM). It explains the methodology of econometric impact assessment studies, notably the “double delta” approach, which is also referred to as difference-in-difference. Special attention is given to the study [...]
Global -
English
Production system:
Caderno da Escola de Campo
Training material
2008 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Cyprien Ndambi, Arturo Angulo, Carmen Lahoz
Portuguese
Production system: