Number of documents: 46
Diseño y aplicación de la metodologia ECA con enfoque de género y lengua en el departamento de Potosí - Bolivia (ECAMUQ)
Case study
2011 - Universidad Politecnica de Madrid - Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos - Marina Aldapi Herrera
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).
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Impact of Farmer Field Schools on Agricultural Productivity and Poverty in East Africa
Impact assessment
2010 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - K. Davis, E. Nkonya, E. Kato, D.A. Mekonnen, M. Odendo, R. Miiro
The study found that younger farmers who belong to other groups, such as savings and credit groups, tended to participate in field schools. Females made up 50 percent of FFS membership. Reasons for not joining an FFS included lack of time and information. FFSs were shown to be especially beneficial [...]
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Farmer Field Schools in traditional societies: from technical to social issues
Case study
2008 - LEISA Magazine - Hans Feijen
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Learning through Farmer Field Schools: a Case Study of the Taita Hills, Kenya
Case study
2008 - Natural Ressources Institute - Dina Najjar
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Cultural Encounters: Learning from Cross-Disciplinary Science and Development Practice over Ecosystem Health
Technical background material
2007 - Development in Practice - Stephen Sherwood, Donald Cole, Charles Crissman
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 [...]
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Changing the strategies of Farmer Field Schools in Bangladesh
Case study
2007 - LEISA Magazine - Hein Bijlmakers and Muhammad Ashraful Islam
English
Production system: Cereals
Impact of integrated pest management Farmer Field Schools on health, farming systems, the environment, and livelihoods of cotton growers in Southern India
Impact assessment
2006 - Wageningen University - Francesca Mancini
Crop productivity has increased worldwide since the late 1950s thanks to the modernisation of agriculture. However, many small-scale farming systems located in regions with limited access to resources have seen their profitability constrained by the intensification of input use. The rain-fed cotton farming sector in South and Central India provides [...]
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Acute Pesticide Poisoning Among Female and Male Cotton Growers in India
Impact assessment
2005 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health - Francesca Mancini, Ariena H. C. Van Bruggen, Janice L.S. Jiggins, Arun C. Ambatipudi & Helen Murphy
A season-long assessment of acute pesticide poisoning among farmers was conducted in three villages in India. Fifty female cotton growers reported the adverse effects experienced after exposures to pesticides by themselves and by their male relatives (n = 47). The study documented the serious consequences of pesticide use for the [...]
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Production system: Crops, Others
Entry points for empowerment
Impact assessment
2004 - CARE Bangladesh - Andrew Bartlett
The issue of empowerment is of increasing relevance to CARE. During the last few years, the organization has been giving greater emphasis to right-based approaches that ‘empower people to claim and exercise their rights and fulfill their responsibilities’. More recently, CARE-Bangladesh has started to plan a new programme for the [...]
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Entry Points for Empowerment
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2004 - CARE Bangladesh - Andrew Bartlett
A report for CARE Bangladesh. Focusing on empowerment and possible policies and plans, it includes conceptual models, evaluation indicators, and
suggestions relating to strategy. Particular attention has been given to the Farmer Field School approach as an entry point for empowerment.
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