Number of documents: 540
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
Adaptive Governance of Social-Ecological Systems
Technical background material
2005 - Annual Review of Environment and Resources - Carl Folke, Thomas Hahn, Per Olsson and Jon Norberg
t We explore the social dimension that enables adaptive ecosystem-based
management. The review concentrates on experiences of adaptive governance of socialecological systems during periods of abrupt change (crisis) and investigates social sources of renewal and reorganization. Such governance connects individuals, organizations, agencies, and institutions at multiple organizational levels. Key persons provide [...]
Global -
English
Production system:
Agricultural development among poor farmers in Soroti district, Uganda: Impact assessment of agricultural technology, farmer empowerment and changes in opportunity structures
Impact assessment
2005 - Danish Institute for International Studies - Esbern Friis-Hansen
This paper is based on participatory development research carried out in Soroti district of Uganda with the aim to assess the impact of agricultural development among poor farmers. The central argument in this study is that a combination of farmer empowerment and innovation through experiential learning in FFS groups and [...]
English
Production system:
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 [...]
English
Production system:
Agricultural Extension: Good Intentions and Hard Realities
Other
2004 - The World Bank Research Observer - Jock R. Anderson, Gershon Feder
What considerations lead policymakers to invest in agricultural extension as a key public responsibility, and what factors and agency incentives explain differences in extension system performance? To help answer these questions, this article provides a framework outlining farmers’ demand for information, the public goods character of extension services, and the [...]
Global -
English
Production system:
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:
Development of a Farm Field School methodology for Smallholder Dairy Farmers
Key documents on FFS
2004 - International Livestock Research Institute - Bruno Minjauw
English
Production system: Livestock, Large Ruminants
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