Number of documents: 561
Do Farmer Field School graduates retain and share what they learn?: an investigation in Iloilo, Philippines
Case study
2002 - Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education - Agnes C. Rola, Serlie B. Jamias, Jaime B. Quizon
The farmer field school (FFS) is a season long training of farmers involving participatory activities, hands-on analysis and decision making. Because it requires significant investments in time, trainers and other facilities, the approach can be an expensive way of diffusing new science-based knowledge and other information to farmers. However, if [...]
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Production system: Cereals
Towards a holistic Farmer Field School approach for East Africa
Technical background material
2002 - LEISA Magazine - James Robert Okoth, Godrick Khisa and Julianus Thomas
The Farmer Field School (FFS) experiential learning and selfhelp development approach has become very successful in Southeast Asia in improving irrigated rice production, even beyond Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for which it was
initially designed (see LEISA Magazine Vol 17, No 3, pp 18-20). The approach is now also being used [...]
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Supporting the demand for change: recent project experience with farmer learning grants in Kenya
Case study
2002 - Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) - Daniel J. Gustafson
This article was prepared for the workshop entitled “Extension and Rural Development: A Convergence of Views on International Approaches?”, held November 12-15, 2002 in Washington, DC. It compares FFS approach and the Agricultural Technology Information and Response Initiative (ATIRI) of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) in Kenya, focusing [...]
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ICT and IPM
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2002 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Andrew Bartlett
This article focuses on how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be used for the knowledge intensive approach that characterizes IPM. It analyses the digital divide between Asia and developed countries.
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El cultivo de la Papa en Ecuador
Training material
2002 - INIAP - Estación Experimental Santa Catalina, Centro Internacional de la Papa - Manuel Pumisacho, Stephen Sherwood
El Capítulo 4 describe las principales plagas del país y comparte experiencias sobre su manejo. Incluye una sección sobre los pesticidas más comunes, sus efectos en la salud humana y en la productividad, tanto como el manejo adecuado de los mismos.
Spanish
Production system: Root/Tuber crops
Diversifying Rice-based Systems and Empowering Farmers in Bangladesh Using the Farmer Field-school Approach
Case study
2002 - Earthscan Publications - Norman Uphoff
Over the past eight years, CARE-Bangladesh has been developing a set of
sustainable agriculture projects to improve production in rice-based farming
systems in this country. These efforts have contributed to an emergent
programme to increase food security for poor and marginal farmers. The
programme raises agricultural productivity by diversifying agroecosystems
and optimizing yields, reducing costs [...]
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Production system: Cereals
A Development Strategy to Empower Rural Farmers and Prevent HIV
Case study
2002 - UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development Project - Jacques du Guerny, Lee-Nah Hsu, Sin Chhitna
In an effort to mainstream HIV resilience building in the agricultural sector, UNDP South East Asia HIV and Development Project, in collaboration with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programme, has pioneered an experiment called the Farmer Life Schools.
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Thesis investigation on issue of low adoption rates regarding improved agricultural technology by vulnerable farmers
Technical background material
2002 - . - Kevin Gallagher
This thesis will deal with the issue of low adoption rates regarding improved
agricultural technology by vulnerable farmers; the barriers and constraints to
adoption; and on how to reach an understanding of how to reduce or mitigate such
constraints. The thesis will apply a general theoretical discussion of the theories on
food security and [...]
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NOLINK Farmer Empowerment through Farmer Life Schools adapted from Farmer Field School Approach
Case study
2002 - Srer Khmer - Nguon Sokuthea
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