Number of documents: 102
Farmer field schools in Thailand: history, economics and policy
Case study
2007 - Pesticide Policy Project - Suwanna Praneetvatakul, Hermann Waibel, Lakchai Meenakanit
This document is a book of recompiled analysis that rely in the same data collected over a period of over four years in five pilot projects on the rise FFS in Thailand. It presents a blend of analytical procedures covering various aspects of impact.
English
Production system: Cereals
Report of the International Workshop on Environmental Impact Quotient (EIQ)
Advocacy and policy
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
The Environmental Impact Quotient, EIQ, is one of numerous pesticide risk indicator models developed to rate potential hazardous impacts on human health and the environment of different pesticide use regimes. The EIQ takes into account toxicity information on the inherent potential of the active ingredient as well as actual application [...]
English
Production system:
Reducing pesticide exposure and associated neurotoxic burden in an Ecuadorian small farm population
Impact assessment
2007 - International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health - Cole, D.C., S. Sherwood, M. Paredes, L. Helena Sanin, C. Crissman, P. Espinosa and F. Munoz
The contribution of community-based interventions, including farmer field schools (FFSs) in integrated pest management (IPM), to reducing pesticide exposures and associated neurotoxic burden among smallfarm families in Ecuador was assessed in three Andean farming communities in a co-design of targeted action–research. Baseline questionnaire surveys elicited pesticide-related knowledge, practices, and exposure [...]
English
Production system:
An Ecological Guide to Potato Integrated Crop Management
Training material
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), International Potato Center (CIP-ESEAP Region) - Warsito Tantowijoyo (CIP) and Elske van de Fliert (FAO)
In this handbook we have tried to use language understandable to farmers,
purposely keeping material as simple but as thorough as possible. It opens with an
explanation about the principles of integrated pest management, then moves on to
technical production topics about potatoes. These cover cultivation techniques, the
ecology of pests and natural enemies, [...]
English
Production system: Root/Tuber crops
Adaptation and adoption of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Myanmar using the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach
Technical background material
2006 - Cornell University. College of Agriculture and Life Science - Humayun Kabir
A PhD thesis.
English
Production system: Cereals
SARD Project Toolkit
Other
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Karen Powell
The SARD Project Toolkit summarizes frameworks, approaches and tools that can be used to promote sustainability in the management of agricultural and rural development projects and programmes.
Global -
English
Production system:
Impact assessment of Farmer Field Schools using a multi-period panel data model
Impact assessment
2006 - Association of Agricultural Economist Conference - Suwanna Praneetvatakul and Hermann Waibel
This paper presents an application of a two and three stages difference in differences model to measure environmental and economic impacts of Farmer Field School on crop and pest management practices of rice in Thailand. Panel data from 241 farm households were collected three times over a period of four [...]
English
Production system: Cereals
Socio-economic impact of a cocoa integrated crop and pest management diffusion knowledge through a farmer field school approach in Southern Cameroon
Impact assessment
2006 - International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference - Njankoua Wandji Dieu ne dorta ; Lapbim Nkeh Juliusa ; James Jim Gockowskia and Tchouamo Isaacb
We focused on the Socio-Economic Evaluation of Farmer Field School Training on
Integrated Pest Management in the humid forest region of Cameroon. The main objective was to assess the impact of training on integrated pest management (IPM) on cocoa farmer field school graduates. The results indicate that shade management, phytosanitary harvest, [...]
English
Production system: Fruits and Nuts, Beverages/Spice crops
A Market Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Agroenterprise Development
Training material
2006 - Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) - Ferris, S., E. Kaganzi, R. Best, C. Ostertag, M. Lundy and T. Wandschneider
This Market Facilitator’s Guide is a product of the experiences and lessons learned while implementing agroenterprise projects in eastern and southern Africa. The Guide is based on a resource-to-consumption framework, which is the central theme of the “enabling rural innovation” (ERI) approach for rural development. This approach seeks to empower [...]
English
Production system:
Ressource Manual on Integrated Production and Pest Management (IPPM) in Vegetables
Training material
2005 - World Education (INGO) Philippines, Inc. - World Education (INGO) Philippines, Inc.
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons