Number of documents: 103
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
Background Reading Materials and Selected Session Guides on Roots
Technical background material
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Abha Mishra and Mario Corado
English
Production system: Root/Tuber crops
Optimising the productivity of the potato/Brassica cropping system in Central and West Java
Information on projects
2005 - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research -
The overall purpose of this project is to assist farmers in Central and West Java to increase their returns from the potato and Brassica production system by adapting proven Australian, Indonesian and CIP technologies to conditions in Central and West Java to develop best local farming practices.
The project will:
1. [...]
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons, Root/Tuber crops
Facilitators Guide for Conducting Farmer Field Schools on SRI
Training material
2005 - Catholic Relief Services - Gerald Aruna
The SRI (System of Rice Intensification) Facilitators Guide is intended to support farmers’ learning in SRI. It recognizes that there is no one lesson, single strategy, program or course that meets all the needs of farmers in SRI methodology. Supporting farmers in acquiring SRI skills requires on-going work by Facilitators/Development [...]
Global -
English
Production system: Cereals
Integrated soil, water and nutrient management for Farmer Field Schools with particular emphasis on the semi-arid zones of Zimbabwe
Training material
2004 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
English
Production system:
Impact of Farmer Field Schools on adoption of soil water and nutrient management technologies in dry areas of Zimbabwe
Impact assessment
2004 - International crop research Institute for the semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT - International Crop Research Institute for the semi-arid tropics) - Rusike, J and Masendeke, D and Twomlow, S J and Heinrich, G M
Agricultural extension systems in sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly using participatory approaches to improve technology adoption by smallholder farmers. This approach has been successful particularly in low-rainfall areas, where adoption is traditionally slow. Crop productivity, farm incomes and food security have improved as a result. ICRISAT worked with Zimbabwe’s Department of [...]
English
Production system:
Curriculum for Farmers Field School on local chicken production (egg to egg programme)
Training material
2004 - Danida ASP - Khisa S. Godrick
The broad objective of the local chicken FFS is to improve income and household food security in the smallholders farming system.
English
Production system: Poultry
Facilitar y dejar facilitar: ayudemos a los participantes a dirigir las ECAs
Technical background material
2003 - LEISA Revista de Agroecología - Stephen Sherwood , Graham Thiele
Desde el inicio, la extensión agrícola ha sido concebida como parte de un sistema de transferencia de tecnologías en el sentido uni-direccional: desde los centros de investigación hacia las fincas de los productores. A pesar de las buenas intenciones y la inversión de una considerable cantidad de recursos, los modelos [...]
Spanish
Production system:
Heterogeneidad social: ¿quiénes participan en las escuelas de campo?
Case study
2003 - LEISA Revista de Agroecología - Myriam Paredes
El caso de la provincia del Carchi, en el norte del Ecuador según su manejo de plaguicidas y fertilizantes a través de ECAs en cuanto a la producción de la papa.
Spanish
Production system: Root/Tuber crops
A la decouverte du cacao; Un Guide pour la formation des facilitateurs
Training material
2003 - CABI Bioscience - Janny G.M. Vos, Barbara J. Ritchie et Julie Flood
Ce manuel introductif a pour objectif de fournir des informations de base sur les options disponibles pour une production de cacao qui respecte l’écologie. Il s’adresse aux agents de vulgarisation agricole, aux groupements de planteurs, aux étudiants d’université et à toute autre personne impliquée dans le programme intégré de lutte [...]
Global -
French
Production system: Beverages/Spice crops