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This guide is developed for facilitators of sheep Farmer Field Schools (FFS) for Azerbaijan sheep production systems. A brief overview of the contents of this guide follows below. Chapter 2 provides steps in setting up FFS programs. This chapter can be used for project managers as a guide to set [...]

Au Burkina Faso, le faible niveau de développement social et économique et sa population à grande majorité rurale rendent le pays très dépendant des ressources naturelles. Pour se nourrir, se loger et s’épanouir, les ressources naturelles sont directement prélevées et les terres sont de plus en plus mises en culture [...]

October marks World Food Day! To commemorate the occasion the Advancing Community Empowerment (ACE) project funded by USAID is showcasing how we are promoting sustainable livelihoods through Farmer Field Schools in Southeastern Myanmar. Pact is currently conducting training for farmers to learn about the Farmer Field School (FFS) model, which [...]

In the Morne Prosper community, Dominica, women farmers benefited from knowledge shared during Farmer Field Schools instituted by the Ministry of Agriculture

The book systematizes experiences of hundreds of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) in Colombia, developed by FAO and other institutions, in multiple social projects to strengthen communities and family farming organizations. These efforts were aimed at promoting food security, self- consumption, livelihoods, social inclusion of ethnic groups, sustainable intensification [...]

In EDN 133 we described a cereal/legume intercropping strategy in which two rows of a cereal crop are alternated with four rows of a legume. This “2:4:2” planting sequence is an outcome of research done by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and national partners, with cowpea as the [...]

The comprehensive publication provides detailed information of how FFS Master Trainers and FFS Facilitators were trained in Rwanda. It describes the principles and methods, the training schedules as well as a all different activities during the seasonlong training. A must read for all projects and organisations applying FFS.

In Rwanda, more than 200,000 families by reached by an FFS program. The colorful publication provides an insights in the success of the farmer field school approach in Rwanda. It describes the principles, the FFS tools, the results, the scaling up and the sustainability.

The SD=HS program aims to realize Farmers’ Rights by empowering indigenous peoples and smallholder farmers to uphold their role in contributing to food security and strengthening their adaptive capacities. This report describes the main tools and achievements so far. Farmer field schools are one key tool. They facilitate farmers in [...]