Number of documents: 98
Sheep farmer field schools - A facilitators’ guide
Training material
2021 - FAO -
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 [...]
English
Production system: Small Ruminants
RAPPORT DE CONSULTATION SUR L’INVENTAIRE DES BONNES PRATIQUES AGRO-SYLVO-PASTORALES AU BURKINA FASO
Technical background material
2020 - FAO - SANA, Youssoufou
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 [...]
French
Production system: Crops, Livestock, Poultry
Farmer Field Schools on ZBNF - Anne Sophie, FAO - 23-11-2019, Guntur
Audiovisual material
2020 - AP ZBNF -
English
Production system:
Food for Thought: Farmer Field Schools Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods
Audiovisual material
2019 - Pact Myanmar -
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 [...]
English
Production system: Crops
Female Farmers in Dominica Attend Farmer Field Schools
Audiovisual material
2019 - UNDP Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean -
In the Morne Prosper community, Dominica, women farmers benefited from knowledge shared during Farmer Field Schools instituted by the Ministry of Agriculture
English
Production system: Crops
EMPRENDIMIENTOS DE AGRICULTURA FAMILIAR PARA LA PAZ Metodologías para la innovación social y tecnológica para el desarrollo rural
Case study
2018 - FAO - Editor: Juan Izquierdo
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 [...]
Spanish
Production system:
Farmer Field School Trials of 2:4:2 Maize/Legume Intercropping
Case study
2018 - ECHO Development Notes (EDN) - Tim Motis, Biriori Dieudonne, and Robert Morikawa
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 [...]
English
Production system: Cereals, Legumes
Training of Farmer Field School Master Trainers and Facilitators in Rwanda
Key documents on FFS
2017 - Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources Rwanda, Belgian Development Agency - Somers Raf, Higiro Joseph, Gata Sylvia Salama, Busogoro Jean Pierre & Ndabamenye Telesphore
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.
English
Production system: Crops, Livestock, Cereals, Vegetables and Melons, Fruits and Nuts, Oilseed crops, Root/Tuber crops, Legumes
The Plant is the Teacher
Technical background material
2017 - Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources Rwanda, Belgian Development Agency - Somers Raf, Mary Rubibigango, Higiro Joseph, Gata Sylvia Salama
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.
English
Production system:
The power to exercise choice: implementing farmers’rights to eradicate poverty and adapt to climate change. Briefing note
Technical background material
2017 - Oxfam -
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 [...]
English
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