Number of documents: 98
The Effects of Integrated Pest Management Techniques Farmer Field Schools on Groundnut Productivity: Evidence from Ghana
Impact assessment
2014 - Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture - Eric Carlberg, Genti Kostandini, Awere Dankyi
This study examines the impact of Integrated Pest Management-Farmer Field School (IPM-FFS) programs on groundnut productivity in Ghana. The program is conducted in the groundnut growing regions of Ghana with the goal to improve groundnut agriculture through the dissemination of information and technology to the producers. We use household data [...]
English
Production system: Oilseed crops
Uso de Abono Orgánico Terminado y Riego por Goteo de Baja Presión en la Producción de Maíz, utilizando la metodología de las ECAs
Case study
2014 - Universidad Nacional de Agricultura de Honduras, Programa de Escuelas de Campo -
El objetivo general del proyecto es contribuir al mejoramiento de la seguridad alimentaria de las familias productoras de maíz pertenecientes al programa Escuelas de Campo que desarrolla la Universidad Nacional de Agricultura.
Spanish
Production system: Cereals
Review of Agricultural Extension Interventions in Unlocking Agriculture Potential through Medium Sized Farms, Kenya
Technical background material
2014 - Equity Group Foundation - Chimoita L. Evans
The overall objective of the report was to review barriers and opportunities that exist in agricultural extension approaches in enhancing production and commercialiation of various value chains in Kenya, Africa. Further, to identify alternative agricultural extension models among other stakeholders. Recommendations are further presented at the end of the report. [...]
English
Production system:
Gestion intégrée de la production et des déprédateurs du coton - Guide du facilitateur pour les Champs écoles des producteurs
Training material
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Anne-Sophie Poisot, Tiko Hema
Ce document fait partie d’une série de guides élaborés dans le cadre du programme sous-régional en Gestion intégrée de la production et des déprédateurs (GIPD) en Afrique de l’Ouest, coordonné par l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO). Le programme utilise l’approche par Champ école des producteurs ou [...]
French
Production system: Others
Cassava Farmer Field Schools : Resource Material for Facilitators in Sub-Saharan Africa
Training material
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Martin Ameua, Jennifer Hirea, Daniel Kamalanduac, Godrick Khisad, Celestin Koko Nzezab, Cyprien Ndambi Ndokibc and Wilson Oduori Abangid
This manual is part of FAO’s effort to promote sustainable intensification of smallholder crop production. It provides background information on the farmer field school approach and a compilation of field exercises as they are used in cassava farmer field schools. The guide is intended for use by farmer field facilitators [...]
Eastern Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa - Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Uganda
English
Production system: Root/Tuber crops
Impact of Farmers' Field School Approach on knowledge, attitude and adoption of rice producers toward biological control: the case of Babol township, Iran
Case study
2013 - World Applied Sciences Journal - Hadi Moumeni-Helali and Amir Ahmadpour
English
Production system: Crops, Cereals
Principales cambios en las fincas ganaderas de productores que participaron en escuelas de campo de la región Trifinio, Centroamérica
Impact assessment
2013 - CATIE - Banegas, K; Moscoso, C; Ibrahim M, Nieuwenhyse, A; Gutierrez, I.
Spanish
Production system: Crops, Livestock
Farmer Field School in Kenya
Audiovisual material
2013 - The Sustainable Trade Initiative - IDH -
IDH reportage about a KTDA Farmer Field School in Kenya.
English
Production system: Beverages/Spice crops
Impact of Farmer Field Schools on Social Wellbeing of Farming Community in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Impact assessment
2013 - The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences - S. Muhammad, K. M. Chaudhry, A. Khatam and I. Ashraf
The paper focuses on the impact of farmer field schools (FFS) on social wellbeing of farming community. For this purpose, six districts from the central region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Mardan, Swabi and Kohat were selected. Data were collected on various aspects of social wellbeing of farming [...]
English
Production system:
EFARP Farmer Field School
Audiovisual material
2013 - MTT Finland -
Egypt-Finland Agricultural Research Project (EFARP)
EFARP was launched in 1989 as a pilot project to provide a model how the efficiency of small-scale farming in the newly reclaimed areas can be improved with the help of efficient utilisation of agricultural research results. Ismailia Governorate on both sides of Suez Canal was [...]
English
Production system: Crops