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El presente material fue elaborado en el marco del proceso de gestión del conocimiento y creación de capacidades para contribuir a la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, promovidas por MAP, a través de las ECA. Está dirigido a familias rurales presentes en los territorios clave del proyecto: NicaCentral en Nicaragua y [...]

The manual is designed for use by: -Project managers and field staff engaged in Community Based Adaptation (CBA), community based disaster risk management (CBDRM), livelihood and related projects. - Local authorities (province, district, commune) in charge of climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and socio-economic development planning. - Other INGOs, civil society [...]

Esta guía proporciona información básica para comprender y aplicar la metodología de las ECAs como alternativa de trabajo de los profesionales de estensionismo.

El propósito de este módulo es proporcionar a los facilitadores de las Escuelas de campo y de vida para jóvenes agricultores (JFFLS, por sus siglas en inglés) la información que les permitirá tratar el tema del cambio climático, en particular el impacto sobre la agricultura y las medidas que pueden [...]

In China, a major agricultural challenge is the inefficient use of fertilizer and the environmental effects associated with this overuse. China’s farmers use more fertilizer per hectare (more than 200 kg/ha) than farmers anywhere else in the world except for Japan, The Netherlands and South Korea. Existing studies have shown [...]

An Empirical Analysis of Expanding Rice Production in Sub-Sahara Africa. How far can new technologies taught to a small number of selected farmers diffuse to other farmers in a village? In order to answer this question, this paper investigates the impact of JICA training on the adoption of rice cultivation technologies [...]

More than 22,000 farmers on the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, off the Tanzanian coast, have gone back to school. Although they have farmed for generations, they have decided to learn how to farm. Their productivity has increased so much, that the local Government has made these Farmer Field Schools [...]

Programme sous-régional de "Gestion Intégrée de la Production et des Déprédateurs" (GIPD). "With COQUA (COmmercialization and QUAlity) module of IPM, I manage well the marketing of my onion production in the local market. In addition to that I feel that I have a perfect mastering of my production and my agricultural [...]