Number of documents: 98
Is Pesticide Use Sustainable in Lowland Rice Intensification in West Africa?
Case study
2011 - Agricultural and Biological Sciences - F. E. Nwilene
English
Production system: Cereals
Junior Farmer Field & Life School training module: Facilitator's Field Training Guide
Training material
2011 - Fondazione de Agostini, AVSI, Fondazioni 4 Africa - Baha Nguma
This Guideline is a TOOL KIT providing JFFLS implementation guidelines alongside
relevant exercises, energizers and practical activities for the facilitators.
English
Production system:
Conservation Agriculture (CA) in Tanzania: the Case of the Mwangaza B CA Farmer Field School (FFS), Rhotia village, Karatu district, Arusha
Case study
2011 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Marietha Z. Owenya, Wilfred L. Mariki, Josef Kienzle, Theodor Friedrich and Amir Kassam
English
Production system: Cereals, Legumes
Fish Farmer Field School: Towards healthier milkfish / shrimp polyculture and fish farmer empowerment in South Sulawesi
Case study
2011 - Aquaculture Asia - Ben Brown and Ratna Fadillah
Sustainable aquaculture in Indonesia through a Fish Farmer Field School.
English
Production system: Aquaculture, Fisheries
Impact of Farmer Field Schools on Agricultural Productivity and Poverty in East Africa
Impact assessment
2010 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - K. Davis, E. Nkonya, E. Kato, D.A. Mekonnen, M. Odendo, R. Miiro
The study found that younger farmers who belong to other groups, such as savings and credit groups, tended to participate in field schools. Females made up 50 percent of FFS membership. Reasons for not joining an FFS included lack of time and information. FFSs were shown to be especially beneficial [...]
English
Production system:
Assessing the Impact of Farmer Field School Participation on IPM Adoption in Uganda
Impact assessment
2010 - Journal of International Agricultural and Extension system - J. Mark Erbaugh, Joseph Donnermeyer, Magdalene Amujal, Michael Kidoido
This study assesses the impact of cowpea-specific IPM FFS on IPM knowledge and the theoretical link between increased knowledge on the adoption of IPM strategies. The assessment was conducted to evaluate the impact of IPM FFS on adoption of IPM strategies. Comparison groups consisting of FFS participants and non participants [...]
English
Production system: Legumes
Impact Assessment of Farmer Field Schools in Cotton Production in China, India and Pakistan
Impact assessment
2010 - Pesticide Policy Project Publication Series - Piyatat Pananurak
This study performed an economic impact analysis of the Farmer Field Schools
(FFS) training program in three major cotton producing countries in Asia; namely
China, India and Pakistan. The training program is based on the Integrated Pest
Management (IPM) approach launched by the “FAO-EU IPM Program for Cotton in Asia”. In the three [...]
English
Production system: Others
The Impact of participation in Diversity Field Fora on Farmer Management of Millet and Sorghum varieties in Mali
Impact assessment
2010 - African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE) - Melinda Smale, Lamissa Diakité, Amadou Sidibé, Mikkel Grum, Hannah Jones, Issa Seni Traore and Hamidou Guindo
Malian farmers have been cultivating millet and sorghum for millennia, but they are slow to adopt and develop modern varieties because it is difficult to observe the difference in yields in their fields, given the challenging local growing conditions. Farmer participatory approaches are therefore recommended. This paper applies an instrumental [...]
English
Production system: Cereals, Pastures /Fodder trees
Effectiveness of Farmer Field School in promoting coffee management practices - the case of Jimma and Sidama zones
Impact assessment
2009 - Rural Development and Agricultural Extension, Haramaya University - Babur Damitie Endalew
This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the Farmer Field School approach in terms of examining farmers’ selection criteria, their profile and FFS implementation. It was also sought to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of FFS members and nonmembers regarding coffee management practices with reference to coffee [...]
English
Production system: Beverages/Spice crops
Aprender haciendo: reflexiones sobre la implementación de la metodología de capacitación escuela de campo de agricultores para promover la producción sustentable y el consumo de hortalizas sana
Case study
2009 - SEPIA - Rossana Pacheco, Willy Pradel, Marisol Ramos
El siguiente artículo tiene como fin compartir las reflexiones del equipo HortiSana del Centro Internacional de la Papa, respecto a los aprendizajes obtenidos a partir de la implementación de la metodología ECA, para promover la producción sustentable y el consumo de hortalizas sanas en el Valle del Mantaro, de modo [...]
Spanish
Production system: Vegetables and Melons