Global Farmer Field School Platform
Number of documents: 102

Farm Forestry Field Schools Implementation Guide - Volume 1: Intensified Social Forestry Project (IFSP) in Semi-Arid Areas in Kenya

Training material

2008 - JICA, Kenya Forest Service, FAO - Takayuki Hagiwara, Shinji Ogawa, Patrick M. Kairuki, Jane N. Ndeti, James M. Kimondo
This guide is an attempt to provide an FFFS implementation guide for a wider audience including project designers and managers as well as field practitioners who intend to use the FFS platform for farm forestry extension. This volume also aims to provide not only a basic conceptual framework with [...]
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The ‘Business’ of the Public Sector: Extension in Transition and the Balance of Powers

Technical background material

2008 - Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education (AIAEE) - William M. Rivera
The paper addresses the public sector’s role in agricultural extension. The first part of the paper subtitled ‘Extension in Transition’ reviews the ideological and technological changes that have occurred since the 1980s and stresses the importance of educating producers and establishing a climate where they begin to organize themselves for [...]
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The Happy IPM Farmer

Case study

2008 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
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Green beans Integrated Pest Management : an Ecological Guide

Training material

2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - The FAO inter-country Programme for IPM in vegetables in South and Southeast Asia
English
Production system: Legumes

A Comparative Study of the Perceptions of Urban and Rural Farmer Field School Participants in Peru

Case study

2007 - Urban Harvest - Maarten Warnaars and Willy Pradel
This study uses Q-methodology as a tool to investigate subjectivity and to study the perceptions of rural and urban producers. The aim is to determine whether the perceptions of Farmer Field School (FFS) participants from urban areas differ from their rural counterparts, particular in reference to time management. The study [...]
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Cucumber Integrated Pest Management : an Ecological Guide

Training material

2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - The FAO inter-country Programme for IPM in vegetables in South and Southeast Asia
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Production system: Vegetables and Melons

Preparing farmer groups to engage successfully with markets - A field guide for five key skill sets

Training material

2007 - CRS and RII-CIAT Agroenterprise Study Tour Group -
The field guide aims to provide pointers for program managers and field staff on how to foster several skill sets crucial for preparing groups of poor farmers who are at a very early stage of engaging in markets and who aspire to successful agroenterprise development.
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The Clustering Approach to Agroenterprise Development for Small Farmers: The CRS-Philippines Experience. A Guidebook for Facilitators.

Training material

2007 - Catholic Relief Services - Jessan S. Catre, Floro T. Israel, Lionel D. Mendoza, Joan Cua Uy, Dinah Q. Tabbada, Alexander U. Tabbada
This guidebook has been designed for Field Facilitators who have adequate field experience in community development work. The production of this guidebook was also made in response to the request of other development organizations to assist them on how to adopt, adapt and implement Agroenterprise Development in linking small farmers [...]
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Organic cocoa production : a guide for Farmer Field Schools in Sierra Leone

Training material

2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Cora Dankers, Chris Newell
The objective of the guide is to promote participants' production and export quality cocoa in sufficient quantities to fulfill export contracts
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Production system: Beverages/Spice crops