Number of documents: 24
FAO Dimitra Clubs promoting equality and inclusion in Syria
Material audiovisual
2024 - FAO -
Dimitra Clubs are FAO’s global approach to encourage the engagement of local communities, male and female individuals, couples, local influencers and opinion leaders, as well as male household members in facilitated discussions, and promote collaboration to find community-led solutions for their common issues, among which are the issues of economic [...]
OtroArabic
Production system:
Agroecology and Farmer Field Schools – a solution for Zero Hunger and Ecosystems Restoration
Material audiovisual
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN -
Sustainable food and agriculture are at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. One of the ways of achieving Better Production, Better Nutrition, Better Environment, and Better Life, leaving no one behind, is through agroecology. Agroecology helps ensure food and nutritional security, reduce poverty, mitigate climate change and [...]
Inglés
Production system:
Sheep farmer field schools - A facilitators’ guide
Material de capacitación
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 [...]
Inglés
Production system: Pequeños rumiantes
Preview Data: Assessing the impact of Farmer Field Schools on fertiliser use in China
Otros
2015 - Initiative for Impact Evaluation - Nicholas Burger, Mary Fu, Kun Gu, Xiangping Jia, Krishna B Kumar, Guo Mingliang
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 [...]
Inglés
Production system:
A Shift In Global Perspective: Institutionalizing Farmer Field Schools
Promoción y políticas
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Delgermaa Chuluunbaatar and Jennifer Yoo
The Farmer Field School (FFS) approach has been very successful and witnessed a strong expansion in many areas beyond crop production. Notwithstanding this success, the adoption of FFS in national extension often remains problematic and FFS activities have often been implemented in the margin of national institutions with strong reliance [...]
Inglés
Production system:
Addressing Planthopper Threats to Asian Rice Farming and Food Security: Fixing Insecticide Misuse
Estudio de caso
2013 - ADB Sustainable Development Working Paper Series - Kong Luen Heong with Larry Wong and Joy Hasmin De los Reyes
Inglés
Production system: Cereales
Sustainable Intensification of Agricultural Production: The Essential Role of Ecosystem-Literacy Education for Smallholder Farmers in Asia
Estudio de caso
2012 - Biology Education for Social and Sustainable Development - Jan Willem Ketelaar, Alma Linda Abubakar
The article focuses on a sustainable intensification of agricultural production without the dependence of pesticides. It takes into account the work that FAO has done with Asian governments in improving IPM strategies.
Inglés
Production system:
Field Exercise Guide on Fruit Flies Integrated Pest Management for Farmer’s Field School and Training of Trainers courses on Fruit Flies Integrated Pest Management
Material de capacitación
2011 - Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), FAO Asia IPM Programme - Prabhat Kumar , Abubakar, AlmaLinda , Jan Willem Ketelaar , Vijaysegaran Shanmugam
We are hopeful that the selection of structured learning exercises presented
in the manual will provide good inspirational tools to the IPM trainers,
extension personnel and farmers to create stimulating learning experiences for FF
IPM trainers and farmers leading to sound scientific knowledge base for sustainable management of fruit flies.
Inglés
Production system: Frutas y Nueces, Insectos
Promises and realities of community-based agricultural extension
Estudio de impacto
2010 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - Gershon Feder, Jock R. Anderson, Regina Birner, Klaus Deininger
In view of the market failures and the state failures inherent in providing agricultural extension, community-based approaches, which involve farmers‘ groups, have gained increasing importance in recent years as a ―third way‖ to provide this service. The paper discusses the conceptual underpinnings of community-based extension approaches, highlights theoretical and practical [...]
Inglés
Production system:
Impact Assessment of Farmer Field Schools in Cotton Production in China, India and Pakistan
Estudio de impacto
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 [...]
Inglés
Production system: Otros