Number of documents: 29
Schools Without Walls - (Agro)Pastoralist Field Schools in the Horn of Africa
Material audiovisual
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
See how members of Arbale Pastoral Field School in Borana Zone, Southern Ethiopia are applying knowledge gained to implementing community managed disaster risk reduction action plans for the protection of vast areas of communal grazing lands.
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Pastoralist Field Schools - training of Facilitators Manual
Material de capacitación
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Godrick Khisa, Winnie Nalyongo, Aresawum Mengesha, Solomon Nega, Deborah Duveskog, Karine Garnier, Paul Mutungi, Angela Kimani, James Okoth
The Pastoralist Field School (PFS) approach is an adaptation of the innovative, participatory and interactive learning approach; Farmer Field Schools (FFS). this manual will assist the PFS and Agropastoral Field Schools (APFS) community in expanding the approach in a harmonised manner with attention to quality and mainstreaming [...]
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Production system: Ganadería, Grandes rumiantes
Supporting communities in building resilience through Agro-Pastoral Field Schools (APFS)
Estudio de caso
2013 - FAO - James Robert Okoth, Winfred Nalyongo, Monica Petri and Thomas Ameny
The ecosystem-based Farmer Field Schools (FFS) approach provides an excellent platform that is flexible and responsive to meeting the requisite tailored skills of the farmers. As pastoralists cover large parts of Africa, are especially vulnerable to food insecurity, climatic changes, and often do not receive specific programmes of education, the [...]
Inglés
Production system: Cultivo, Ganadería
Sustainable Land Management in Practice. Guideline and Best Practices for Sub-Saharan Africa. Field Application
Material de capacitación
2011 - TerrAfrica, World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies (WOCAT) and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Hanspeter Liniger, Rima Mekdaschi Studer, Christine Hauert, Mats Gurtner
Production of guidelines for best sustainable land management (SLM) technologies and approaches in SubSaharan Africa (SSA) has been part of TerrAfrica’s programme during 2009-2010. These guidelines and case studies are intended to help create a framework for investment related to SLM in SSA. The particular aim of these guidelines is [...]
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Training manual on the Herder Field School: Improving livestock and protecting human health and the environment
Material de capacitación
2010 - Livestock Training Institute, Ifakara Health Institute and Wageningen University - Leo Mzeru, Robert Sumaye, Henk van den Berg
This is a training manual developed to improve the situation of pastoralist communities in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania. The exercises are focused on the priority problems identified among pastoralist communities in Kilombero and Ulanga Districts, but these problems are not necessarily the same in other districts. It is hoped that [...]
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Production system: Grandes rumiantes, Pequeños rumiantes
Pastoralist Field Schools Guidelines for Facilitation
Material de capacitación
2009 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Deborah Duveskog
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Community Farmer Field School Animal Health Facilitators: Hybridizing private animal healthcare and capacity building in remote pastoralist areas
Material de capacitación
2008 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) - David J Watson
The report has four specific objectives. 1) To evaluate the inherent capacity of the Livestock Farmer Field Schools (LFFS) approach to contribute to the development goals of VSF-Belgium in Turkana, Kenya; 2) To evaluate current strengths and weaknesses of the community-based primary animal healthcare system in Turkana; 3) To evaluate [...]
Inglés
Production system: Grandes rumiantes, Pequeños rumiantes, Camellos/camélidos
Village poultry, food security and HIV / AIDS mitigation
Estudio de caso
2008 - LEISA Magazine - Robyn Alders , Robyn Alders , Brigitte Bagnol , Mohamed Harun , Mary Young
Inglés
Production system: Aves
Las Escuelas de Campo de Ganaderos: Una estrategia para promover la rehabilitación y diversificación de fincas con pasturas Degradadas
Estudio de caso
2007 - Archivos Latinoamericanos de Producción Animal - Danilo A. Pezo, Jorge Cruz y Maricel Piniero
La degradación de pasturas es un problema serio en América Tropical, pues se estima que entre un 50-80% de las áreas de pasturas están degradadas (Días-Filho, 2005), y sólo en América Central éstas representan casi 7 millones de hectáreas (Betancourt et al., 2007). Con frecuencia se acepta que las pasturas [...]
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Production system: Ganadería, Pasto/Pastura y árboles forrajeros, Grandes rumiantes
Escuelas de campo para productores pecuarios: Normas para la facilitación y manual técnico.
Material de capacitación
2007 - Servicio de Información Mesoamericano sobre Agricultura Sostenible - SIMAS - Groeneweg, Kim; Buyu, Gertrude; Romney, Dannie
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