Number of documents: 537
Farmer Field School in Kenya
Material audiovisual
2013 - The Sustainable Trade Initiative - IDH -
IDH reportage about a KTDA Farmer Field School in Kenya.
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Production system: Estimulantes y especies
Impact of Farmer Field Schools on Social Wellbeing of Farming Community in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Estudio de impacto
2013 - The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences - S. Muhammad, K. M. Chaudhry, A. Khatam and I. Ashraf
The paper focuses on the impact of farmer field schools (FFS) on social wellbeing of farming community. For this purpose, six districts from the central region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Mardan, Swabi and Kohat were selected. Data were collected on various aspects of social wellbeing of farming [...]
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EFARP Farmer Field School
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2013 - MTT Finland -
Egypt-Finland Agricultural Research Project (EFARP)
EFARP was launched in 1989 as a pilot project to provide a model how the efficiency of small-scale farming in the newly reclaimed areas can be improved with the help of efficient utilisation of agricultural research results. Ismailia Governorate on both sides of Suez Canal was [...]
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Production system: Cultivo
Farmer Field Schools: A Systematic Review
Estudio de impacto
2013 - International Initiative for Impact Evaluation - Hugh Waddington; Birte Snilstveit, Jorge Hombrados, Martina Vojtkova, Daniel Phillips, Howard White
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Role of Farmer Field Schools in Enhancing skills of Farming Community in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Estudio de impacto
2013 - Pakistan J. Agric. Res. - Amir Khatam, Sher Muhammad and Ijaz Ashraf
The study was conducted in 2011 to examine the role of FFS in enhancing skills of farming community in the central region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
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Farmer Field Schools as a Springboard for Enhanced Uptake of New Agricultural Technologies. Lessons for Tanzania
Estudio de caso
2013 - Tanzania Journal of Agricultural Sciences - Z. S. K. Mvena, A. Z. Mattee, R. M. Wambura, D. L. Mwaseba, E. A. Lazaro, E. D. Kiranga and D. M. Kilave
The latest approach in enhancing the uptake of agricultural technologies is through the Farmer Field Schools that have only a short history in Tanzania.The paper reviews FFS and gives a brief presentation of the history of FFS in Tanzania.
The paper then makes an assessment of the effectiveness of the approach [...]
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Impact of FFS on Farmer's Adoption of IPM options for onion: a Case Study from Gezira state, Sudan
Estudio de impacto
2013 - World Journal of Agricultural Sciences - Ahmed M. Abdel Rahman and Mohamed E. Hamid
The objective of this study was to determine the impact of Farmer Field Schools on farmer's adoption of IPM options for onion in the Gezira State. Field surveys were used to collect data from three Farmer Field Schools in the Gezira State in the 2010/2011 growing season. All FFS participants [...]
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Production system: Verduras y melones
Empowering Farmers to reduce Pesticide Risks
Estudio de impacto
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Alma Linda Morales-Abubakar Randall Arnst Do Kim Chung Jan Willem Ketelaar Piyatat Pananurak Suwanna Praneetvatakul Suon Seng Harry van der Wulp Betsy Walter-Echols Gerd Walter-Echols
This publication documents impact assessment work done on FAO supported community education for pesticide risk reduction efforts implemented through National IPM Programmes in Cambodia and Vietnam during the 2007-2012 period. Impact assessment on investments in capacity building and education
programmes is notoriously difficult. Using science-based research methodologies, the impact assessment [...]
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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 [...]
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Production system: Cultivo, Ganadería
Adapting agriculture to climate change in Kenya: Household strategies and determinants
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2012 - Journal of Environmental Management - Elizabeth Bryan, Claudia Ringler, Barrack Okoba, Carla Roncoli, Silvia Silvestri, Mario Herrero
Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are particularly vulnerable to climate change, given dependence on agricultural production and limited adaptive capacity. Based on farm household and Participatory Rural Appraisal data collected from districts in various agroecological zones in Kenya, this paper examines farmers’ perceptions of climate change, ongoing adaptation measures, and factors [...]
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