Number of documents: 537
Seeds of Confusion The impact of policies on seed systems
Documentos técnicos de referencia
2007 - Wageningen University - Niels Louwaars
This study deals with the impact different types of regulation have on how farmers access seed. I have analysed current regulatory frameworks in terms of their impact on different seed systems, provided explanations for their often unintended effects and apparent inconsistencies, and proposed some solutions to the problems that have [...]
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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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Español
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Participatory common learning in groups of dairy farmers in Uganda (FFS approach) and Danish stable schools
Estudio de caso
2007 - DJF Animal Science - Mette Vaarst
Inglés
Production system: Ganadería, Grandes rumiantes
Building FFS networks in East Africa
Documentos técnicos de referencia
2007 - LEISA Magazine - Arnoud R. Braun, James Robert Okoth, Habakkuk Khaamala and Godrick S. Khisa
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Influence of Farmer Field School Extension Approach on Smallholders’ Knowledge and Skills of Dairy Management Technologies in Molo division, Nakuru District of Kenya
Documentos técnicos de referencia
2007 - Egerton University - John Abuga Makori
Implementation of Farmer Field School (FFS) extension approach in disseminating knowledge and skills on management technologies for crop production, crop pests, soil and water conservation (CPSWC) has had proven successes. To replicate its successes, FFS was extended to smallholder dairy production as an alternative to the conventional extension approaches (NFFS) [...]
Inglés
Production system: Ganadería, Grandes rumiantes
Agricultural extension in Africa and Asia
Documentos técnicos de referencia
2007 - World AgInfo Project - Carl K. Eicher
The purpose of this review is to summarize the literature on the role of agricultural extension systems in helping smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia increase agriculture production and their livelihoods.
Near East and North Africa, West Africa, Eastern Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, South-East Asia, Global -
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Investing in farmers—the impacts of Farmer Field Schools in relation to Integrated Pest Management - A reply
Estudio de impacto
2007 - Wageningen University - Henk Van Den Berg and Janice Jiggins
Public policy in developing countries has failed to invest in educating farmers on how to deal with variable agro-ecosystems and a changing world. Here we present an assessment of a participatory training approach in changing crop protection by farmers from chemically dependent, to more sustainable practices in line with the [...]
Global -
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Organic cocoa production : a guide for Farmer Field Schools in Sierra Leone
Material de capacitación
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
Inglés
Production system: Estimulantes y especies
Ants as friends: improving your tree crops with weaver ants
Material de capacitación
2007 - Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) - Paul Van Mele, Nguyen Thi Thu Cuc
This manual offers you a highly exciting discovery voyage about the life of weaver ants, how you can make best use of them to protect your fruit and other tree crops and hence how to save money. Because the focus is on practical aspects based on
improved insights of underlying ecological [...]
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Production system: Insectos
Farmer field schools in Thailand: history, economics and policy
Estudio de caso
2007 - Pesticide Policy Project - Suwanna Praneetvatakul, Hermann Waibel, Lakchai Meenakanit
This document is a book of recompiled analysis that rely in the same data collected over a period of over four years in five pilot projects on the rise FFS in Thailand. It presents a blend of analytical procedures covering various aspects of impact.
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Production system: Cereales