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Farmer field schools (FFS) are always aimed to help farmers to discover and learn about field ecology and integrated crop management. A study for sugarcane crop was conducted in 4 FFS villages namely Zoormandai, Baghicha, Sarogai and Haji Gulzada Kalay of Malakand Agency during 2004-05. From each FFS, 10 farmers [...]

Our objective in this study is to determine why resource-poor farmers in Togo (declined to) adopt recommended practices that were promoted through a multi-organizational project on soil fertility management. We examine the processes and outcomes related to the adoption process. The project was undertaken in three villages in the Central [...]

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.

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 [...]

Malaria and other vector-borne diseases are a major public health problem in WHO’s South-East Asia Region. In the wake of increasing resistance to both drugs and pesticides, there is a need to establish integrated vector management strategies that are less reliant on chemical methods of disease control. These strategies should [...]

The purpose of this curriculum is to guide farmers in learning the principles and practices of the Push-pull technology so that they can apply them on their farms. Push-pull is a knowledge-intensive technology, and there is a need to have a curriculum to guide the process of acquiring knowledge and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]