Number of documents: 72
Moving on: Farmer Education in Integrated Insect Pest and Disease Management. In: Integrated Pest Management: Dissemination and Impact
Estudio de caso
2009 - Springer Science - Janice Jiggins, Francesca Mancini
This chapter explores intensive hands-on occupational education for farmers in selected European, African, Latin American countries and in south India. An Indian case study of Farmer Field Schools for Integrated Pest and Production Management (IPPM) to ensure food security and livelihood improvement is presented, to introduce discussion of the role [...]
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Climate Change Adaptation Implications for Drought Risk Mitigation: a Perspective for India
Otros
2008 - Climatic Change - S. V. R. K. Prabhakar & Rajib Shaw
There is a growing evidence that the climate change do has implications for drought vulnerable India with studies projecting future possible reductions in monsoon related rainfall in the country. The existing drought risk mitigation and response mechanisms were looked into and gaps were identified by drawing lessons from previous disasters [...]
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Appraisal of Methods to Evaluate Farmer Field Schools
Estudio de impacto
2008 - Development in Practice - Francesca Mancini and Janice Jiggins
The need to increase agricultural sustainability has induced the government of India to promote the adoption of integrated pest management (IPM). An evaluation of cotton-based conventional and IPM farming systems was conducted in India (2002–2004). The farmers managing the IPM farms had participated in discovery-based ecological training, namely Farmer Field [...]
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The Farmer Field School approach – history, global assessment and success stories
Documentos claves sobre ECA
2008 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) - Arnoud Braun and Deborah Duveskog
Background Paper for the IFAD Rural Poverty Report 2011. 1. THE HISTORY OF THE FARMER FIELD SCHOOL APPROACH.GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS. CASE STUDIES: FARMER FIELD SCHOOL NETWORKS (REGION: SUB SAHARAN AFRICA); JUNIOR FARMER FIELD AND LIFE SCHOOLS (REGION: SUB SAHARAN AFRICA);INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF FARMERS-LED IPM IN PAKISTAN (REGION: [...]
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How to Make Agricultural Extension Demand-Driven? The Case of India’s Agricultural Extension Policy
Estudio de caso
2007 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - Regina Birner, Jock R. Anderson
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Green beans Integrated Pest Management : an Ecological Guide
Material de capacitación
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - The FAO inter-country Programme for IPM in vegetables in South and Southeast Asia
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Production system: Leguminosa
Cucumber Integrated Pest Management : an Ecological Guide
Material de capacitación
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - The FAO inter-country Programme for IPM in vegetables in South and Southeast Asia
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Production system: Verduras y melones
Reducing Vector-Borne Disease by Empowering Farmers in Integrated Vector Management
Estudio de caso
2007 - Bull World Health Organ - Henk van den Berg, Alexander von Hildebrand, Vaithilingam Ragunathan and Pradeep K Dasd
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Evaluating Cotton Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Farmer Field School Outcomes using the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach in India
Documentos claves sobre ECA
2007 - Cambridge University Press - Francesca Mancini, Ariena van Bruggen and Janice Jiggins
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Production system: Cultivo
Changing the strategies of Farmer Field Schools in Bangladesh
Estudio de caso
2007 - LEISA Magazine - Hein Bijlmakers and Muhammad Ashraful Islam
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Production system: Cereales