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This article presents ten lessons learnt from the implementation of FFS in the Andes, South America.

La presente guía surge como uno de los productos del curso taller "Capacitación de Capacitadores en Manejo Integrado de Plagas: La Metodología de Escuelas de Campo", auspiciado por la Agencia Suiza para el Desarrollo y la Cooperación (COSUDE), a través de la Escuela Agrícola Panamericana "Zamorano" que desarrolla el Programa [...]

This is a trainer's reference guide on crop development, major agronomic practices, disease and insect management, written for small-holders' tea cultivation in northern Vietnam. The guide will also be of interest to tea producers in other parts of the world who want to apply an ecological approach to crop [...]

Este documento se divide en tres grandes áreas: La primera porte contiene temas sobre principios, diseño, preparación, implementación, evaluación y seguimiento de ECAs. Como sabemos, para implementar una ECA el facilitador debe pasar primero por un proceso de capacitación de por lo menos tres meses, en ese sentido, esta parte será [...]

The week long Training of Trainers (TOT) course on Farmer Field Schools (FFS) held at CMRT, Egerton University for sixty five researchers, extensionists and farmers was made possible through the sponsorship of the Rockefeller Foundation (RF), that has supported Soil Management Project (SMP) and Legume Research Network Project (LRNP) of [...]

This manual is meant for those involved in facilitating farmer studies to farmer field school graduates. The tools and principles provided here improve planning and analysis of field studies and prepare trainers to facilitate scientific method to farmers. The manual is for study by individual trainers or for discussion at [...]

The article presents and compares experiences in working with farmers to manage rice blast and potato late blight. In these cases, farmer groups learned about disease processes and management techniques, and tested promising crop varieties and breeding lines with the support of extension and research organizations

The results of 86 replicated experiments on soybean (Glycine max) cultivation practices in eight provinces ± planned, conducted and analysed by farmers ± were examined to identify local differences in the effects of cultural practices on yield, and to explore the potential for farmers to improve their practices. Plant spacing [...]

From discussions with farmer groups that attended a Farmer Field School we learned that in many cases the groups are interested in continuing activities and studies. One of the areas that farmer groups are interested to study more is peanuts. In this field guide field studies and special topics on [...]