Number of documents: 538
Las escuelas de campo del MAP-CATIE: práctica y lecciones aprendidas en la gestión del conocimiento y la creación de capacidades locales para el desarrollo rural sostenible
Informations sur des projets
2012 - CATIE - Isabel A. Gutiérrez-Montes Patricia Bartol de Imbach Felicia Ramírez Julio López Payes Eduardo Say Karen Banegas
Esta publicación comparte el análisis de resultados reales de experiencias vividas por las familias productoras de distintos lugares y culturas, con diferentes actividades productivas, así como por los promotores y promotoras y personal de los proyectos y organizaciones que llevan adelante estos procesos. Esto significa que no estamos ante un [...]
Espagnol
Production system:
Sustainable Intensification of Agricultural Production: The Essential Role of Ecosystem-Literacy Education for Smallholder Farmers in Asia
Étude de cas
2012 - Biology Education for Social and Sustainable Development - Jan Willem Ketelaar, Alma Linda Abubakar
The article focuses on a sustainable intensification of agricultural production without the dependence of pesticides. It takes into account the work that FAO has done with Asian governments in improving IPM strategies.
Anglais
Production system:
Global Farmer field school review challenges FFS programmes
Étude d'impact
2012 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - John Pontius
Global FFS review 2012
Anglais
Production system:
InPaC-S: Participatory knowledge Integration of Indicators of Soil Quality - Methodological Guide
Matériel de formation
2012 - World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF), Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa), International Center for Tropical Agriculture - Barrios, E., R.J. Delve, M. Bekunda, J. Mowo, J. Agunda, J. Ramisch, M.T. Trejo and R.J. Thomas
The aim of the methodological guide is to constitute an initial step in the empowerment of local communities to develop a local soil quality monitoring and decision-making system for better management of soil resources. This approach uses consensus building to develop practical solutions to soil management constraints identified, as well [...]
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Anglais
Production system:
Coping with changes in cropping systems: plant pests and seeds. In: Building resilience for adaptation to climate change in the agriculture sector
Étude de cas
2012 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - M. Allara, S. Kugbei, F. Dusunceli and G. Gbehounou
Anglais
Production system:
Factors associated with Performance of Farmer Field School as Extension Approach to Cocoa Production in Osun State, Nigeria
Étude de cas
2012 - Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development - Adisa B.O. and Adeloye K.A.
The study focused on factors associated with performance of Farmer Field
School (FFS) as extension approach to cocoa production in Osun State,
Nigeria.
Anglais
Production system: Stimulants et épices
Farmer Field Schools as a vehicle to help vulnerable smallholder farmers develop climate resilient farming systems: experiences based on FAO's work in South and Southeast Asia
Plaidoyer et politiques publiques
2012 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Jan Willem Ketelaar, Alma Linda M. Abubakar
Short presentation.
Anglais
Production system:
What factors determine membership to farmer groups in Uganda?
Étude de cas
2012 - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - Annet Adong, Francis Mwaura, Geofrey Okoboi
While government of Uganda and its development partners are targeting farmer groups as the vehicle for agricultural development, there is limited empirical evidence on what drives membership to these groups. Using the Uganda Census of Agriculture 2008/9 data, this paper reveals low levels of membership both at individual and household [...]
Anglais
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Sharing Ideas between Cultures with Videos
Autres
2011 - International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability - Jeffery Bentley, Paul Van Mele
Civil servants, agricultural researchers, extension people and media experts often think that videos for farmers need to be filmed locally, so that the audience identifies with the actors. But this is not so. Farmers in southwestern and northern Nigeria reacted to videos on rice seed health (made in Bangladesh), on [...]
Anglais
Production system: Céréales
The experiential learning process in farmer field school in rice production innovation; A case of Ruanda - Majenje irrigation scheme in Mbarali District, Tanzania.
Étude de cas
2011 - Van Hall Larenstein University -
This thesis sheds light on the study which was carried out in Mbarali District, in Farmer Field School (FFS) in Ruanda-Majenje irrigation scheme in Tanzania. The data and information were collected from mid July to mid August, 2011. The study aimed to investigate how the principles of experiential learning are [...]
Anglais
Production system: Céréales