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I use an autobiographical approach to tell the story of innovation and its changing fortunes and uses. I have lived through the major approaches and perspectives in the past 50 years and have played some role in them myself. The paper starts off with my early days with the [...]

This guide is an attempt to provide an FFFS implementation guide for a wider audience including project designers and managers as well as field practitioners who intend to use the FFS platform for farm forestry extension. This volume also aims to provide not only a basic conceptual framework with [...]

The paper addresses the public sector’s role in agricultural extension. The first part of the paper subtitled ‘Extension in Transition’ reviews the ideological and technological changes that have occurred since the 1980s and stresses the importance of educating producers and establishing a climate where they begin to organize themselves for [...]

Effects of farmer field school (FFS) and the conventional (classroom lectures) training on acquisition of pest management knowledge and skills by small vegetable farmers were studied in Yunnan province, China from 2003 to 2007. There were significant gains of knowledge about vegetable pests, natural enemies, insect and disease ecology and [...]

The report has four specific objectives. 1) To evaluate the inherent capacity of the Livestock Farmer Field Schools (LFFS) approach to contribute to the development goals of VSF-Belgium in Turkana, Kenya; 2) To evaluate current strengths and weaknesses of the community-based primary animal healthcare system in Turkana; 3) To evaluate [...]

This Guidance Document describes the purpose, methodology and procedure of impact assessment of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) on Integrated Pest Management (IPM). It explains the methodology of econometric impact assessment studies, notably the “double delta” approach, which is also referred to as difference-in-difference. Special attention is given to the study [...]