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The FAO Regional Workshop on Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Production and Protection of the Potato Crop in Viet Nam and elsewhere in Asia (WOCSPPPCVA), co-organized by the Potato Vegetable and Flower Centre and the FAO Vegetable IPM Programme, was held in Da Lat city from 25-28 November 2008. Thirty-one participants, [...]

This study uses Q-methodology as a tool to investigate subjectivity and to study the perceptions of rural and urban producers. The aim is to determine whether the perceptions of Farmer Field School (FFS) participants from urban areas differ from their rural counterparts, particular in reference to time management. The study [...]

Overcoming challenges to ecosystem health calls for breaking down disciplinary and professional barriers. Through reflection on a research and development project to address pesticide-related concerns in northern Ecuador, this article presents challenges encountered and accommodations made, ranging from staff recruitment, through baseline assessments and community education activities, to mobilising for [...]

Bacterial wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum) is a serious disease of potato. It can be managed with cultural practices, but only if farmers understand the technologies, and the reasons behind them. Face-to-face extension methods, like farmer field school (FFS), can teach these messages to smallholders, but other methods may also be useful. [...]