Number of documents: 538
Las Escuelas de Campo de Ganaderos: Una estrategia para promover la rehabilitación y diversificación de fincas con pasturas Degradadas
Étude de cas
2007 - Archivos Latinoamericanos de Producción Animal - Danilo A. Pezo, Jorge Cruz y Maricel Piniero
La degradación de pasturas es un problema serio en América Tropical, pues se estima que entre un 50-80% de las áreas de pasturas están degradadas (Días-Filho, 2005), y sólo en América Central éstas representan casi 7 millones de hectáreas (Betancourt et al., 2007). Con frecuencia se acepta que las pasturas [...]
Espagnol
Production system: Élevage, Pâturage/arbres fourragers, Gros ruminants
Seeds of Confusion The impact of policies on seed systems
Documents techniques de référence
2007 - Wageningen University - Niels Louwaars
This study deals with the impact different types of regulation have on how farmers access seed. I have analysed current regulatory frameworks in terms of their impact on different seed systems, provided explanations for their often unintended effects and apparent inconsistencies, and proposed some solutions to the problems that have [...]
Global -
Anglais
Production system:
Escuelas de campo para productores pecuarios: Normas para la facilitación y manual técnico.
Matériel de formation
2007 - Servicio de Información Mesoamericano sobre Agricultura Sostenible - SIMAS - Groeneweg, Kim; Buyu, Gertrude; Romney, Dannie
Global -
Espagnol
Production system:
Participatory common learning in groups of dairy farmers in Uganda (FFS approach) and Danish stable schools
Étude de cas
2007 - DJF Animal Science - Mette Vaarst
Anglais
Production system: Élevage, Gros ruminants
Building FFS networks in East Africa
Documents techniques de référence
2007 - LEISA Magazine - Arnoud R. Braun, James Robert Okoth, Habakkuk Khaamala and Godrick S. Khisa
Anglais
Production system:
Influence of Farmer Field School Extension Approach on Smallholders’ Knowledge and Skills of Dairy Management Technologies in Molo division, Nakuru District of Kenya
Documents techniques de référence
2007 - Egerton University - John Abuga Makori
Implementation of Farmer Field School (FFS) extension approach in disseminating knowledge and skills on management technologies for crop production, crop pests, soil and water conservation (CPSWC) has had proven successes. To replicate its successes, FFS was extended to smallholder dairy production as an alternative to the conventional extension approaches (NFFS) [...]
Anglais
Production system: Élevage, Gros ruminants
Agricultural extension in Africa and Asia
Documents techniques de référence
2007 - World AgInfo Project - Carl K. Eicher
The purpose of this review is to summarize the literature on the role of agricultural extension systems in helping smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia increase agriculture production and their livelihoods.
Near East and North Africa, West Africa, Eastern Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, South-East Asia, Global -
Anglais
Production system:
Investing in farmers—the impacts of Farmer Field Schools in relation to Integrated Pest Management - A reply
Étude d'impact
2007 - Wageningen University - Henk Van Den Berg and Janice Jiggins
Public policy in developing countries has failed to invest in educating farmers on how to deal with variable agro-ecosystems and a changing world. Here we present an assessment of a participatory training approach in changing crop protection by farmers from chemically dependent, to more sustainable practices in line with the [...]
Global -
Anglais
Production system:
Organic cocoa production : a guide for Farmer Field Schools in Sierra Leone
Matériel de formation
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Cora Dankers, Chris Newell
The objective of the guide is to promote participants' production and export quality cocoa in sufficient quantities to fulfill export contracts
Anglais
Production system: Stimulants et épices
Ants as friends: improving your tree crops with weaver ants
Matériel de formation
2007 - Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) - Paul Van Mele, Nguyen Thi Thu Cuc
This manual offers you a highly exciting discovery voyage about the life of weaver ants, how you can make best use of them to protect your fruit and other tree crops and hence how to save money. Because the focus is on practical aspects based on
improved insights of underlying ecological [...]
Global -
Anglais
Production system: Insectes