Number of documents: 540
Adaptation and adoption of the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Myanmar using the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach
Documents techniques de référence
2006 - Cornell University. College of Agriculture and Life Science - Humayun Kabir
A PhD thesis.
Anglais
Production system: Céréales
Sharing seed and knowledge: farmer to farmer dissemination of agroforestry technologies in western Kenya
Documents techniques de référence
2006 - Agroforestry Systems - Evelyne Kiptot, Steven Franzel, Paul Hebinck, Paul Richards
This study was undertaken to identify farm and farmer characteristics that may influence dissemination of seed and knowledge of improved fallows and biomass transfer, to whom, how and what is disseminated. This was done by carrying out a formal and informal survey involving a random sample of 120 farmers from [...]
Anglais
Production system:
Diffusion of information among small-scale farmers in Senegal: the concept of Farmer Field Schools (FFS)
Documents techniques de référence
2006 - Research Committee on Development Economics (AEL) - Pemsl, Diemuth E.; Waibel, Hermann; Witt, Rudolf
Recent research on the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach in agriculture in developing countries has raised some doubts on the economic impacts of this concept and especially the knowledge diffusion effects from trained to non-trained farmers. Based on a study in Senegal this paper hypothesizes that the question of the [...]
Anglais
Production system:
Documentation: an effective tool in Farmer Field Schools (FFS)
Étude de cas
2006 - LEISA Magazine - Eefje den Belder, Martín García and Don Jansen
This document examines the benefits of planning a FFS with peruvian small coffee producers.
Anglais
Production system: Stimulants et épices
The Farmer Field School (FFS): a method for enhancing the role of rural communities in malaria control?
Étude de cas
2006 - Malaria Journal - Henk van den Berg and Bart GJ Knols
This text focuses on the role that FFS can play in Malaria control by farmers in the fields. It presents the Integrated Pest and Vector Management (IPVM) developed in Sri Lanka.
Anglais
Production system: Insectes
Improving soil fertility and farm productivity under intensive crop-dairy smallholdings: experiences from Farmer Field Schools in the highlands of Kiambu district, Central Kenya
Étude de cas
2006 - Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research - D.D. Onduru, A. De Jager, B. Wouters, F.N. Muchena, L. Gachimbi and G.N. Gachini
A study to improve soil fertility and farm productivity under intensive crop-dairy smallholder farming systems was carried out in Kiambu District, central Kenya highlands in the period 2003-2005 using farmer field school approach.
Anglais
Production system: Culture, Élevage, Pâturage/arbres fourragers, Gros ruminants
The emergence of Farmer Field Schools networks in Eastern Africa
Documents techniques de référence
2006 - International Food Policy Research Institute - James Okoth, Arnoud Braun, Robert Delve, Habakkuk Khamaala, Godrick Khisa, and Julianus Thomas
The first Farmer Field School (FFS) Networks emerged in Western Kenya during 2000 as a result of exchange visits and communication between farmers, facilitators, trainers and project staff. Similar networks have subsequently emerged elsewhere in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. These FFS Networks were formed by farmers who graduated from an [...]
Anglais
Production system:
The role of culture in farmer learning and technology adoption: a case study of Farmer Field Schools among rice farmers in Central Luzon, Philippines
Étude de cas
2006 - Agriculture and Human Values - Florencia G. Palis
The goal of this paper is to show how culture – shared norms and values – is challenged and used to facilitate cooperative behavior within the context of farmer field schools (FFS) in central Luzon, Philippines. The success of the FFS is primarily associated with cultural norms that encourage experiential [...]
Anglais
Production system: Céréales
Describing and Measuring Ethno-Entomological Knowledge of Rice Pests: Tradition and Change Among Asian Rice Farmers
Documents techniques de référence
2006 - Environment, Development and Sustainability - Lisa Leimar Price, Astrid Björnsen Gurung
The paper presents a methodology that guided several ethnoentomological research projects and goes on to examine and compare the results from two independent research locations in Asia. The first location is in the Philippines, a Green Revolution area that has been heavily impacted by extension messages and insecticide use. The [...]
Anglais
Production system: Insectes
Les écoles paysannes au Bénin: une approche participative de la diffusion des messages relatifs à la protection intégrée du cotonnier
Étude de cas
2006 - Cahiers Agriculture - Patrick Prudent, Symphorien Loko, Maurice Vaissayre
L'integration d'une approche participative de la protection du cotonnier a partir des « Écoles paysannes » ou FFS.
Français
Production system: Autres