Number of documents: 538
The impact of farmer field schools on pesticide use and environment in Thailand
Étude d'impact
2006 - Kasetsart University, University of Hanover - Suwanna Praneetvatakul, Hermann Waibel
This paper presents an application of a difference in differences model to measure environmental and economic impacts of Farmer Field School on crop and pest management practices of rice in Thailand. Panel data from 241 farm households were collected three times over a period of four years in five rice-producing [...]
Anglais
Production system: Céréales
Farmer Field School (FFS) Manual: Guidelines for the Implementation of a Farmer Field School (FFS)
Matériel de formation
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
This manual highlights the major activities in conducting Farmer Field Schools (FFS) for IPM in watermelons and can also be used as a guide for the conduct of FFS in other crops. It is hoped that the manual will be used and shared among the FFS Facilitators as a resource [...]
Anglais
Production system: Légumes et melons, Fruits et noix
An integrated pest management program for burrowing shrimp control in oyster aquaculture
Étude de cas
2006 - Aquaculture - Brett R. Dumbauld, Steven Booth, Daniel Cheney, Andrew Suhrbier, Hector Beltran
In January 2001, the growers, several state agencies and other parties signed a memorandum of agreement to transition the industry towards integrated pest management. The study we report on here was associated with that effort and had four objectives: 1) Estimate observer error and quantify efficacy of the current burrowing [...]
Anglais
Production system: Aquaculture, Pêche
SARD Project Toolkit
Autres
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Karen Powell
The SARD Project Toolkit summarizes frameworks, approaches and tools that can be used to promote sustainability in the management of agricultural and rural development projects and programmes.
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Anglais
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Impact Assessment of Livestock Farmer Field Schools in Nakuru and Nyandarua Districts, Kenya
Étude d'impact
2006 - International Livestock Research Institute - Andy Catley, Omeno Suji, Bokoo Omwansa
This study was an impact assessment of livestock farmer field schools (FFS) in smallholder dairy areas of Nakuru and Nyandarua Districts, Kenya. The study focussed on five main issues viz. effectiveness, sustainability, farmer preferences, and relationships and behaviour, and used a doubleblind approach involving comparison of different sources of livestock [...]
Anglais
Production system: Élevage, Gros ruminants
Zooming-in zooming-out: a novel method to scale up local innovations and sustainable technologies
Étude d'impact
2006 - Africa Rice Center (WARDA) - Paul Van Mele
In this paper, two case studies from Asia and Africa are presented that deal with developing, testing and disseminating educational videos. Processes that contribute to scaling up sustainable rice technologies are analysed. The next sections highlight key elements of effective videos, followed by how videos were used and what effect [...]
Anglais
Production system: Céréales
Child participation in Junior Farmer Field Schools (vocational education)
Matériel de formation
2006 - Catholic Relief Services - Carolyn Fanelli
Anglais
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Impact of integrated pest management Farmer Field Schools on health, farming systems, the environment, and livelihoods of cotton growers in Southern India
Étude d'impact
2006 - Wageningen University - Francesca Mancini
Crop productivity has increased worldwide since the late 1950s thanks to the modernisation of agriculture. However, many small-scale farming systems located in regions with limited access to resources have seen their profitability constrained by the intensification of input use. The rain-fed cotton farming sector in South and Central India provides [...]
Anglais
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Impact assessment of Farmer Field Schools using a multi-period panel data model
Étude d'impact
2006 - Association of Agricultural Economist Conference - Suwanna Praneetvatakul and Hermann Waibel
This paper presents an application of a two and three stages difference in differences model to measure environmental and economic impacts of Farmer Field School on crop and pest management practices of rice in Thailand. Panel data from 241 farm households were collected three times over a period of four [...]
Anglais
Production system: Céréales
Demystifying Farmer Field School concepts
Documents clés sur les CEP
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Kevin D Gallagher, Arnoud R Braun and Deborah Duveskog
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