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In this interview, Sowing Diversity=Harvesting Security (SD=HS) Program Leader Gigi Manicad explains the principles of Farmer Field Schools, the role of women as managers of biodiversity, and the way the program strengthens smallholder farmers to articulate their needs to influence policies.

The comprehensive publication provides detailed information of how FFS Master Trainers and FFS Facilitators were trained in Rwanda. It describes the principles and methods, the training schedules as well as a all different activities during the seasonlong training. A must read for all projects and organisations applying FFS.

In Rwanda, more than 200,000 families by reached by an FFS program. The colorful publication provides an insights in the success of the farmer field school approach in Rwanda. It describes the principles, the FFS tools, the results, the scaling up and the sustainability.

Community Seed Banks are places designed to protect seeds using a number of in situ (on-site) conservation processes and equipment as preferred by farmers. This strategy for strengthening local seed populations is empowered at the community level by workers who greatly appreciate their natural resources and want to get involved [...]

L’objectif principal de cette étude est d’identifier les principaux ravageurs des cultures et d’analyser les déterminants de l’adoption des technologies améliorées du niébé dans les zones couvertes par les CEP sur l’adoption de ces technologies.

In this document, the strategy and step-by-step application of “Stratified Mass Selection” (SMS) is outlined under the field conditions of farmers, as a product of various field experiences. These experiences were obtained under the framework of participatory plant breeding with the objective of allowing farmers dedicated to maize cultivation to [...]

The SD=HS program aims to realize Farmers’ Rights by empowering indigenous peoples and smallholder farmers to uphold their role in contributing to food security and strengthening their adaptive capacities. This report describes the main tools and achievements so far. Farmer field schools are one key tool. They facilitate farmers in [...]

The third progress report presents results, achievements, challenges and financial updates from the period 1 April 2016 until 31 March 2017. The document reports both on the SD=HS program and the GROW campaign.

The guide results from the accumulated lessons of many resource persons in many countries on supporting farmer field schools (FFS) in learning and adaptive management for sustainable land and water management. FAO supported the capacity development process through field projects and the field work that underlies the guide was conducted [...]