Number of documents: 150
Field Guide Exercises for IPM in tomatoes (Part II)
Training material
2008 - Vietnam IPM National Programme -
Global -
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons
Stakeholder participation for Environmental Management: a Literature review
Advocacy and policy
2008 - Biological Conservation - Mark S. Reed
The complex and dynamic nature of environmental problems requires flexible and transparent decision-making that embraces a diversity of knowledges and values. For this reason, stakeholder participation in environmental decision-making has been increasingly sought and embedded into national and international policy. Although many benefits have been claimed for participation, disillusionment has [...]
Global -
English
Production system:
Farmer first revisited : innovation for agricultural research and development
Technical background material
2008 - Journal of Sustainable Agriculture - Ian Scoones, John Thompson, Robert Chambers
Global -
English
Production system:
The Farmer Field School approach – history, global assessment and success stories
Key documents on FFS
2008 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) - Arnoud Braun and Deborah Duveskog
Background Paper for the IFAD Rural Poverty Report 2011. 1. THE HISTORY OF THE FARMER FIELD SCHOOL APPROACH.GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS. CASE STUDIES: FARMER FIELD SCHOOL NETWORKS (REGION: SUB SAHARAN AFRICA); JUNIOR FARMER FIELD AND LIFE SCHOOLS (REGION: SUB SAHARAN AFRICA);INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF FARMERS-LED IPM IN PAKISTAN (REGION: [...]
English
Production system:
Seeds of Confusion The impact of policies on seed systems
Technical background material
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 -
English
Production system:
Escuelas de campo para productores pecuarios: Normas para la facilitación y manual técnico.
Training material
2007 - Servicio de Información Mesoamericano sobre Agricultura Sostenible - SIMAS - Groeneweg, Kim; Buyu, Gertrude; Romney, Dannie
Global -
Spanish
Production system:
Agricultural extension in Africa and Asia
Technical background material
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 -
English
Production system:
Investing in farmers—the impacts of Farmer Field Schools in relation to Integrated Pest Management - A reply
Impact assessment
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 -
English
Production system:
Ants as friends: improving your tree crops with weaver ants
Training material
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 -
English
Production system: Insects
Getting started! Running a Junior Farmer field and Life school
Training material
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
Global -
English
Production system: