Number of documents: 88
Manual del facilitador. Escuelas de campo para la producción de semillas de calidad de quinua
Training material
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Francisco Espinosa, Gonzalo Tejada, Javier Aguilera, José Luis Marconi, Miguel Ángel Gonzales, Fredy Ramos, José Luis Mamani, Nicola Mastrocola, Vinicio Huamán, Xavier Mera, Guillermo Pino, Rember Pinedo, José Tenorio, Cornelio Taipe, Cleber Munoz
Spanish
Production system: Crops, Others
Manual del facilitador. Escuelas de campo para la producción de semillas de calidad de papa
Training material
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Francisco Espinosa, Gonzalo Tejada, Javier Aguilera, José Luis Marconi, Miguel Ángel Gonzales, Fredy Ramos, José Luis Mamani, Nicola Mastrocola, Vinicio Huamán, Xavier Mera, Guillermo Pino, Rember Pinedo, José Tenorio, Cornelio Taipe, Cleber Munoz
Tiene como propósito fundamental servir de guía para conformar y llevar a la práctica Escuelas de Campo de Agricultores (ECA) en producción de semillas de calidad. En este sentido, espera orientar y apoyar la tarea de los facilitadores al presentar una serie de contenidos, actividades y materiales que han sido [...]
Spanish
Production system: Root/Tuber crops
Capitalization of the experiences with and the results of the twigire muhinzi agricultural extension model in Rwanda
Case study
2016 - Royal Tropic Institute - Bertus Wennink and Remco Mur
English
Production system: Crops, Cereals
Farmer Field Schools Approach for Agroforestry & Natural Resource Development
Technical background material
2016 - JICA and Orimia Bureau of Agriculture - JICA and Orimia Bureau of Agriculture
This is a 8 page brochure of FFS for social forest extention in Ethiopia.
English
Production system:
Farmers Field and Business School Toolkit
Training material
2015 - CARE International - Dr. Maureen Miruka; Emily HIllenbrand; Elly Kaganzi; Charlotte Newman; Dr. Bethann Cottrell; Dr. Jemimah Njuki; Elizabeth Kruger, Dr. Pranati Mohanraj; Siddiquee Nurul Amin
A series of tools to work with farmers in Farmers Field and Business Schools for experiential learning that focuses on agriculture, marketing, gender, nutrition, and monitoring and evaluation
English
Production system: Crops, Livestock, Cereals, Vegetables and Melons, Root/Tuber crops, Small Ruminants
Escuelas de Campo: un modelo de capacitación y acompañamiento técnico para productores agropecuarios
Training material
2015 - Centro de Investigación Regional Pacífico Sur - Campo experimental Valles centrales de Oaxaca - Morales Guerra, Hernandez Galeno, Vásquez Ortiz
Esta guía proporciona información básica para comprender y aplicar la metodología de las ECAs como alternativa de trabajo de los profesionales de estensionismo.
Spanish
Production system:
The Impact of Training on Technology Adoption and Productivity of Rice Farming in Tanzania: Is Farmer-to-Farmer Extension Effective?
Impact assessment
2015 - JICA Research Institute - Yuko Nakano, Takuji W. Tsusaka, Takeshi Aida, and Valerien O. Pede
An Empirical Analysis of Expanding Rice Production in Sub-Sahara Africa.
How far can new technologies taught to a small number of selected farmers diffuse to other farmers in a village? In order to answer this question, this paper investigates the impact of JICA training on the adoption of rice cultivation technologies [...]
English
Production system: Crops, Cereals
Reducing Pesticide Risks to Farming Communities: Cotton Farmer Field Schools in Mali
Impact assessment
2014 - The Royal Society publishing - William Settle, Mohamed Soumare´, Makhfousse Sarr, Mohamed Hama Garba and Anne-Sophie Poisot
We provide results from a study of two separate sectors within the cottongrowing region of southern Mali. In one sector, farmers have engaged in a
farmer field school (FFS) training programme since 2003—the other not.
One goal of the training was the adoption of alternatives to the use of hazardous
insecticides, through integrated [...]
English
Production system: Crops, Others
Agricultural, Economic, and Environmental Performance of Four Farmer Field Schools in Kenya
Impact assessment
2014 - . - C.L. van Beek, A. de Jager, D.D. Onduru, L.N. Gachimbi
Agricultural and economic data were collected from 4 farmer field schools (FFSs), divided over 2 districts in Kenya (Mbeere and Kiambu), during one growing season (March – August 2002). The FFSs in the Mbeere district were characterized by poor soil conditions and low rainfall, and falls within semi-arid
areas. Contrarily, the [...]
English
Production system: Crops, Livestock
Farmer Field Schools for Improving Farming Practices and Farmer Outcomes: a Systematic Review
Key documents on FFS
2014 - Campbell Systematic Reviews - Hugh Waddington, Birte Snilstveit, Jorge Hombrados, Martina Vojtkova, Daniel Phillips, Philip Davies, Howard White
Farmer field schools (FFS) are a common approach used to transfer specialist knowledge, promote skills and empower farmers around the world. At least 10 million farmers in 90 countries have attended such schools. We conducted a systematic review of evidence on FFS implementation to investigate whether
FFS make a difference, to [...]
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English
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