Number of documents: 79
Entry Points for Empowerment
Case study
2004 - CARE Bangladesh - Andrew Bartlett
A report for CARE Bangladesh. Focusing on empowerment and possible policies and plans, it includes conceptual models, evaluation indicators, and
suggestions relating to strategy. Particular attention has been given to the Farmer Field School approach as an entry point for empowerment.
English
Production system:
Eggplant Integrated Pest Management : an Ecological Guide
Training material
2003 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Frederike Praasterink
The objective of this ecological guide is to provide general technical background information on eggplant production, supplemented with field experiences from the National IPM programmes connected to FAO’s Vegetable IPM Programme, and from related organizations active in farmer participatory IPM.
The information in the guides is not specific for one [...]
English
Production system: Fruits and Nuts
Death in Small Doses: Cambodia’s Pesticides Problems and Solutions
Technical background material
2002 - Environmental Justice Foundation -
Pesticides have played a role in increasing crop yields and food security but, in contrast to modern products marketed in the developed world, many pesticides used in developing countries like Cambodia fail to meet international quality standards. Agriculture, rice production in particular, is of major importance to Cambodian food security [...]
English
Production system:
Strengthening social capital in agricultural and natural resources innovation systems: community IPM Farmer field schools (FFS) in Nepal
Case study
2002 - . - Annemarie Westendorp and Stephen Biggs
This paper uses an innovations systems framework to analyze the ways social capital in the overall agricultural and natural resources innovation system in Nepal has increased far beyond what was originally expected in the project proposal.
English
Production system:
Ten years of IPM Training in Asia from Farmer Field School to Community IPM
Key documents on FFS
2002 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - John Pontius, Russell Dilts, Andrew Bartlett
English
Production system:
ICT and IPM
Case study
2002 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Andrew Bartlett
This article focuses on how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can be used for the knowledge intensive approach that characterizes IPM. It analyses the digital divide between Asia and developed countries.
English
Production system:
Diversifying Rice-based Systems and Empowering Farmers in Bangladesh Using the Farmer Field-school Approach
Case study
2002 - Earthscan Publications - Norman Uphoff
Over the past eight years, CARE-Bangladesh has been developing a set of
sustainable agriculture projects to improve production in rice-based farming
systems in this country. These efforts have contributed to an emergent
programme to increase food security for poor and marginal farmers. The
programme raises agricultural productivity by diversifying agroecosystems
and optimizing yields, reducing costs [...]
English
Production system: Cereals
Strategies for addressing gender issues through aquaculture programs: approaches by CARE Bangladesh
Case study
2001 - Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) of CARE Bangladesh - K.S. Debashish, M. Shirin, F. Zaman, M. Ireland, G. Chapman and M.C. Nandeesha
The Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) sector of CARE is exploring new ways
to enhance women's participation and to empower them through aquaculture programs. Farmer field schools, participatory monitoring and evaluation, children's participation initiatives, family approaches and action research are some of the approaches that have been found to be effective [...]
English
Production system: Aquaculture, Fisheries
Cabbage Integrated Pest Management : an Ecological Guide
Training material
2000 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Frederike Praasterink, Jan Willem Ketelaar
The ecological guides are technical reference manuals. They give background information and refer to exercises/studies that can be done in the field during training of trainers (TOT), farmers field schools (FFS) and action research to better understand a topic. The information in the guides is not specific for one country. [...]
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons
Tomato Integrated Pest Management : an Ecological Guide
Training material
2000 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Frederike Praasterink, Jan Ketelaar
The ecological guides are technical reference manuals. They give background information and refer to exercises/studies that can be done in the field during training of trainers (TOT), farmers field schools (FFS) and action research to better understand a topic. The information in the guides is not specific for one country. [...]
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons