Number of documents: 109
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: [...]
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Preparing farmer groups to engage successfully with markets - A field guide for five key skill sets
Training material
2007 - CRS and RII-CIAT Agroenterprise Study Tour Group -
The field guide aims to provide pointers for program managers and field staff on how to foster several skill sets crucial for preparing groups of poor farmers who are at a very early stage of engaging in markets and who aspire to successful agroenterprise development.
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Push-pull curriculum for Farmer Field Schools
Training material
2007 - International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) - International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)
The purpose of this curriculum is to guide farmers in learning the principles and practices of the Push-pull technology so that they can apply them on their farms. Push-pull is a knowledge-intensive technology, and there is a need to have a curriculum to guide the process of acquiring knowledge and [...]
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Participatory common learning in groups of dairy farmers in Uganda (FFS approach) and Danish stable schools
Case study
2007 - DJF Animal Science - Mette Vaarst
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Production system: Livestock, Large Ruminants
Building FFS networks in East Africa
Technical background material
2007 - LEISA Magazine - Arnoud R. Braun, James Robert Okoth, Habakkuk Khaamala and Godrick S. Khisa
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Influence of Farmer Field School Extension Approach on Smallholders’ Knowledge and Skills of Dairy Management Technologies in Molo division, Nakuru District of Kenya
Technical background material
2007 - Egerton University - John Abuga Makori
Implementation of Farmer Field School (FFS) extension approach in disseminating knowledge and skills on management technologies for crop production, crop pests, soil and water conservation (CPSWC) has had proven successes. To replicate its successes, FFS was extended to smallholder dairy production as an alternative to the conventional extension approaches (NFFS) [...]
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Production system: Livestock, Large Ruminants
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 -
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Fertile ground? Soil fertility management and the African smallholder
Technical background material
2007 - Wageningen University - Michael Misiko
The focus in this thesis is to form a view of how well soil fertility research performs
within the ever shifting smallholder contexts. This study examined application of agroecological knowledge for soil fertility management by smallholder farmers, with the view
to enhancing the utility of research among resource-deprived farmers of western Kenya. [...]
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Practice makes perfect - participatory innovation in soil fertility management to improve rural livelihoods in East Africa
Technical background material
2007 - Wageningen University - Andre de Jager
This article focuses on the context of the Millenium development goals (MDG) and improving and maintaining soil fertility in Africa.
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Regional institutionalization and scaling-up of farmer study group (FSG) activities - workshop report
Technical background material
2007 - STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOP - George Onyango
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