Number of documents: 149
Vietnam National IPM Programme Revision 2011. Field Guide on Gender and IPM
Training material
2011 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - FAO-IPM Hanoi Plant Protection Department, MARD Center for Family and Women’s Studies
The important role of women in agriculture in Vietnam deserves to be reflected in the planning and implementation of the IPM programme. Women should be able to
participate in the training activities that are being organized in all 63 provinces in
Vietnam. Their participation should reflect their role and responsibilities in
agriculture. [...]
English
Production system: Crops, Cereals
Diseño y aplicación de la metodologia ECA con enfoque de género y lengua en el departamento de Potosí - Bolivia (ECAMUQ)
Case study
2011 - Universidad Politecnica de Madrid - Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos - Marina Aldapi Herrera
Investigación doctoral que tiene el propósito de generar el diseno y la aplicación de la metodología de las Escuelas de Campo de Agricultores (ECA) con enfoque de género y lengua (ECAMUQ).
Spanish
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The Empowerment Route to Well-Being: an Analysis of Farmer Field Schools in East Africa
Key documents on FFS
2011 - World Development - Esbern Friis-Hansen, Deborah Duveskog
The study explores empowerment and well-being related outcomes of Farmer Field Schools (FFS), an extension approach that has gained popularity with agriculture development programs in many African countries. This is done by examining the empirical relationships between FFS participation and increased well-being; as well as FFS participation and empowerment; and [...]
English
Production system:
Experiencia de investigación agrícola para el desarrollo. Las escuelas de campo (ECAS):una apuesta innovadora hacia la investigación -acción participativa del Programa Agroambiental Mesoamericano (MAP) en Trifinio
Case study
2011 - Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) - Isabel Adriana Gutiérrez Montes Danilo Padilla Castillo Gonzalo Galileo Rivas Platero
Spanish
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Impact of Farmer Field Schools on Agricultural Income and Skills: Evidence from an Aid-Funded Project in Rural Ethiopia
Impact assessment
2011 - JICA-Research Institute - Yasuyuki Todo and Ryo Takahashi
This study estimates the effect of farmer field schools in rural Ethiopia on income from agriculture. The farmer field schools were established in association with participatory forest management associations for forest protection funded by Japanese aid. We employ a difference-in-differences propensity score matching approach to correct for possible biases due [...]
English
Production system: Others
Fish Farmer Field School: Towards healthier milkfish / shrimp polyculture and fish farmer empowerment in South Sulawesi
Case study
2011 - Aquaculture Asia - Ben Brown and Ratna Fadillah
Sustainable aquaculture in Indonesia through a Fish Farmer Field School.
English
Production system: Aquaculture, Fisheries
From Farmers' Field Schools to community IPM. Scaling up the IPM movement
Key documents on FFS
2011 - LEISA Magazine - Russ Dilts
A people-centred IPM movement has grown in Asia since the 1980s, and is now spreading to parts of Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. During this period, many variants have evolved, and continue to evolve, within the specific natural and operational environments of different countries, cultures, and communities. From [...]
English
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Promises and Realities of Community-Based Agricultural Extension
Technical background material
2010 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - Gershon Feder, Jock R. Anderson, Regina Birner, Klaus Deininger
The paper discusses the conceptual underpinnings of community-based extension approaches, highlights theoretical and practical challenges inherent in their design, and assesses the evidence available so far on their performance. The paper reviews both quantitative and qualitative studies, focusing on three examples that contain important elements of community-based extension: the [...]
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Impact of Farmer Field Schools on Agricultural Productivity and Poverty in East Africa
Impact assessment
2010 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - K. Davis, E. Nkonya, E. Kato, D.A. Mekonnen, M. Odendo, R. Miiro
The study found that younger farmers who belong to other groups, such as savings and credit groups, tended to participate in field schools. Females made up 50 percent of FFS membership. Reasons for not joining an FFS included lack of time and information. FFSs were shown to be especially beneficial [...]
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Scaling up adoption and impact of agroforestry technologies: experiences from western Kenya
Impact assessment
2010 - Development in practice - Qureish Noordin , Amadou Niang , Bashir Jama & Mary Nyasimi
This paper describes and highlights lessons learned from several research and development organisations in western Kenya using different community-based approaches to scale up agroforestry and other biological options to improve soil fertility among resource- poor smallholders. The main benefits of such approaches are that the link between farmers, government extension, [...]
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