Number of documents: 3
RAPPORT DE CONSULTATION SUR L’INVENTAIRE DES BONNES PRATIQUES AGRO-SYLVO-PASTORALES AU BURKINA FASO
Technical background material
2020 - FAO - SANA, Youssoufou
Au Burkina Faso, le faible niveau de développement social et économique et sa population à grande majorité rurale rendent le pays très dépendant des ressources naturelles. Pour se nourrir, se loger et s’épanouir, les ressources naturelles sont directement prélevées et les terres sont de plus en plus mises en culture [...]
French
Production system: Crops, Livestock, Poultry
Sustainable Crop Production Intensification in the Senegal and Niger River Basins of Francophone West Africa
Key documents on FFS
2011 - International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability - William Settle and Mohamed Hama Garba
This paper reports on how the farmer field school (FFS) approach has been used to successfully catalyse important changes among stakeholders in the savannah zones of West Africa. Improved agronomic practices, better decision-making skills and diversification of smallholder farms in developing countries are shown to provide farmers the opportunity to [...]
English
Production system: Crops, Cereals, Vegetables and Melons
Weaver ants help farmers to capture organic markets
Impact assessment
2007 - Pesticides News - Paul Van Mele and Jean-François Vayssières
Weaver ants are predatory insects which kill key pests of many tree crops effectively decreasing the need to use pesticides. Paul Van Mele and Jean-François Vayssières describe how these fascinating insects have been husbanded effectively in Asia to manage pests of citrus and cashew. Their use has recently been extended [...]
English
Production system: Fruits and Nuts, Insects