Number of documents: 542
Describing and Measuring Ethno-Entomological Knowledge of Rice Pests: Tradition and Change Among Asian Rice Farmers
Technical background material
2006 - Environment, Development and Sustainability - Lisa Leimar Price, Astrid Björnsen Gurung
The paper presents a methodology that guided several ethnoentomological research projects and goes on to examine and compare the results from two independent research locations in Asia. The first location is in the Philippines, a Green Revolution area that has been heavily impacted by extension messages and insecticide use. The [...]
English
Production system: Insects
Les écoles paysannes au Bénin: une approche participative de la diffusion des messages relatifs à la protection intégrée du cotonnier
Case study
2006 - Cahiers Agriculture - Patrick Prudent, Symphorien Loko, Maurice Vaissayre
L'integration d'une approche participative de la protection du cotonnier a partir des « Écoles paysannes » ou FFS.
French
Production system: Others
Farmer Field Schools on land and water management in Africa
Technical background material
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
Proceedings of an international workshop in Jinja, Uganda, 24–29 April 2006.
This publication is the coordinated work of the Land and Water Division of FAO, the Agricultural Economics Institute of Wageningen Agricultural University and Research Centre (LEI/WUR), Environment Alert, and other partners. It was produced as part of FAO’s Land and [...]
Near East and North Africa, West Africa, Eastern Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa - Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
English
Production system:
The Farmer Field School: a method for enhancing the role of rural communities in malaria control ?
Technical background material
2006 - Malaria Journal - Henk van den Berg, Bart GJ Knols
Malaria has strong linkages with agriculture, and farmers in malarious regions have a central position in creating or controlling the conditions that favour disease transmission. An interdisciplinary and integrated approach is needed to involve farmers and more than one sector in control efforts. It is suggested that malaria control can [...]
Global -
English
Production system:
The impact of farmer field schools on pesticide use and environment in Thailand
Impact assessment
2006 - Kasetsart University, University of Hanover - Suwanna Praneetvatakul, Hermann Waibel
This paper presents an application of a difference in differences model to measure environmental and economic impacts of Farmer Field School on crop and pest management practices of rice in Thailand. Panel data from 241 farm households were collected three times over a period of four years in five rice-producing [...]
English
Production system: Cereals
Farmer Field School (FFS) Manual: Guidelines for the Implementation of a Farmer Field School (FFS)
Training material
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
This manual highlights the major activities in conducting Farmer Field Schools (FFS) for IPM in watermelons and can also be used as a guide for the conduct of FFS in other crops. It is hoped that the manual will be used and shared among the FFS Facilitators as a resource [...]
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons, Fruits and Nuts
An integrated pest management program for burrowing shrimp control in oyster aquaculture
Case study
2006 - Aquaculture - Brett R. Dumbauld, Steven Booth, Daniel Cheney, Andrew Suhrbier, Hector Beltran
In January 2001, the growers, several state agencies and other parties signed a memorandum of agreement to transition the industry towards integrated pest management. The study we report on here was associated with that effort and had four objectives: 1) Estimate observer error and quantify efficacy of the current burrowing [...]
English
Production system: Aquaculture, Fisheries
SARD Project Toolkit
Other
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Karen Powell
The SARD Project Toolkit summarizes frameworks, approaches and tools that can be used to promote sustainability in the management of agricultural and rural development projects and programmes.
Global -
English
Production system:
Impact Assessment of Livestock Farmer Field Schools in Nakuru and Nyandarua Districts, Kenya
Impact assessment
2006 - International Livestock Research Institute - Andy Catley, Omeno Suji, Bokoo Omwansa
This study was an impact assessment of livestock farmer field schools (FFS) in smallholder dairy areas of Nakuru and Nyandarua Districts, Kenya. The study focussed on five main issues viz. effectiveness, sustainability, farmer preferences, and relationships and behaviour, and used a doubleblind approach involving comparison of different sources of livestock [...]
English
Production system: Livestock, Large Ruminants
Zooming-in zooming-out: a novel method to scale up local innovations and sustainable technologies
Impact assessment
2006 - Africa Rice Center (WARDA) - Paul Van Mele
In this paper, two case studies from Asia and Africa are presented that deal with developing, testing and disseminating educational videos. Processes that contribute to scaling up sustainable rice technologies are analysed. The next sections highlight key elements of effective videos, followed by how videos were used and what effect [...]
English
Production system: Cereals