Number of documents: 79
Review of Agricultural Extension in India - Are farmers’ information needs being met?
Technical background material
2010 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - Claire J. Glendenning, Suresh Babu, Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere
This paper aims to ascertain why farmers are not accessing information and where information gaps exist, despite the variety of extension approaches in India. Using information provision and access as the basis for analysis, the paper reviews some of the major agricultural extension programs in India by considering their ability [...]
English
Production system:
Reducing the incidence of acute pesticide poisoning by educating farmers on Intergrated Pest Management in South India
Case study
2009 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health - FRANCESCA MANCINI, JANICE L. S. JIGGINS, MICHAEL O’MALLEY
Sixty-five farmers reported on pesticide use and the signs and symptoms of acute pesticide poisoning when using two different plant protection strategies: in 2003 using chemical controls and in 2004 using an approach
to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) based on an ecological analysis of the field conditions. Exposure to organophosphates was [...]
English
Production system:
Impact of IPM Programs in Asian Agriculture, in : Integrated Pest Management: Dissemination and Impact
Case study
2009 - Springer Science - Kevin D. Gallagher, Peter A.C. Ooi and Peter E. Kenmore
IPM Programs in Asia, including on rice, cotton and vegetables, have
been broadly based on three dimensions. First is a solid IPM science basis including ecological interaction, plant physiology and soil-plant interactions. Second is policy for IPM, especially elimination of pesticide subsidies which cause over-use of pesticides and disrupt natural enemies [...]
English
Production system: Cereals, Vegetables and Melons
Moving on: Farmer Education in Integrated Insect Pest and Disease Management. In: Integrated Pest Management: Dissemination and Impact
Case study
2009 - Springer Science - Janice Jiggins, Francesca Mancini
This chapter explores intensive hands-on occupational education for farmers in selected European, African, Latin American countries and in south India. An Indian case study of Farmer Field Schools for Integrated Pest and Production Management (IPPM) to ensure food security and livelihood improvement is presented, to introduce discussion of the role [...]
English
Production system:
Impact assessment of Farmers Field Schools in Chhatarpur district
Impact assessment
2009 - Action for social advancement (ASA) - Ben Redmond
Much of rural India is suffering from what Prime minister Manmohan Singh has termed “technological fatigue in agriculture” (Kshirsagar A, 2008). In order to reverse this state of affairs, considerable investment and macro scale action is required. However, for sustainable and meaningful change, community level extension is vital. One response [...]
English
Production system: Crops
Climate Change Adaptation Implications for Drought Risk Mitigation: a Perspective for India
Other
2008 - Climatic Change - S. V. R. K. Prabhakar & Rajib Shaw
There is a growing evidence that the climate change do has implications for drought vulnerable India with studies projecting future possible reductions in monsoon related rainfall in the country. The existing drought risk mitigation and response mechanisms were looked into and gaps were identified by drawing lessons from previous disasters [...]
English
Production system:
Appraisal of Methods to Evaluate Farmer Field Schools
Impact assessment
2008 - Development in Practice - Francesca Mancini and Janice Jiggins
The need to increase agricultural sustainability has induced the government of India to promote the adoption of integrated pest management (IPM). An evaluation of cotton-based conventional and IPM farming systems was conducted in India (2002–2004). The farmers managing the IPM farms had participated in discovery-based ecological training, namely Farmer Field [...]
English
Production system:
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: [...]
English
Production system:
How to Make Agricultural Extension Demand-Driven? The Case of India’s Agricultural Extension Policy
Case study
2007 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - Regina Birner, Jock R. Anderson
English
Production system:
Green beans Integrated Pest Management : an Ecological Guide
Training material
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - The FAO inter-country Programme for IPM in vegetables in South and Southeast Asia
English
Production system: Legumes