Number of documents: 542
Child participation in Junior Farmer Field Schools (vocational education)
Training material
2006 - Catholic Relief Services - Carolyn Fanelli
English
Production system:
Impact of integrated pest management Farmer Field Schools on health, farming systems, the environment, and livelihoods of cotton growers in Southern India
Impact assessment
2006 - Wageningen University - Francesca Mancini
Crop productivity has increased worldwide since the late 1950s thanks to the modernisation of agriculture. However, many small-scale farming systems located in regions with limited access to resources have seen their profitability constrained by the intensification of input use. The rain-fed cotton farming sector in South and Central India provides [...]
English
Production system:
Impact assessment of Farmer Field Schools using a multi-period panel data model
Impact assessment
2006 - Association of Agricultural Economist Conference - Suwanna Praneetvatakul and Hermann Waibel
This paper presents an application of a two and three stages 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 [...]
English
Production system: Cereals
Demystifying Farmer Field School concepts
Key documents on FFS
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Kevin D Gallagher, Arnoud R Braun and Deborah Duveskog
Global -
English
Production system:
Socio-economic impact of a cocoa integrated crop and pest management diffusion knowledge through a farmer field school approach in Southern Cameroon
Impact assessment
2006 - International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference - Njankoua Wandji Dieu ne dorta ; Lapbim Nkeh Juliusa ; James Jim Gockowskia and Tchouamo Isaacb
We focused on the Socio-Economic Evaluation of Farmer Field School Training on
Integrated Pest Management in the humid forest region of Cameroon. The main objective was to assess the impact of training on integrated pest management (IPM) on cocoa farmer field school graduates. The results indicate that shade management, phytosanitary harvest, [...]
English
Production system: Fruits and Nuts, Beverages/Spice crops
Junior Farmer Field Life Schools in Namibia
Case study
2006 - Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) - Kiwan W. Cato
The document revises the implementation of Junior Farmer Field Life Schools (JFFSLS) in Namibia, its challenges and lessons learned.
English
Production system:
A Market Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Agroenterprise Development
Training material
2006 - Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) - Ferris, S., E. Kaganzi, R. Best, C. Ostertag, M. Lundy and T. Wandschneider
This Market Facilitator’s Guide is a product of the experiences and lessons learned while implementing agroenterprise projects in eastern and southern Africa. The Guide is based on a resource-to-consumption framework, which is the central theme of the “enabling rural innovation” (ERI) approach for rural development. This approach seeks to empower [...]
English
Production system:
A Global Survey and Review of Farmer Field School Experiences
Key documents on FFS
2006 - ILRI - Arnoud Braun, Janice Jiggins, Niels Röling, Henk van den Berg and Paul Snijders
Global -
English
Production system:
Inventory of Farmer study group initiatives in Africa - a synthesis report
Technical background material
2006 - . - Arnoud Braun
English
Production system:
Background Reading Materials and Selected Session Guides on Roots
Technical background material
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Abha Mishra and Mario Corado
English
Production system: Root/Tuber crops