Training Workshops for Farmer Field School trainers on “Farmer Field Schools for Fall Armyworm IPM”
FAO is organizing two sub-regional training workshops on Farmer Field Schools (FFS) for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of Fall Army Worm (FAW).
One workshop will be held in Yaoundé, Cameroun from the 9th to 15th of April and involve 31 participants from the central African sub-region (Burundi, Mali and Madagascar). The second workshop will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from the 23rd to 27th of April, involving 38 participants from Eastern Africa.
In each workshop, 1-2 experienced FFS master trainers/facilitators and one researcher working on IPM (and preferably involved in FAW) will participate for each country in the sub-region. Key FAO, government and NGO staff will also be involved.
The workshops aim to improve participants’ skills on IPM for FAW and on how to integrate FAW into FFS curricula. Each small country team will also design the outline for implementation of FFSs activities on FAW in their country; including refresher courses for FFS facilitators, aplan for FAW FFS setup and implementation, and short courses on FAW IPM in communities with high FAW infestation. These plans are expected to be integrated in the implementation of ongoing initiatives in support of Farmer Field Schools on FAW IPM in the sub-regions. After the training the participants will be expected to debrief FAO country and sub-regional offices, and present a national action plan for FFS training.
*Participation to the workshops is by invitation only.
FFS FAW regional training programme
Objectives
- Improve knowledge and skills on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Fall Armyworm (FAW)
- Fine-tune the Farmer Field School (FFS) curricula by integrating FAW IPM
- Design refresher courses for FFS facilitators and master trainers to be organized at national level after the training, and
- Develop an outline plan for implementation of FFSs on FAW and other short hands-on learning courses in the coming maize season, at country level.
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