In 2018, Benson Mhone of Matukusha village, Traditional Authority (TA) Lukwa in Kasungu district decided to take his soya production as a business, following everything that he had learnt from the farmer field school (FFS) and practicing it on his...
17 July 2017 - 28 July 2017
The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) Tigoni research center, is conducting a Field School Training course on potatoes from 17th to 28th July, 2017. The participants at the training constitute of three Sub-County Agricultural Officers (SCAO) and 18...
26 June 2017 - 28 June 2017
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD) will hold a farmers' market symposium from 26-28 June, 2017 aimed at linking smallholder farmers to the...
24 May 2017 - 26 May 2017
Several thousands of Field Schools (FS)[1] have been implemented throughout Eastern Africa since the introduction of the approach in Africa the 90s. As the FS approach becomes increasingly popular new issues and challenges emerge, such as how to maintain the...
Dans un contexte de forte densité de population et de dégradation de la fertilité des sols, l’agriculture de la région des Savanes au Togo s’appuie sur une utilisation croissante d’engrais et pesticides chimiques dont la qualité et l’origine ne sont...