This facilitator guide, published in three parts - (1) Principles; (2) Methods; and (3) Tools - presents the case for participation and partnership in development and provides a guide to understanding and developing that relationship. Designed primarily for VSO volunteers, partner organisations and staff, it is based on VSO’s...

A 500 pound slab dislodged from a danger tree strikes and kills a faller. This video from Work Safe BC explains which are the errors of the worker in this very context and how to avoid them.

The Field facilitator manual is a step by step guide for the newly trained field facilitators on establishing and running a farmer field school for farm forestry.

In recent years, the social protection sector has made great strides in strengthening registries and information systems, in an effort to expand and improve the delivery of ben- efits and services to the diverse target populations it seeks to serve. At the same time, agriculture and allied sectors are increasingly...

Fera is a national and international centre of excellence for interdisciplinary investigation and problem solving across plant and bee health, crop protection, sustainable agriculture, food and feed quality and chemical safety in the environment. Fera creates and delivers integrated, innovative and expert research services and products for our partners in crop...

This book on fertigation is intended for the fertilizer industry, scientists, extension workers and policy makers as a source of information on soil-water-fertilizer interactions during fertigation. The authors attempted to bring together various knowledge and information on plant physiology, plant nutrition and irrigation, which they synthesized into practical information in...

Field Guide to the Future is the latest in a series of books that explain methods to help communities think ahead and plan for change. In the preparation of this field guide, the authors collaborated with communities in many parts of the world, particularly in tropical forest margins, and now...

This SEAGA Field Handbook is written for development agents who work directly with local communities in developing countries. It is intended for outsiders such as extensionists, government and non-government field workers, and private- and public-sector development consultants, and for insiders such as community organisers and leaders of local groups and institutions. The purpose of this...

This Field Manual provides practical methods and procedures intended to assist forest control activities by offering procedures and guidance for official field inspections and for approval and supervision of Annual Operating Plans (AOP). This tool is expected to help forest authorities in the actual verification of trees and their respective...

Illegal logging and its impacts, assuring legality and involving stakeholders through VPAs, and changing markets are the main topics of four FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreement Training Films, published by EFI's EU FLEGT Facility and produced by Handcrafted Films.