Participatory Training and Extension 
in Farmers’ Water Management

Farmers’ Training Manual for PT&E-FWM

The Farmers’ Training Manual for Participatory Training and Extension in Farmers’ Water Management: a detailed procedure for field staff to assist in the implementation of the actual training sessions for farmers and water users associations. The manual is subdivided in:

• Part A : Farmers Seasonal Planning (704 KB), procedures for participatory planning with farmers to define a water management improvement plan to be implemented in the coming season
• Part B : Farmers Seasonal Training (1081 KB), procedures to provide guidance and assistance to farmers in the implementation of water control technologies and subdivided in modules, each addressing a specific type of procedures and technologies :

• Module 1: Water Sources (1081KB)
• Module 2: Farmers’ Irrigation System Improvements (756 KB)
• Module 3: Field Water Management (1640 KB)
• Module 4: Drainage, Flood and Salinity Control (848 KB)
• Module 5: Water Users Association (782 KB)

• Part C: Monitoring and Evaluation B (547 KB), procedures for implementing a participatory impact assessment.

All the training material can be downloaded (as .pdf files) from this website, but is also available on a CD-ROM that can be ordered by sending an e-mail to:
farmer-water-training@fao.org.