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This document builds on efforts by practitioners to improve FFS processes and adopt to new ways of facilitating farmer field school (FFS) processes including during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, when governments imposed lockdowns across the globe, which made normal face-to-face facilitation difficult. This document is primarily intended to [...]

My master's dissertation research was completed in Cape Verde, focussing on the participatory approach to the agro-ecological transition of rural communities. In particular, the dissertation observed an aspect of the implementation of the FAO approach based on people-centred learning: the Farmer Field Schools (FFS). I designed and conducted several [...]

The online course “Farmer Field Schools on Farmer Seed Production and Marketing” is part of the program’s work on seed production for the local market. The objective of this work is (1) to improve farmers’ access to seed of well adapted crops and varieties not offered by the formal seed sector [...]

Eastern Africa continues to face acute and chronic food insecurity and malnutrition. Combined with a high incidence of conflict and security issues, displacement and natural disasters, food security continues to affect a high proportion of the population, jeopardizing marginalized households’ health, economic and social wellbeing. Thus, there is a growing [...]

Sustainable food systems are fundamental to ensuring that future generations are food secure and eat healthy diets. Many food system activities must be reconstructed to transition towards sustainability, and myriad actors worldwide are starting to act locally. While some changes are more comfortable than others, knowing how to navigate them [...]

This brochure captures the major developments of the farmer field school over 30 years, highlighting innovations in different regions and contexts. A vast number of additional stories and experiences exist, some of which can be accessed at the global FFS platform website. This document summarizes key messages on FFS and [...]

In EDN 133 we described a cereal/legume intercropping strategy in which two rows of a cereal crop are alternated with four rows of a legume. This “2:4:2” planting sequence is an outcome of research done by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and national partners, with cowpea as the [...]

L’objectif principal de cette étude est d’identifier les principaux ravageurs des cultures et d’analyser les déterminants de l’adoption des technologies améliorées du niébé dans les zones couvertes par les CEP sur l’adoption de ces technologies.

En vue de favoriser les interactions entre groupes de producteurs pour résoudre les problèmes de production et diffuser les technologies éprouvées, en culture du niébé, trente champs écoles ont été mis en place de 2013 à [...]