Plateforme mondiale des Champs-Écoles des Producteurs
Number of documents: 109

Zooming-in zooming-out: a novel method to scale up local innovations and sustainable technologies

Étude d'impact

2006 - Africa Rice Center (WARDA) - Paul Van Mele
In this paper, two case studies from Asia and Africa are presented that deal with developing, testing and disseminating educational videos. Processes that contribute to scaling up sustainable rice technologies are analysed. The next sections highlight key elements of effective videos, followed by how videos were used and what effect [...]
Anglais
Production system: Céréales

Optimising the productivity of the potato/Brassica cropping system in Central and West Java

Informations sur des projets

2005 - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research -
The overall purpose of this project is to assist farmers in Central and West Java to increase their returns from the potato and Brassica production system by adapting proven Australian, Indonesian and CIP technologies to conditions in Central and West Java to develop best local farming practices. The project will: 1. [...]
Anglais
Production system: Légumes et melons, Racines et tubercules

Farmer field school as an effective methodology for disseminating agricultural technologies: up-scaling of soil management technologies among small-scale farmers in Trans-Nzoia district, Kenya

Étude d'impact

2005 - AIAEE - David K. Bunyatta, Joseph G. Mureithi, Christopher A. Onyango and Faustine U. Ngesa
This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach in knowledge acquisition, adoption and dissemination of soil management technologies (SMTs) among small-scale farmers in Kenya. Eight technologies were scaledout using the FFS approach and conventional extension methods. A survey methodology with the ex-post facto [...]
Anglais
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From reductionism to farmer innovation systems: implications for multi-stakeholder collaboration and learning in Uganda

Étude de cas

2005 - International Farming Systems Association (IFSA) - Chris Opondo, Joshua Zake, Ann Stroud, Joseph Tanui, Ronald Lutalo and Rogers Kanzikwera
This paper illustrates that the transition to promoting farmer innovation systems requires a total change in mindsets and in strategies for conducting formal research.
Anglais
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An effective approach of safe vegetable production: a case of community vegetable integrated pest management in Kunming city, Yunan province

Étude de cas

2005 - National Agro-technical Extension and Service Center, Ministry of Agriculture, China - Puyun Yang, Ping Li, Elske van de Fliert and Xinmei Hu
This paper describes a case study in small producer system in the Petri-urban areas of Kunming city, Yunnan province on an approach of farmer participatory vegetable community IPM development. The vegetable community IPM development was composted of farmer education, technological development, farmers’ self organization, alliance building and policy supporting. [...]
Anglais
Production system: Légumes et melons

Agricultural development among poor farmers in Soroti district, Uganda: Impact assessment of agricultural technology, farmer empowerment and changes in opportunity structures

Étude d'impact

2005 - Danish Institute for International Studies - Esbern Friis-Hansen
This paper is based on participatory development research carried out in Soroti district of Uganda with the aim to assess the impact of agricultural development among poor farmers. The central argument in this study is that a combination of farmer empowerment and innovation through experiential learning in FFS groups and [...]
Anglais
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Agricultural Extension: Good Intentions and Hard Realities

Autres

2004 - The World Bank Research Observer - Jock R. Anderson, Gershon Feder
What considerations lead policymakers to invest in agricultural extension as a key public responsibility, and what factors and agency incentives explain differences in extension system performance? To help answer these questions, this article provides a framework outlining farmers’ demand for information, the public goods character of extension services, and the [...]
Anglais
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An assessment of the impact of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) on integrated pest management dissemination and use: evidence from smallholder cotton farmers in the lowveld area of Zimbabwe

Étude d'impact

2004 - . - Edward Mutandwa, Jf Mpangwa
Many technological innovations have been developed to improve agricultural productivity in Sub Sahara. However, the adoption of these innovations has been low. Appropriate extension models are often seen as the missing link between adoption and the achievement of productivity gains. Although, Zimbabwe’s agriculture continues to be a vital cog in [...]
Anglais
Production system: Culture, Autres

Management of potato late blight in the Peruvian highlands: evaluating the benefits of Farmer Field Schools and farmer participatory research

Étude d'impact

2004 - The American Psytopathological Society - O. Ortiz , K. A. Garrett, J. J. Health, R. Orrego, R. J. Nelson
Farmer field school programs incorporating farmer participatory research (FPR-FFS) have the potential to provide important benefits to their participants and to other farmers who benefit from improved cultivars and management techniques. An FPR-FFS program in San Miguel, Cajamarca, Peru, has been in place since 1999 with an emphasis on management [...]
Anglais
Production system: Racines et tubercules

The acquisition and diffusion of knowledge: the case of pest management training in Farmer Field Schools, Indonesia

Étude d'impact

2004 - Journal of Agricultural Economics - Gershon Feder, Rinku Murgai, and Jaime B. Quizon
Farmer Field Schools (FFS) are an intensive training approach introduced in the last decade in many developing countries to promote knowledge and uptake of ecologically sensible production approaches, and in particular, integrated pest management which minimises pesticide use. Because of the high training cost, the viability of the program depends [...]
Anglais
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