Number of documents: 60
Integrating meteorological and indigenous knowledge-based seasonal climate forecasts for the agricultural sector. Lessons from participatory action research in Sub-Saharan Africa
Technical background material
2010 - International Development Research Centre (IDRC) - G. Ziervogel, A. Opere
Climate information is available from two main sources: meteorological seasonal
climate forecasts (SCFs) and indigenous knowledge-based seasonal forecasts (IKFs). This information can help farmers and pastoralists manage their crops and livestock to minimize risks during unfavourable seasons and maximize opportunities during favourable conditions. However, exploring the
synergies between these two sources of [...]
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Challenges of Farmer-Led Extension Approaches in Nigeria
Technical background material
2010 - World Journal of Agricultural Sciences - O.M. Akinnagbe and A.R. Ajayi
This paper examined the various approaches to agricultural extension and the
challenges of farmer-led extension approaches. These challenges include changes in the organization structure and profession attitude, strengthen farmers' organizations, farmers' acceptability, fiscal sustainability and logistics issues.
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The Impact of participation in Diversity Field Fora on Farmer Management of Millet and Sorghum varieties in Mali
Impact assessment
2010 - African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE) - Melinda Smale, Lamissa Diakité, Amadou Sidibé, Mikkel Grum, Hannah Jones, Issa Seni Traore and Hamidou Guindo
Malian farmers have been cultivating millet and sorghum for millennia, but they are slow to adopt and develop modern varieties because it is difficult to observe the difference in yields in their fields, given the challenging local growing conditions. Farmer participatory approaches are therefore recommended. This paper applies an instrumental [...]
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Production system: Cereals, Pastures /Fodder trees
Farmer Field School: A Peace Corps Experience
Audiovisual material
2010 - Jessie Luna -
A video for incoming Peace Corps Volunteers or other extension agents working in rural agricultural development. Explains a bit of the background of Farmer Field Schools and some of the work of an agricultural volunteer in Mali, West Africa.
If you are curious about what Peace Corps Volunteers who know [...]
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Production system: Crops
Lessons for Farmer-Oriented Research: Experiences from a West African Soil Fertility Management Project
Technical background material
2007 - Agriculture and Human Values - E. Suzanne Nederlof, Constant Dangbegnon
Our objective in this study is to determine why resource-poor farmers in Togo (declined to) adopt recommended practices that were promoted through a multi-organizational project on soil fertility management. We examine the processes and outcomes related to the adoption process. The project was undertaken in three villages in the Central [...]
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Push-pull curriculum for Farmer Field Schools
Training material
2007 - International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) - International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)
The purpose of this curriculum is to guide farmers in learning the principles and practices of the Push-pull technology so that they can apply them on their farms. Push-pull is a knowledge-intensive technology, and there is a need to have a curriculum to guide the process of acquiring knowledge and [...]
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Agricultural extension in Africa and Asia
Technical background material
2007 - World AgInfo Project - Carl K. Eicher
The purpose of this review is to summarize the literature on the role of agricultural extension systems in helping smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia increase agriculture production and their livelihoods.
Near East and North Africa, West Africa, Eastern Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, East Asia, South-East Asia, Global -
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Organic cocoa production : a guide for Farmer Field Schools in Sierra Leone
Training material
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Cora Dankers, Chris Newell
The objective of the guide is to promote participants' production and export quality cocoa in sufficient quantities to fulfill export contracts
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Production system: Beverages/Spice crops
Weaver ants help farmers to capture organic markets
Impact assessment
2007 - Pesticides News - Paul Van Mele and Jean-François Vayssières
Weaver ants are predatory insects which kill key pests of many tree crops effectively decreasing the need to use pesticides. Paul Van Mele and Jean-François Vayssières describe how these fascinating insects have been husbanded effectively in Asia to manage pests of citrus and cashew. Their use has recently been extended [...]
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Production system: Fruits and Nuts, Insects
Diffusion of information among small-scale farmers in Senegal: the concept of Farmer Field Schools (FFS)
Technical background material
2006 - Research Committee on Development Economics (AEL) - Pemsl, Diemuth E.; Waibel, Hermann; Witt, Rudolf
Recent research on the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach in agriculture in developing countries has raised some doubts on the economic impacts of this concept and especially the knowledge diffusion effects from trained to non-trained farmers. Based on a study in Senegal this paper hypothesizes that the question of the [...]
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