The FFS Team will facilitate a Curriculum development workshop on FFS on natural farming and agroecology in Andhra Pradesh, India from 20 to 23 November. It will gather scientists, non formal education expert and FFS Master Trainers to create practical...

Royalton Negril, Jamaica – FAO widely participated in this year’s annual meeting for the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Systems (GFRAS), focused on the "Role of RAS in Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management".   Between the 30 September and the 4...

Background Farmer Field Schools (FFS) continue to be used across the globe as an educational methodology in rural development. As FFS grow, stakeholders and donors have raised concerns regarding the applicability, targeting, cost-effectiveness, monitoring and evaluation and quality assurance of the...

From October 28 to 29, the Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) is convening the National Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Forum, with technical and funding supports from #IRRI, #USAID, and #FAO. This year the National Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program celebrates its...

Following the 25-year of the IPM development and implementation in the country, it is a time to bring all relevant stakeholders to meet and discuss the past, present and future of the IPM’s best practices and learns learnt.  In this...