In the Republic of Tajikistan, one in four families has at least one family member working abroad. Representing about 10 percent of the total population, labour migrants from Tajikistan are predominantly men and mainly from rural areas. Families of labour migrants struggle...

Kawkab Al-Yassin’s entrepreneurial initiative in rural Homs has been a lifeline for her neighbours. The mother of three from west Al-Farhaniyah, rural Homs, is making use of her knowledge to manage a production network of ‘mooneh’ - homemade preserved food-,...

Jeffrey Chimenya could not imagine that agriculture could one day allow him to own a decent home and have a thriving milk supplying business. Farming meant subsistence for Jeffrey; it didn’t mean success. Yet today, four years after joining the...

Family farmers and small-scale producers can solve many of the global issues related to restoring ecosystems and feeding a growing population, but more investment is needed to strengthen their knowledge and skills through extension services such as farmer field schools,...

 The farmer field school community wants to hear from you!   Are you interested in supporting sustainable transitions to agrifood systems? Do you believe that Farmer Field Schools have a key role to play in such transformations?    FAO, in collaboration with partners at IFAD, CIRAD...