News and Events
News 10 May 2018
Agriculture feminisation is considered to be the major obstacle to agriculture development in Nepal. However, if we take it as an opportunity and invest in women’s productive and adaptive capacity, this will change. In order to improve farm production and...
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Event 07 May 2018 - 26 May 2018
The training of FFS facilitators started on the 7th of May and will last until the 26th of May in North East Nigeria. The training has been organised by the FAO office for North East Nigeria and will be facilitated...
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News 07 May 2018
Progress results on the Global Farmer Field School Survey
The Global Farmer Field School Survey is the result of a collaboration between the FFS team in FAO Headquarters and Wageningen University. The results will provide a global review of FFS...
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Event 09 April 2018 - 27 April 2018
FAO is organizing two sub-regional training workshops on Farmer Field Schools (FFS) for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of Fall Army Worm (FAW).
One workshop will be held in Yaoundé, Cameroun from the 9th to 15th of April and involve 31 participants...
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News 04 April 2018
The mechanical control intervention against the Fall Armyworm - The case of Embu county pilot project
An update on the FAW response programme
The situation
The FAO SFE Global Fall Army Worm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda) Emergency response programme has just finalized a mechanical control...
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