This Tuesday, July 18, 2023 saw the launch of the refresher course for master trainers and facilitators of agropastoral field schools on the feeding, health monitoring and reproduction of small ruminants. Over a six-week period, thirty-eight participants from Burkina Faso, Mali,...

Blantyre, 14-15-16 June 2023 – Over 120 participants from 35 countries representing farmers, governments, international organizations, private sectorand civil society gathered during three days for the FAO Global Forum onthe Future of Farmer Field Schools for Sustainable Agrifood Systems. Exciting discussions...

In 2023, FAO is launching a process to take stock of recent innovations in FFS and to brainstorm on priorities for action, laying the foundations for upgrading FFS to fit emerging challenges through a new FAO-wide Value-Added Impact Area (VAIA)...

Highlights:  FFS is a non-formaleducation approachthat has been facilitatingthe empowerment of farmersin over 100 countries for more than 30 years.  Recent estimates indicate that every year between 400 000 and 1 million farmers are trained through FFS worldwide.  June 10, 2023. This June 14,15 and...

“Now I can help meet my family needs, for example those related to the health and education of my children,” stated a participant of one of the women-only farmer field schools (FFS) from Lahj, Yemen. 231 women-only Farmers Field Schools...