19 November 2019 - 21 November 2019
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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,... Production system:
Training of 20 professors from Pwani University as Master Trainers (Kenya)
25 January 2019 - 25 July 2019 For a whole season, 20 faculty staff of the Pwani University will receive a training to be certified as FS Mastrer Trainers (MTs). This training of Master Trainers is part of the project "Institutionalization of Field Schools (FS) in Extension Curricula... Production system:
 With field schools in Kenya, UN agriculture agency teaches techniques to combat drought
09 January 2019 To strengthen resilience in the Horn of Africa against natural hazards like drought, which can lead to cattle losses and increased food insecurity, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is supporting pastoralists in northeastern Kenya’s Mandera County to... Production system: Livestock
 Combatting drought in Kenya through Agro-Pastoralist Field Schools
05 December 2018 Climate change can cause long-lasting, more frequent dry spells – a particular problem for pastoralists in the Horn of Africa as this leads to livestock losses, increased food insecurity and spiralling poverty. In Mandera County in northeastern Kenya, FAO is supporting pastoralists... Production system: Livestock
FAO, in coordination with key partners, officially launched the Eastern Africa Field Schools Support Hub in Entebbe, Uganda on 30 May. The role of the hub is to support the scaling-up and the institutionalization of the FS methodology, policy dialogue and... Production system:
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