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Building Practical Collaborations between Higher Education Institutions and Farmer Field Schools: Experiences from the Agribusiness Program at the University of Nairobi and Smallholder Farmers in Western Kenya
10 January 2017

Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) play a key role as the critical link between farmers and many other important stakeholders in the agricultural value chains. To the institutions of higher learning including Universities, the FFS model offers an avenue through which...

Eastern Africa Kenya
Production system:
Facilitation and non-formal education, Farm and enterprise management, Value chains
First training of facilitators as part of Field School programme for enhanced rural resilience recently launched in Yemen
06 December 2016

In March this year, a joint UNDP, WFP, FAO, ILO programme was launched to enhance Rural resilience in Yemen was launched. The programme, funded from the European Commission, will touch four of Yemen’s governorates over 2016-2019. The overall objective of...

Near East and North Africa Yemen
Production system:
Emergency/disaster risk reduction (DRR), Farm and enterprise management, Resilience, Value chains
Regional Rice Initiative (RRI): Workshop cum Study Tour on Knowledge exchange on Farmer Field School curriculum development for promotion of efficient rice farming practices and value chains
03 October 2016

A total of 33 participants (10 women) participated in the Regional Rice Initiative - Workshop cum Study Tour on Knowledge exchange on Farmer Field School curriculum development for promotion of efficient rice farming practices and value chains. Field visits were...

South-East Asia Indonesia
Production system: Crops Cereals
Sustainable production intensification, Value chains
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