The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) and the Government of Andhra Pradesh are working jointly on an innovative foresight study on agroecology in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The objectives of the...

The Secretary General of the Government of Flanders Department of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Julie Bynens, said that she was impressed with the ongoing transformation among farmers who are being supported by the Government of Flanders funded project, Marketing Capacity Building...

During the first week of December, FFS experts, ICT specialists and key partners gathered in FAO headquarters in Rome to discuss the role of digital technologies in FFS.   At FAO’s Technical Workshop on ICT and farmer field schools, held from 3...

Addis Ababa - Agricultural experts and academia drawn from Eastern and Southern African nations called on governments to increase the reach, impact, and institutionalisation of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) through adaptive approaches to ensure that farmers in Africa are fully engaged...

30 years after the creation of FFS, the landscape of knowledge and information has changed dramatically. Challenges with infrastructure, digital literacy, gender-digital divide, cost of access and capacity development need to be addressed to promote sustainable use of ICTs in...