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...

Rome, 25 April 2023 –The FAO Plant Production and Protection divisionheld a FAO internal consultation with over 70 participants from FAO divisions and regional and sub-regional offices. The Director of the FAO Plant Production and Protection Division Jingyuan Xia opened...

The webinar will: Launch the “ MEL framework and toolkit for FFS programmes” document (English version) Provide an example and ideas of how the MEL framework and toolkit can be used to strengthen FFS interventions Explore interest of other projects and country offices...