Participatory Training and Extension in Farmers’ Water Management.
Non-formal education

by Water Resources, Development and Management Service (AGLW)
Land and Water Development Division (AGL)
FAO
Rome, 2004
http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/aglw/farmerwatertraining/default.htm
It is also available on a CD-ROM that can be ordered by sending an e-mail to:
farmer-water-training@fao.org.

This is a website which contains a package of training material for the development and implementation of a Participatory Training & Extension Programme in Farmers' Water Management.
The two main documents are The Guidelines and Farmers’Training Manual for PT&E-FWM. Besides this, the training package contains a collection of various documents and audiovisual materials to help in the development and implementation of training programmes for farmers and field staff in order to facilitate the introduction of appropriate water control technologies and better water management techniques.
Participatory Training and Extension (PT&E) has proved to be an effective tool to establish the appropriate support structure to assist and advise farmers in irrigation development and management. PT&E is in particular useful for small holder irrigation and in the case of irrigation management transfer programmes.
Farmers’ Water Management (FWM) refers to all water control techniques, technologies and related activities under the direct control and responsibility of farmers. FWM is carried out on an individual basis, by each farmer on his/her own field and farm as well as by a group of farmers, who jointly manage a hydraulic unit and share water from the same source.

Related links

Land and Water Development Division Home Page
http://www.fao.org/landandwater/default.stm
Water cartoons developed for the World Food Day 2002
http://www.fao.org/wfd/wfd2002/cartoons/Water_cartoons.htm

Contact: Giovanni Muñoz
Water Resources, Development and Management Service (AGLW)
Land and Water Development Division (AGL)
FAO
Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100
Rome, Italy
Giovanni.Munoz@fao.org

Water is ......
Primary education

by Water Resources, Development and Management Service (AGLW)
Land and Water Development Division (AGL)
FAO
Rome, 2002
http://www.fao.org/wfd/wfd2002/cartoons/Water_cartoons.htm

These web-based cartoons are a tool which target children of primary education. By using original illustrations and short texts they relate the existence of water and the ruling of such natural element on people’s alimentation.
The cartoons explain how much water need to be saved, protected and managed. They also emphasize the importance of water on food security.

Contact: Giovanni Muñoz
Water Resources, Development and Management Service (AGLW)
Land and Water Development Division (AGL)
FAO
Via delle Terme di Caracalla 00100
Rome, Italy
Giovanni.Munoz@fao.org