The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), in the presence of the FAO Regional Manager of the Small Scale Family farming and Farmer Field Schools (FFS) Regional Coordinator for the Near East and North Africa, Dr Alfredo Impiglia, FAO Country Representative, Dr Salah El Hajj Hassan, Ministry Agriculture and Irrigation Representative, Dr Mohamed Alhimiari, and Mr Hachem Alzazai representing the Governor of Hodeida, has officially launched the Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) programme, which represents an important component in the Enhanced Rural Resilience in Yemeni (ERRY) project in order to improve the agricultural crop and livestock value chains. It should be noted that FFS programmes have trained more than 12 million farmers – mainly small farm holders – in more than 90 countries around the world including the Republic of Yemen.