Number of documents: 93
Practice makes perfect - participatory innovation in soil fertility management to improve rural livelihoods in East Africa
Technical background material
2007 - Wageningen University - Andre de Jager
This article focuses on the context of the Millenium development goals (MDG) and improving and maintaining soil fertility in Africa.
English
Production system:
Workshop on Pesticide Risk Impact Assessment
Impact assessment
2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
Workshop Report
Under the project “Pesticide Risk Reduction in South East Asia”, an impact
assessment workshop was held in Ho Chi Minh City from 23 to 25 July, 2007. It was
attended by 10 participants from China, Cambodia and Vietnam. The participants
included independent impact assessment leaders from the Royal University of
Agriculture in Phnom [...]
English
Production system:
The Impact of Farmer Field Schools On Pesticide Use and Environment in Thailand
Impact assessment
2006 - German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA) - Suwanna Praneetvatakul, Hermann Waibel
This paper presents an application of a difference in differences model to measure environmental and economic impacts of Farmer Field School on crop and pest management practices of rice in Thailand. Panel data from 241 farm households were collected three times over a period of four years in five rice-producing [...]
English
Production system: Cereals
Outline of Principles of Impact Evaluation - International Workshop on Impact Evaluation for Development
Technical background material
2006 - OECD -
The short article reviews the principles of doing impact evaluations.
Global -
English
Production system:
Documentation: an effective tool in Farmer Field Schools (FFS)
Case study
2006 - LEISA Magazine - Eefje den Belder, Martín García and Don Jansen
This document examines the benefits of planning a FFS with peruvian small coffee producers.
English
Production system: Beverages/Spice crops
The impact of farmer field schools on pesticide use and environment in Thailand
Impact assessment
2006 - Kasetsart University, University of Hanover - Suwanna Praneetvatakul, Hermann Waibel
This paper presents an application of a difference in differences model to measure environmental and economic impacts of Farmer Field School on crop and pest management practices of rice in Thailand. Panel data from 241 farm households were collected three times over a period of four years in five rice-producing [...]
English
Production system: Cereals
SARD Project Toolkit
Other
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Karen Powell
The SARD Project Toolkit summarizes frameworks, approaches and tools that can be used to promote sustainability in the management of agricultural and rural development projects and programmes.
Global -
English
Production system:
Impact Assessment of Livestock Farmer Field Schools in Nakuru and Nyandarua Districts, Kenya
Impact assessment
2006 - International Livestock Research Institute - Andy Catley, Omeno Suji, Bokoo Omwansa
This study was an impact assessment of livestock farmer field schools (FFS) in smallholder dairy areas of Nakuru and Nyandarua Districts, Kenya. The study focussed on five main issues viz. effectiveness, sustainability, farmer preferences, and relationships and behaviour, and used a doubleblind approach involving comparison of different sources of livestock [...]
English
Production system: Livestock, Large Ruminants
Impact of integrated pest management Farmer Field Schools on health, farming systems, the environment, and livelihoods of cotton growers in Southern India
Impact assessment
2006 - Wageningen University - Francesca Mancini
Crop productivity has increased worldwide since the late 1950s thanks to the modernisation of agriculture. However, many small-scale farming systems located in regions with limited access to resources have seen their profitability constrained by the intensification of input use. The rain-fed cotton farming sector in South and Central India provides [...]
English
Production system:
Impact assessment of Farmer Field Schools using a multi-period panel data model
Impact assessment
2006 - Association of Agricultural Economist Conference - Suwanna Praneetvatakul and Hermann Waibel
This paper presents an application of a two and three stages difference in differences model to measure environmental and economic impacts of Farmer Field School on crop and pest management practices of rice in Thailand. Panel data from 241 farm households were collected three times over a period of four [...]
English
Production system: Cereals