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Esta guía proporciona información básica para comprender y aplicar la metodología de las ECAs como alternativa de trabajo de los profesionales de estensionismo.

At the end of the module participants will: ● be aware of the various types of aquaculture; ● value aquaculture as a means of livelihood diversification and as a business opportunity; ● understand the importance of careful planning.

The main objective was to determine the role of Farmer Field Schools extension approach and eventual outcome tea production among small scale farmers in Kenya. The study assessed the trends and the influence of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) approach in addressing productivity of tea leaves. Research findings revealed a positive trend [...]

This publication comprises a collection of training materials that include: i) an orientation programme for policy makers and programme managers, ii) a short training (1 day or 7 days) for facilitators to set up and run farm business schools, (iii) a handbook aimed at providing guidance to trainers to [...]

More than 22,000 farmers on the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, off the Tanzanian coast, have gone back to school. Although they have farmed for generations, they have decided to learn how to farm. Their productivity has increased so much, that the local Government has made these Farmer Field Schools [...]

Programme sous-régional de "Gestion Intégrée de la Production et des Déprédateurs" (GIPD). "With COQUA (COmmercialization and QUAlity) module of IPM, I manage well the marketing of my onion production in the local market. In addition to that I feel that I have a perfect mastering of my production and my agricultural [...]

L'usage abusif des pesticides est nocif pour la santé et l'environnement. Nombres de producteurs en sont persuadés, mais comment les éviter?

En plus du renforcement de capacités techniques, la GIPD a favorisé la mise en place d'une organisation des producteurs au Sénégal. L'Union des producteurs maraichers GIPD (UPM-GIPD), assure une bonne diffusion de l'approche et appuie ses membres dans la fourniture en intrants et la commercialisation de la production.

The publication “Manual for Preparation and Establishment of Farmer Field and Farm Business Schools” is intended to be used by the stakeholders in organic sector in Serbia. It has been developed within the framework of the UN FAO Project GCP/SRB/001/HUN: “Assistance to the Development of Capacity and Support Services for [...]

The present study was conducted in the central region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan comprising seven districts: Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Mardan, Swabi, Kohat and Hangu, during 2010. The objective was to analyze the perceived effect of Farmer Field School (FFS) approach on farmers’ capacity in controlling pre- and postharvest losses. [...]