Number of documents: 40
Farmers Field and Business School Toolkit
Training material
2015 - CARE International - Dr. Maureen Miruka; Emily HIllenbrand; Elly Kaganzi; Charlotte Newman; Dr. Bethann Cottrell; Dr. Jemimah Njuki; Elizabeth Kruger, Dr. Pranati Mohanraj; Siddiquee Nurul Amin
A series of tools to work with farmers in Farmers Field and Business Schools for experiential learning that focuses on agriculture, marketing, gender, nutrition, and monitoring and evaluation
English
Production system: Crops, Livestock, Cereals, Vegetables and Melons, Root/Tuber crops, Small Ruminants
Fortaleciendo los conocimientos de las familias del Programa Agroambiental Mesoamericano (MAP)
Training material
2015 - The Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) -
El presente material fue elaborado en el marco del proceso de gestión del conocimiento y creación de capacidades para contribuir a la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, promovidas por MAP, a través de las ECA. Está dirigido a familias rurales presentes en los territorios clave del proyecto: NicaCentral en Nicaragua y [...]
Spanish
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The effectiveness of Farmer Field School (FFS) in attaining household food security in Sierra Leone
Impact assessment
2015 - International Journal of Advanced Biological Research - Mohamed Paul Ngegba, Bakarr J. Bangura & Elizabeth Tiangay Bangura
This paper reports investigation on the effectiveness of FFS in attaining household food security in Sierra Leone. The study was conducted in two Chiefdoms – Magbema Chiefdom in Kambia District, and Nongowa in Kenema in Sierra Leone. The research adopted descriptive, cross-sectional survey research design and combined both quantitative and [...]
English
Production system:
Zanzibar: back to (Farmer Field) School
Audiovisual material
2014 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) -
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 [...]
English
Production system: Crops, Livestock
The system of crop intensification: reports from the field on improving agricultural production, food security, and resilience to climate change for multiple crops
Impact assessment
2014 - Agriculture & Food Security - Binju Abraham, Hailu Araya, Tareke Berhe, Sue Edwards, Biksham Gujja, Ram Bahadur Khadka, Yang S Koma, Debashish Sen, Asif Sharif, Erika Styger, Norman Uphoff and Anil Verma
This review article reports on the productivity and other impacts being observed for many different crops in half a dozen countries for increasing food crop yields with lower cost and input requirements as well as more resilience to adverse effects of climate change. It also reports on mechanization innovations that [...]
English
Production system: Cereals, Vegetables and Melons, Oilseed crops, Legumes
GIPD: Témoignages de Producteurs 1
Audiovisual material
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/GIPD -
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 [...]
French
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Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition Proceedings of the FAO International Symposium
Other
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations -
18-19 September 2014, Rome, Italy
Global -
English
Production system:
Integrating nutrition in Farmer Field Schools in Eastern Africa - Report on Lessons Learned
Impact assessment
2014 - United States Agency for International Development (USAID) - Dr Elizabeth Nafula Kuria
Eastern and Central Africa continue to face acute and chronic food and nutrition insecurity1 . Combined with a high incidence of HIV, food security continues to affect the nutrition and health status of poor households. There is growing recognition of the vital importance of expanding agricultural development
capacity to include nutrition [...]
English
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Uso de Abono Orgánico Terminado y Riego por Goteo de Baja Presión en la Producción de Maíz, utilizando la metodología de las ECAs
Case study
2014 - Universidad Nacional de Agricultura de Honduras, Programa de Escuelas de Campo -
El objetivo general del proyecto es contribuir al mejoramiento de la seguridad alimentaria de las familias productoras de maíz pertenecientes al programa Escuelas de Campo que desarrolla la Universidad Nacional de Agricultura.
Spanish
Production system: Cereals
Dimitra Community Listeners' Clubs for Food Security and Women's leadership
Audiovisual material
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
The FAO Dimitra community listeners’ clubs are groups of women, men and young people – mixed or not – who decide to organize themselves so as to work together to bring about changes in their communities. They meet regularly to discuss the challenges they face in their daily lives, make [...]
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