Number of documents: 154
Agricultural, Economic, and Environmental Performance of Four Farmer Field Schools in Kenya
Impact assessment
2014 - . - C.L. van Beek, A. de Jager, D.D. Onduru, L.N. Gachimbi
Agricultural and economic data were collected from 4 farmer field schools (FFSs), divided over 2 districts in Kenya (Mbeere and Kiambu), during one growing season (March – August 2002). The FFSs in the Mbeere district were characterized by poor soil conditions and low rainfall, and falls within semi-arid
areas. Contrarily, the [...]
English
Production system: Crops, Livestock
Impact Assessment of Pastoralist Field Schools in Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda
Impact assessment
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Frank Udo Hoeggel and Gimbage Mbeyale
Pastoralist Field Schools (PFS)1 evolved in Kenya in 2006 as an adaptation to the more commonly applied Farmer Field School (FFS) approach. Increasing interest among state and non-state actors has resulted in a number of PFS interventions across the region. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), within the [...]
English
Production system: Livestock
Farmer Field and Farm Business Schools: Manual for Preparation and Establishment of Farmer Field and Farm Business Schools
Training material
2014 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
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 [...]
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Farmer Field Schools: From Agricultural Extension to Adult Education: Making Impact Evaluation Matter Manila (1st-5th September 2014)
Impact assessment
2014 - The Campbell Collaboration - Hugh Waddington, Birte Snilstveit, Jorge Hombrados, Martina Vojtkova, Daniel Phillips, Philip Davies, Howard White
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Household methodologies: harnessing the family’s potential for change Gender, targeting and social inclusion
Technical background material
2014 - IFAD - Clare Bishop-Sambrook
HHMs build on a growing understanding that, in many parts of the world, households are not cohesive units with shared needs, resources, benefits and goals. Rather, women and men in the same household often pursue separate livelihoods and are responsible for different production and consumption activities. Women usually have fewer [...]
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Farmer Field Schools and Farmer Empowerment
Case study
2014 - International Journal of Agricultural Extension - Marjon Fredrix
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Community-Based Adaptation in practice: a Global Overview of CARE international’s practice of Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) to Climate Change
Technical background material
2014 - CARE International - Sally King
The purpose of this paper is to document CARE’s current practice of Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) to climate change and how, increasingly, elements of the approach are evolving and being integrated into other development sectors. This synthesis of CBA project examples informs an ongoing process to update our various tools and [...]
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Las mujeres son protagonistas en Escuela de Campo (Capítulo completo)
Audiovisual material
2014 - Gob Antioquia -
El proyecto Siembra busca dignificar la labor de la mujer en el campo y contribuir a su desarrollo económico y personal. Conoce en Escuela de Campo las historias de Ángela, Fabiola y Éric, tres mujeres ejemplo de superación y liderazgo que pasaron de ser desplazadas a ser verdaderas protagonistas del [...]
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Farmer Field Schools engage women and men in genderbased violence prevention
Case study
2013 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
FAO’s Junior and adult Farmer Field and Life Schools (J/FFLS) are addressing the root causes of gender-based violence and helping to prevent and mitigate the effects of HIV in northern Uganda through the provision of key life skills and knowledge in agricultural production and nutrition.
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Farmer field schools as a Transformative Learning Space in the Rural African Setting
Case study
2013 - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - Deborah Duveskog
The aims of this research was to understand how education in the rural African faming setting can contribute to development and well-being in a way that is empowering for the poor. The Farmer Field School (FFS) approach provided an empirical frame for the research. By reflecting on experiences of FFS [...]
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