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Global FFS review 2012

Short overview of FFS partners and impacts in Jordan.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of farmer field school (FFS) approach on rice producer's characteristics and adoption of biological control. The results of the multiple regression analysis (stepwise method) revealed that the variables of knowledge of biological control, relative advantage, mechanization level, rice producers experiences, [...]

The purpose of this curriculum is to guide farmers in learning the principles and practices of the Push-pull technology so that they can apply them on their farms. Push-pull is a knowledge-intensive technology, and there is a need to have a curriculum to guide the process of acquiring knowledge and [...]

The purpose of this review is to summarize the literature on the role of agricultural extension systems in helping smallholder farmers in Africa and Asia increase agriculture production and their livelihoods.

Proceedings of an international workshop in Jinja, Uganda, 24–29 April 2006. This publication is the coordinated work of the Land and Water Division of FAO, the Agricultural Economics Institute of Wageningen Agricultural University and Research Centre (LEI/WUR), Environment Alert, and other partners. It was produced as part of FAO’s Land and [...]