Number of documents: 42
The Impact of participation in Diversity Field Fora on Farmer Management of Millet and Sorghum varieties in Mali
Impact assessment
2010 - African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE) - Melinda Smale, Lamissa Diakité, Amadou Sidibé, Mikkel Grum, Hannah Jones, Issa Seni Traore and Hamidou Guindo
Malian farmers have been cultivating millet and sorghum for millennia, but they are slow to adopt and develop modern varieties because it is difficult to observe the difference in yields in their fields, given the challenging local growing conditions. Farmer participatory approaches are therefore recommended. This paper applies an instrumental [...]
English
Production system: Cereals, Pastures /Fodder trees
Field Guide Exercises for IPM in Cotton
Training material
2009 - FAO - IPM Hanoi -
The Field Guide is a compilation of the learning activities during TOF and FFS training. Based on a field guide originally developed for the Indonesian Rice IPM Programme, additional activities have been incorporated and some adapted for the implementation of IPM training activities in rice and vegetables under the Vietnam [...]
English
Production system:
Seeds of Confusion The impact of policies on seed systems
Technical background material
2007 - Wageningen University - Niels Louwaars
This study deals with the impact different types of regulation have on how farmers access seed. I have analysed current regulatory frameworks in terms of their impact on different seed systems, provided explanations for their often unintended effects and apparent inconsistencies, and proposed some solutions to the problems that have [...]
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English
Production system:
Weaver ants help farmers to capture organic markets
Impact assessment
2007 - Pesticides News - Paul Van Mele and Jean-François Vayssières
Weaver ants are predatory insects which kill key pests of many tree crops effectively decreasing the need to use pesticides. Paul Van Mele and Jean-François Vayssières describe how these fascinating insects have been husbanded effectively in Asia to manage pests of citrus and cashew. Their use has recently been extended [...]
English
Production system: Fruits and Nuts, Insects
Sharing seed and knowledge: farmer to farmer dissemination of agroforestry technologies in western Kenya
Technical background material
2006 - Agroforestry Systems - Evelyne Kiptot, Steven Franzel, Paul Hebinck, Paul Richards
This study was undertaken to identify farm and farmer characteristics that may influence dissemination of seed and knowledge of improved fallows and biomass transfer, to whom, how and what is disseminated. This was done by carrying out a formal and informal survey involving a random sample of 120 farmers from [...]
English
Production system:
Background Reading Materials and Selected Session Guides on Roots
Technical background material
2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Abha Mishra and Mario Corado
English
Production system: Root/Tuber crops
Optimising the productivity of the potato/Brassica cropping system in Central and West Java
Information on projects
2005 - Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research -
The overall purpose of this project is to assist farmers in Central and West Java to increase their returns from the potato and Brassica production system by adapting proven Australian, Indonesian and CIP technologies to conditions in Central and West Java to develop best local farming practices.
The project will:
1. [...]
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons, Root/Tuber crops
Saving your own vegetable seeds - a guide for farmers.
Training material
2005 - The World Vegetable Center (AVRDC) - Sutevee Sukprakarn, Sunanta Juntakool & Rukui Huang, and Tom Kalb
This edition is made in an effort to help extension workers who are directly in contact with farmers. This manual was made to help ordinary farmers and contribute to the sustainable development of agriculture through vegetable production in developing countries.
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons, Legumes
Impact assessment of Farmer Field Schools in Cajamarca, Perú: an Economic Evaluation
Impact assessment
2004 - International Potato Center (CIP) - Regula Züger
Economic evaluation of the Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) in the Cajamarca Department (Peru) was undertaken to help determine whether agricultural extension via FFSs can contribute to poverty alleviation. Farmer Field Schools involving a number of important crops have already been evaluated at other sites around the world. These studies reported [...]
English
Production system: Root/Tuber crops
Discovery through diagnosis. A manual of practical exercises and pest data sheets to promote better pest management: Experiences from a pilot project in Bolivia
Training material
2003 - CABI Bioscience, CIAT Santa Cruz, PROINPA - Jeffery Bentley, Eric Boa, Paul Van Mele and Janny Vos
The manual draws on both scientific information resources, such as the CABI Crop Protection Compendium, and field experiences in designing and validating farmer participatory exercises that facilitate the knowledge transfer to IPM practitioners in the field. The manual consists of two major parts: Part 4* provides the technical background on [...]
English
Production system: Fruits and Nuts, Root/Tuber crops