Number of documents: 540
Linking Science and Farmers' innovative capacity: diagnostic studies from Ghana and Benin
Technical background material
2004 - NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - N.G. Rolingl, D. Hounkonnou, S.K. Offei, R. Tossou and A. Van Huisa
The article is an introduction to a series of articles about diagnostic studies carried out by eight PhD students in Ghana and Benin. These studies form a prelude to their experimental action research with groups of farmers to develop technologies that work in local conditions and are acceptable to farmers.
A [...]
English
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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
Impact of Farmer Field Schools on adoption of soil water and nutrient management technologies in dry areas of Zimbabwe
Impact assessment
2004 - International crop research Institute for the semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT - International Crop Research Institute for the semi-arid tropics) - Rusike, J and Masendeke, D and Twomlow, S J and Heinrich, G M
Agricultural extension systems in sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly using participatory approaches to improve technology adoption by smallholder farmers. This approach has been successful particularly in low-rainfall areas, where adoption is traditionally slow. Crop productivity, farm incomes and food security have improved as a result. ICRISAT worked with Zimbabwe’s Department of [...]
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IPM Farmer Field Schools: a synthesis of 25 impact evaluations
Key documents on FFS
2004 - FAO - Henk van den Berg
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Farmer Field Research: An Analysis of experiences in Indonesia
Case study
2004 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office of Asia and the Pacific - Henkvan den Berg, Peter A.C. Doi, Arief L. Hakim, Hartjahjo Ariawan and Widyastama Cahyana
This publication examines five cases of farmer field research in Indonesia.
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Fishery based food security field schools: Bondo district, Lake Victoria, Kenya
Case study
2004 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Devin M. Bartley, Beatrice Nyandat, Deborah Duveskog
Fisheries and aquaculture integrating Food security field schools (FSFS) in Kenya.
English
Production system: Aquaculture, Fisheries
Curriculum for Farmers Field School on local chicken production (egg to egg programme)
Training material
2004 - Danida ASP - Khisa S. Godrick
The broad objective of the local chicken FFS is to improve income and household food security in the smallholders farming system.
English
Production system: Poultry
Guide sur la gestion et la conservation des sols et des éléments nutritifs pour les champs-écoles des agriculteurs
Training material
2004 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - MM. R. Barber, G. Englisch, M. M.G. Douglas
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French
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Farmers field school methodology - Training of trainers manual
Training material
2004 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Godrick Khisa
This Farmer Field School Methodology: Training of Trainers Manual provides
guidance for running training of trainers and bring agricultural extension staff, NGO staff and able farmers up to the point of being good farmer field school facilitators. It continues the tradition of teaching, as the facilitators will teach – focusing on [...]
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Políticas y procesos de innovación tecnológica con productores de pequeña escala en Honduras y Nicaragua. El caso del programa de manejo integrado de plagas en centroamérica promipac
Case study
2004 - Centro Internacional de Agricultural Tropical - Maria Verónica Gottret y Diana Marcela Córdoba
Este estudio intenta analizar algunas experiencias relevantes de innovación con productores de pequeña escala, destacando eventuales enfoques específicos que busquen la equidad de género.
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