Number of documents: 540
Development and linkages of Farmer Field Schools and other platforms for participatory research and learning
Technical background material
2003 - International Learning Workshop on Farmer Field School - Elske van de Fliert, Graham Thiele, Dindo Campilan, Oscar Ortiz, Ricardo Orrego, Modesto Olanya, Stephen Sherwood
The International Potato Center used the farmer field school (FFS) model in several of its research and development activities on potato and sweet potato integrated pest, disease and crop management as a platform for participatory research (PR) and/or farmer learning. Four approaches are roughly distinguished based on how the FFS [...]
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Production system: Root/Tuber crops
Fundamental elements of a Farmer Field School
Key documents on FFS
2003 - LEISA MAGAZINE - Kevin Gallagher
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Farmer Field Schools in China: Experience in Huoshan County with the China Netherlands Poverty Alleviation Project
Case study
2003 - International Potato Center - Wang Haiyang
This paper, as a part of a report from an international learning workshop, describes how farmer field schools have been adopted in the nationally designated poverty county of Huoshan, Anhui, with the support of a bilateral poverty alleviation project to meet the needs of farmers and help them to help [...]
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Field Schools for Kenyan dairy farmers
Case study
2003 - LEISA Magazine - B. Minjauw, H.G. Muriuki and D. Romney
The document presents the implementation of FFS for dairy farmers in Kenya as a response to endemic diseases, particularly tick-borne diseases (TBD).
English
Production system: Livestock, Large Ruminants
The journey towards self-financed Farmer Field Schools in East Africa
Case study
2003 - Users' Perspectives with Agricultural Research and Development (UPWARD) - James R. Okoth, Godrick S. Khisa, Thomas Julianus
In East Africa, FFS are being used to address several sustainable livelihood aspects with integrated production and pest management (IPPM) as the entry point. The effectiveness of the FFS as a vehicle for achieving the goals hinges on their fiscal sustainability by the communities and local governments. In this regards, [...]
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Sending farmers back to school: the impact of Farmer Field Schools in Indonesia
Impact assessment
2003 - World Bank Policy Research Working Paper - Gershon Feder, Rinku Murgai, and Jaime B. Quizon
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Facilitar y dejar facilitar: ayudemos a los participantes a dirigir las ECAs
Technical background material
2003 - LEISA Revista de Agroecología - Stephen Sherwood , Graham Thiele
Desde el inicio, la extensión agrícola ha sido concebida como parte de un sistema de transferencia de tecnologías en el sentido uni-direccional: desde los centros de investigación hacia las fincas de los productores. A pesar de las buenas intenciones y la inversión de una considerable cantidad de recursos, los modelos [...]
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Experiencia de ECAs en la enseñanza práctica del MIP en universidades y escuelas agrícolas de Nicaragua, Honduras y El Salvador
Case study
2003 - LEISA Revista de Agroecología - Orlando Cáceres , Alfredo Rueda , Julio López Montes
Artículo que indaga sobre las ECAs en Centroamérica y el sector educativo superior.
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Hacia Escuelas de Campo de Agricultores auto-financiadas
Technical background material
2003 - LEISA Revista de Agroecología - Godrick Simiyu Khisa , James Robert Okoth , Julianus Thomas
La efectividad de las Escuelas de Campo de Agricultores depende, con frecuencia, de su sostenibilidad financiera. Este artículo echa una mirada a las diferentes innovaciones para lograr la sostenibilidad financiera de las ECAs, que fueron desarrolladas por el Proyecto Piloto Sub-Regional del África Oriental en las Escuelas de Campo de [...]
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Los municipios como sustento de las ECAs: el caso del altiplano boliviano
Case study
2003 - LEISA Revista de Agroecología - Raúl Esprella , Javier Aguilera, Héctor Velásquez Alcántara
El interés por la implementación de las ECAs en el altiplano boliviano y su ejecución en la cosecha de la papa.
Spanish
Production system: Root/Tuber crops
