Number of documents: 15
República del Cacao Farmer Field Schools Project
Audiovisual material
2021 - República del Cacao -
The objective of Agricultural On-field Schools relates to our Knowledge Exchange Sustainability Pillar. It aims to increase the quantity and quality of cacao production through knowledge exchange between each community and our cacao technicians in order to develop a fine aroma
English
Production system: Beverages/Spice crops
Escuelas de Campo de Agricultores para la producción de semillas de calidad
Audiovisual material
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
Las Escuelas de Campo para Agricultores (ECA) son esencialmente escuelas sin paredes, con una metodología pedagógica fundamentada en la educación no formal y en el “aprender-haciendo”. Las ECA introducen innovaciones tecnológicas al tiempo que aprovechan los conocimientos autóctonos. En las ECA, los agricultores son los expertos. Este video está enfocado [...]
Spanish
Production system: Crops
Manual del facilitador. Escuelas de campo para la producción de semillas de calidad de maíz
Training material
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Francisco Espinosa, Gonzalo Tejada, Javier Aguilera, José Luis Marconi, Miguel Ángel Gonzales, Fredy Ramos, José Luis Mamani, Nicola Mastrocola, Vinicio Huamán, Xavier Mera, Guillermo Pino, Rember Pinedo, José Tenorio, Cornelio Taipe, Cleber Munoz
Manual con el propósito fundamental servir de guía a los facilitadores para que puedan conformar y llevar a la práctica Escuelas de Campo de Agricultores (ECA), en la producción y uso de semillas de calidad
Spanish
Production system: Crops, Cereals
Manual del facilitador. Escuelas de campo para la producción de semillas de calidad de quinua
Training material
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Francisco Espinosa, Gonzalo Tejada, Javier Aguilera, José Luis Marconi, Miguel Ángel Gonzales, Fredy Ramos, José Luis Mamani, Nicola Mastrocola, Vinicio Huamán, Xavier Mera, Guillermo Pino, Rember Pinedo, José Tenorio, Cornelio Taipe, Cleber Munoz
Spanish
Production system: Crops, Others
Manual del facilitador. Escuelas de campo para la producción de semillas de calidad de papa
Training material
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Francisco Espinosa, Gonzalo Tejada, Javier Aguilera, José Luis Marconi, Miguel Ángel Gonzales, Fredy Ramos, José Luis Mamani, Nicola Mastrocola, Vinicio Huamán, Xavier Mera, Guillermo Pino, Rember Pinedo, José Tenorio, Cornelio Taipe, Cleber Munoz
Tiene como propósito fundamental servir de guía para conformar y llevar a la práctica Escuelas de Campo de Agricultores (ECA) en producción de semillas de calidad. En este sentido, espera orientar y apoyar la tarea de los facilitadores al presentar una serie de contenidos, actividades y materiales que han sido [...]
Spanish
Production system: Root/Tuber crops
Learning in the social wild: Farmers Field School and the politics of agricultural science and development in Ecuador
Case study
2013 - Adaptive Collaborative Approaches in Natural Resource Governance - Stephen Sherwood, Marc Schut and Cees Leeuwis
English
Production system:
Coping with changes in cropping systems: plant pests and seeds. In: Building resilience for adaptation to climate change in the agriculture sector
Case study
2012 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - M. Allara, S. Kugbei, F. Dusunceli and G. Gbehounou
English
Production system:
Cultural Encounters: Learning from Cross-Disciplinary Science and Development Practice over Ecosystem Health
Technical background material
2007 - Development in Practice - Stephen Sherwood, Donald Cole, Charles Crissman
Overcoming challenges to ecosystem health calls for breaking down disciplinary and professional barriers. Through reflection on a research and development project to address pesticide-related concerns in northern Ecuador, this article presents challenges encountered and accommodations made, ranging from staff recruitment, through baseline assessments and community education activities, to mobilising for [...]
English
Production system:
Reducing pesticide exposure and associated neurotoxic burden in an Ecuadorian small farm population
Impact assessment
2007 - International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health - Cole, D.C., S. Sherwood, M. Paredes, L. Helena Sanin, C. Crissman, P. Espinosa and F. Munoz
The contribution of community-based interventions, including farmer field schools (FFSs) in integrated pest management (IPM), to reducing pesticide exposures and associated neurotoxic burden among smallfarm families in Ecuador was assessed in three Andean farming communities in a co-design of targeted action–research. Baseline questionnaire surveys elicited pesticide-related knowledge, practices, and exposure [...]
English
Production system:
Heterogeneidad social: ¿quiénes participan en las escuelas de campo?
Case study
2003 - LEISA Revista de Agroecología - Myriam Paredes
El caso de la provincia del Carchi, en el norte del Ecuador según su manejo de plaguicidas y fertilizantes a través de ECAs en cuanto a la producción de la papa.
Spanish
Production system: Root/Tuber crops