Knowledge Repository Archive | Global Farmer Field School Platform | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Number of documents: 4

Training of Farmer Field School Master Trainers and Facilitators in Rwanda

Key documents on FFS

2017 - Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources Rwanda, Belgian Development Agency - Somers Raf, Higiro Joseph, Gata Sylvia Salama, Busogoro Jean Pierre & Ndabamenye Telesphore

The comprehensive publication provides detailed information of how FFS Master Trainers and FFS Facilitators were trained in Rwanda. It describes the principles and methods, the training schedules as well as a all different activities during the seasonlong training. A must read for all projects and organisations applying FFS.

Eastern Africa - Rwanda

English

Production system: Crops, Livestock, Cereals, Vegetables and Melons, Fruits and Nuts, Oilseed crops, Root/Tuber crops, Legumes

Advisory systems and extension, Agroecology, Empowerment and social inclusion, Facilitation and non-formal education, FS sustainability, Gender, Integrated pest management, Seeds, planting material & varieties, Sustainable production intensification

The Plant is the Teacher

Technical background material

2017 - Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources Rwanda, Belgian Development Agency - Somers Raf, Mary Rubibigango, Higiro Joseph, Gata Sylvia Salama

In Rwanda, more than 200,000 families by reached by an FFS program. The colorful publication provides an insights in the success of the farmer field school approach in Rwanda. It describes the principles, the FFS tools, the results, the scaling up and the sustainability.

Eastern Africa - Rwanda

English

Production system:

Advisory systems and extension, Empowerment and social inclusion, Facilitation and non-formal education, Finance and credit, FS sustainability, Gender, Integrated pest management, Monitoring and Evaluation, Sustainable production intensification