Global Farmer Field School Platform
Number of documents: 42

Farmer Field Schools for ecological potato production in the Andes

Case study

2000 - LEISA Magazine - Stephen Sherwood, Rebecca Nelson, Graham Thiele and Oscar Ortiz
Various partners are working with farmers to strengthen local innovative capacity as a means of enhancing production and integrated management of potato in the Andes. Groups in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia have used the Farmer Field School approach as a jumping-off point to tackle a range of challenges, most notably knowledge [...]
South America - Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Ecuador, Peru
English
Production system: Root/Tuber crops
Agroecology, Integrated pest management, Seeds, planting material & varieties

Field guide exercise for IPM in Vegetables (Part I)

Training material

2000 - CABI Bioscience for the FAO Inter-Country Programme for IPM in vegetables in South and Southeast Asia -
The objective of this Vegetable IPM Exercise Manual is to provide examples of discovery-based exercises and field studies that can be done in IPM trainings, such as Training of Trainers (TOT) and Farmers’ Field Schools (FFS), or as field studies and training follow up. Many of the exercises described in [...]
South Asia, South-East Asia -
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons
Facilitation and non-formal education, Integrated pest management, Seeds, planting material & varieties, Sustainable production intensification
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