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The agricultural and food security situation in Nigeria faces challenges such as limited resources, security issues, rural-urban migration, oil dependency, and infrastructure inadequacies. These problems are worsened by high inflation, reaching 25.8% in August 2023, largely due to fuel subsidy removal, currency devaluation, and security concerns in food-producing regions. The SCL [...]

Within the sustainable rural livelihood’s framework, Agrisolve has designed the WESOLVE program that targets women and young women smallholder farmers’ agriculture and financial inclusion ensuring easier access to resources for increased yield and livelihood improvements. Through WESOLVE, women are given access to arable land under in-grower schemes, input credit, good [...]

El sector agrícola de Nicaragua desempeña un papel clave en el desarrollo del país, pero los avances son desiguales en las distintas regiones, especialmente en el corredor seco, donde vive el 40% de los productores y el 30% de la población se enfrenta a problemas de nutrición. Estos problemas se [...]

The book systematizes experiences of hundreds of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) in Colombia, developed by FAO and other institutions, in multiple social projects to strengthen communities and family farming organizations. These efforts were aimed at promoting food security, self- consumption, livelihoods, social inclusion of ethnic groups, sustainable intensification [...]

The farmer field school (FFS) concept has been widely adopted, and such schools have the reputation of strengthening farmers’ capacity to innovate. Although their impact has been studied widely, what is involved in their scaling and in their becoming an integral part of agricultural innovation systems has been studied [...]

Video recorded during the webinar organized by FAO and Dgroups on 22 March 2018 explaining the role of discussion groups to strengthen practitioners' networks and exchange of knowldge.

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.

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.

Presentación sobre las ECAs en el contexto de implementación del CATIE. XII Taller de Seguimiento Técnico de Proyectos FONTAGRO.