Global Farmer Field School Platform
Number of documents: 189

Preparing farmer groups to engage successfully with markets - A field guide for five key skill sets

Training material

2007 - CRS and RII-CIAT Agroenterprise Study Tour Group -
The field guide aims to provide pointers for program managers and field staff on how to foster several skill sets crucial for preparing groups of poor farmers who are at a very early stage of engaging in markets and who aspire to successful agroenterprise development.
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Push-pull curriculum for Farmer Field Schools

Training material

2007 - International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE) - International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE)
The purpose of this curriculum is to guide farmers in learning the principles and practices of the Push-pull technology so that they can apply them on their farms. Push-pull is a knowledge-intensive technology, and there is a need to have a curriculum to guide the process of acquiring knowledge and [...]
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Las Escuelas de Campo de Ganaderos: Una estrategia para promover la rehabilitación y diversificación de fincas con pasturas Degradadas

Case study

2007 - Archivos Latinoamericanos de Producción Animal - Danilo A. Pezo, Jorge Cruz y Maricel Piniero
La degradación de pasturas es un problema serio en América Tropical, pues se estima que entre un 50-80% de las áreas de pasturas están degradadas (Días-Filho, 2005), y sólo en América Central éstas representan casi 7 millones de hectáreas (Betancourt et al., 2007). Con frecuencia se acepta que las pasturas [...]
Spanish
Production system: Livestock, Pastures /Fodder trees, Large Ruminants

Influence of Farmer Field School Extension Approach on Smallholders’ Knowledge and Skills of Dairy Management Technologies in Molo division, Nakuru District of Kenya

Technical background material

2007 - Egerton University - John Abuga Makori
Implementation of Farmer Field School (FFS) extension approach in disseminating knowledge and skills on management technologies for crop production, crop pests, soil and water conservation (CPSWC) has had proven successes. To replicate its successes, FFS was extended to smallholder dairy production as an alternative to the conventional extension approaches (NFFS) [...]
English
Production system: Livestock, Large Ruminants

Getting started! Running a Junior Farmer field and Life school

Training material

2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
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Environment-friendly cotton production through implementing Integrated Pest Management approach

Impact assessment

2007 - The Pakistan Development Review - Muhammad Azeem Khan, M. Iqbal, and Iftikhar Ahmad
Tremendous increases in pesticide use in cotton growing areas have severely affected the health of peoples and degraded environment. Farmer Field School (FFS) based IPM implemented in the world to reduce dependence on pesticides and promote environmentally safe plant protection practices. An FFS-led Integrated Pest Management (IMP) model implemented in Pakistan [...]
English
Production system: Crops, Others

Thailand DoAE - FAO vegetables IPM. Regional Training on Biological Control.

Other

2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Areepan Upanisakorn, Damien Cupitt, Lim Guan Soon,Tattanakorn Moekchantuk
The Regional Training on Biological Control (RTBC), co-organized by Thailand DoAE and the FAO Vegetable IPM Programme, was held in Khon Kaen from 9-20 July 2007. Twenty six participants from nine countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) participated.The activities included (i) country presentations, (ii) [...]
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons

Practice makes perfect - participatory innovation in soil fertility management to improve rural livelihoods in East Africa

Technical background material

2007 - Wageningen University - Andre de Jager
This article focuses on the context of the Millenium development goals (MDG) and improving and maintaining soil fertility in Africa.
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FAO Regional Vegetable Disease Diagnosis, Ecology, and Management Training

Impact assessment

2007 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Marilyn Patricio, Vale Justo, Tattanakorn Moekchantuk, Lowell Black, Prabhat Kumar, Chou Chey Thyrith and Damien Cupitt
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a multifaceted, ecologically-based strategy that relies on close observation and monitoring of a crop before making management decisions. IPM combines a number of techniques to effectively suppress plant diseases and insect pests in an economically and environmentally conscious manner. Utilizing IPM to manage plant diseases [...]
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons

Livestock Farmer Field Schools Guidelines for Facilitation and Technical Manual

Training material

2006 - International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) - Kim Groeneweg, Gertrude Buyu, Dannie Romney, Bruno Minjauw
This guide provides examples of FFS activities as well as basic livestock technical information to help new facilitators implement a livestock FFS.
English
Production system: Livestock, Large Ruminants