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This brochure captures the major developments of the farmer field school over 30 years, highlighting innovations in different regions and contexts. A vast number of additional stories and experiences exist, some of which can be accessed at the global FFS platform website. This document summarizes key messages on FFS and [...]

On s’attend à ce que les changements climatiques provoquent de plus en plus d’événements extrêmes (sécheresses et inondations) au Mali, rendant la production de cultures et l’élevage plus difficiles pour les agriculteurs et réduisant ainsi la sécurité alimentaire et les revenus des plus pauvres du pays. Ce document présente les [...]

The FFS has been one of the most successful approach developed and promoted by FAO over the last 30 years, empowering farmers to become better decision makers in their own farming systems. Initiated by FAO in 1989, and followed by many other organizations and institutions, the FFS programmes represent one [...]

The Farmer Field School (FFS) has been one of the most successful approaches developed and promoted by FAO over the past three decades, empowering farmers to become better decision makers in their own farming systems. Initiated by FAO in 1989, and subsequently adopted by many other organizations and institutions, the [...]

October marks World Food Day! To commemorate the occasion the Advancing Community Empowerment (ACE) project funded by USAID is showcasing how we are promoting sustainable livelihoods through Farmer Field Schools in Southeastern Myanmar. Pact is currently conducting training for farmers to learn about the Farmer Field School (FFS) model, which [...]

In the Morne Prosper community, Dominica, women farmers benefited from knowledge shared during Farmer Field Schools instituted by the Ministry of Agriculture

Las Escuelas de Campo de Agricultores (ECAS) como enfoque de aprendizaje participativo (aprender haciendo) surgen en Asia a finales de 1980, diseñadas por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y se extienden alrededor del mundo gracias a sus resultados exitosos. En el documento se aborda, en [...]

The breeding objectives and activities of a Farmer Field School (FFS) season are based on the ‘diagnostic stage’, in which farmers perform a collective diagnosis of their situation and the problems and challenges they encounter in growing their crops and varieties. The diagnostic stage is crucial to ensure that the [...]

Le changement climatique est une réalité au Mali, où la population et l’économie sont majoritairement dépendantes de l’agriculture, de l’élevage et de la pêche. Dans le cadre du changement climatique, le Mali sera confronté à une nette augmentation de la température moyenne de 2 o C en 2050 et 4 [...]