Global Farmer Field School Platform
Number of documents: 733

Fiches techniques de production de paddy pour les différentes écologies: Pluiviale strictes et de nappes

Training material

2013 - FAO - Ministere de l'agriculture de l'equipement rural
Fiches techniques de production de paddy pour les différentes écologies: Pluiviale strictes et de nappes
French
Production system: Crops

Fiches techniques de production de paddy pour les différentes écologies

Training material

2013 - FAO - Ministere de l'agriculture de l'equipement rural
Fiches techniques de production de paddy pour les différentes écologies: Rizicultures submergée de mangroves.
French
Production system: Crops

Fiches techniques de production de paddy pour les différentes écologies

Training material

2013 - FAO - Ministere de l'agriculture de l'equipement rural
Fiches techniques de production de paddy pour les différentes écologies: Riziculture de bas fond d'eau douce.
French
Production system: Crops

Adapting agriculture to climate change in Kenya: Household strategies and determinants

Technical background material

2012 - Journal of Environmental Management - Elizabeth Bryan, Claudia Ringler, Barrack Okoba, Carla Roncoli, Silvia Silvestri, Mario Herrero
Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are particularly vulnerable to climate change, given dependence on agricultural production and limited adaptive capacity. Based on farm household and Participatory Rural Appraisal data collected from districts in various agroecological zones in Kenya, this paper examines farmers’ perceptions of climate change, ongoing adaptation measures, and factors [...]
English
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Innovative Training in Cocoa Agroforestry: the Farmer Field Schools of Nicaragua

Information on projects

2012 - The World Bank - Mary Lisbeth Gonzalez
A regular series of notes highlighting recent lessons emerging from the operational and analytical program of the World Bank‘s Latin America and Caribbean Region (LAC). The World Bank, with the financial support of the Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF), is implementing the Alternative Indigenous and AfroDescendants and Agroforestry Project (COCOA – [...]
English
Production system: Fruits and Nuts, Beverages/Spice crops

Las escuelas de campo del MAP-CATIE: práctica y lecciones aprendidas en la gestión del conocimiento y la creación de capacidades locales para el desarrollo rural sostenible

Technical background material

2012 - ResearchGate - Gutiérrez Montes Isabel A, Bartol de Imbach Patricia, Ramírez Felicia, López Payes Julio, Say Eduardo, Banegas Karen
Sistematización de las experiencias de escuelas de campo del programa agroambiental mesoamericano con énfasis en analizar el impacto sobre la calidad de vida de las mujeres rurales, usando como enfoque metodológico y conceptual el marco de los capitales de la comunidad.
Spanish
Production system: Crops

Less Noise in the Household: the Impact of Farmer Field Schools on Gender Relations

Impact assessment

2012 - Journal of Research in Peace, Gender and Development - Esbern Friis-Hansen, Deborah Duveskog and Edward W. Taylor
The study examines the impact of collective action in Kenyan Farmer Field School groups on household gender equity. Qualitative fieldwork reveal significant changes in household division of labour and decision-making; in gendered customs and traditions, and in men’s work ethics and their view of women. To understand how the participatory [...]
English
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Apropiación y aplicación de conocimientos y habilidades por familias cacaoteras en Bocas del Toro, Panamá. Resultados de las Escuelas de Campo de Proyecto Cacao Centroamérica

Technical background material

2012 - Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza - CATIE - Flor Vinces Juan Ramón
La tesis evalúa el impacto de las ECAs del Programa Cacao Centroamérica en la apropiación de conocimientos
Spanish
Production system: Crops

Institutionalising Farmer Field Schools (FFS) in Uganda

Audiovisual material

2012 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
Farmer Field Schools' Master Trainers' course for Northern Uganda. In response to the pronouncement that Government programmes adopt Farmer Field Schools by His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni in 2008, FAO trained 21 frontline Government extension staff from Northern Uganda in the methodology. Graduated [...]
English
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On-farm Practices for the Safe Use of Wastewater in Urban and Peri-urban Horticulture

Training material

2012 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Robert Abaidoo, Ben Keraita, James Akatse, Ben Keraita, Modeste Kinane, Collins K. Osei, Javier Mateo-Sagasta, Ines Beernaerts, Sasha Koo-Oshima, Anthony Youdeowei, Marjon Fredrix, Paul Neate, K.G. Ato de GraftJohnson, Paolo Mander, James Morgan, Pay Drec
English
Production system: Others