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After decades of overreliance on harmful chemical pesticides by producers, the Kavre district of Nepal became the birthplace of a remarkable grassroots innovation. Following the conclusion of an FAO-led Integrated Pest Management (IPM) project, a group of five Farmer Field School (FFS) farmer founded the Sayapatri Community IPM Resource Center [...]

NGO Development in Gardening (DIG) adapted the Farmer Field School (FFS) model to support the Batwa, an indigenous forest-dwelling community forcibly evicted from their ancestral land in the early 1990s for gorilla conservation purposes. Traditionally hunter-gatherers, the Batwa were displaced without compensation, resettled on marginal lands, barred from entering their [...]

In the arid Kharga Oasis of Egypt’s New Valley Governorate, date palm cultivation is a vital livelihood, but rising pest pressure and water scarcity threaten its sustainability. When Khaled, a local date palm grower with hearing and speech impairments, learned about FAO Egypt’s Farmer Field Schools (FFS) being implemented nearby, [...]

This document, Part 1: Climate-smart agriculture practices compendium, forms a key component of the standardized, one-curriculum package developed for the Climate-Smart Farmer Field School (FFS) initiative in Jordan.Launched under the "Building Resilience to Cope with Climate Change in Jordan" (BRCCJ) project, this initiative empowers smallholder farmers to enhance water use [...]

This document, Part 6: Farmer Field School digital support of this curriculum, delves into the integration of digital tools within the Climate-smart Farmer Field School (CS-FFS) model. Recognizing the vital role of digital support in modern agriculture, particularly in the face of climate change, this module equips both facilitators and [...]

In the context of Syria’s protracted crisis, livestock-rearing households are struggling with high feed prices, reduced access to pasture, and increasing climate-related pressures. In Aleppo, a Farmer Field School (FFS) facilitated by FAO became the birthplace of an impactful, low-cost innovation: a manual fodder compressor using ammunition boxes to press [...]

Over three decades, Farmer Field Schools (FFS) have proven to be fertile spaces where women and men from farming communities generate, test, and adapt ideas that respond to local challenges and support food security and nutrition, climate resilience, ecosystem health and inclusive rural development. This brief speaks to rural development [...]

The Solomon Islands’ agricultural sector holds significant potential to drive economic growth and national food security. By addressing current challenges and leveraging available opportunities, the country can transform its agricultural sector into a powerful engine for development. This guide was commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United [...]

Synopsis (résumé court) This annotated reference list is the direct result of the identified need and key recommendations of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) stocktaking study of Farmer Field Schools (FFS).The stocktaking study was applied to forestry to update technical resources, identify discovery-learning activities and document [...]

This document offers guidance to governments on how to support family farmers by promoting and implementing agroecology and organic agriculture approaches.It highlights a selection of relevant measures and provides real-world examples of successful implementation. The document will contribute to the implementation of the UNDFF Global Action Plan’s Pillars 1 and [...]