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The Field Guide is a compilation of the learning activities during TOF and FFS training. Based on a field guide originally developed for the Indonesian Rice IPM Programme, additional activities have been incorporated and some adapted for the implementation of IPM training activities in rice and vegetables under the Vietnam [...]

The Sourcebook is the outcome of joint planning, continued interest in gender and agriculture, and concerted efforts by the World Bank, FAO, and IFAD. The purpose of the Sourcebook is to act as a guide for practitioners and technical staff in addressing gender issues and integrating gender-responsive actions in the [...]

The Intensified Social Forestry Project in Semi-Arid Areas (ISFP), which is a technical cooperation project between JICA and Kenya Forestry Service (KFS), has been applying the FFS methodology in social forestry extension field since 2004. Based on experiences of ISFP, this multi-media material "Facilitator training tool for FFS session [...]

El siguiente artículo tiene como fin compartir las reflexiones del equipo HortiSana del Centro Internacional de la Papa, respecto a los aprendizajes obtenidos a partir de la implementación de la metodología ECA, para promover la producción sustentable y el consumo de hortalizas sanas en el Valle del Mantaro, de modo [...]

Artículo que analiza el proceso de ampliación de la metodología de las ECA en Perú, que está contribuyendo a mejorar el acceso de los agricultores a la información tecnológica y el proceso de institucionalización de las ECAs que ha estado influenciada por diversas instituciones

I use an autobiographical approach to tell the story of innovation and its changing fortunes and uses. I have lived through the major approaches and perspectives in the past 50 years and have played some role in them myself. The paper starts off with my early days with the [...]