Number of documents: 11
The real seed producers. Small-scale farmers save, use, share and enhance the seed diversity of the crops that feed Africa
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2018 - AFSA, Grain -
This report unpacks and explores farmer-managed seed systems and their contribution to food and seed sovereignty, including the benefits they provide to farming communities as a part of their sociocultural, economic, spiritual and ecological livelihoods. The report highlights, exposes and explores how these systems work. It builds on reports of [...]
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The power to exercise choice: implementing farmers’rights to eradicate poverty and adapt to climate change. Briefing note
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2017 - Oxfam -
The SD=HS program aims to realize Farmers’ Rights by empowering indigenous peoples and smallholder farmers to uphold their role in contributing to food security and strengthening their adaptive capacities. This report describes the main tools and achievements so far. Farmer field schools are one key tool. They facilitate farmers in [...]
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Share a Seed
Material audiovisual
2017 - Oxfam Novib -
Video on the Sowing Diversity=Harvesting Security (SD=HS) program in Zimbabwe, run by partners CTDT and Oxfam Novib.
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Consolidated baseline survey report: women, seeds and nutrition. Technical report
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2016 - Oxfam -
This report is the first presentation of the consolidated findings of the baseline studies in Vietnam and Zimbabwe for Pillar 3 of the SD=HS program. Pillar 3 has a special focus on neglected and underutilized species, as they have a potential to improve dietary diversity, may contribute to income generation, [...]
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Facilitators’ Field Guide for Farmer Field Schools on Participatory Plant Breeding in Maize, Pearl Millet, Sorghum and Groundnut
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2016 - Community Technology Development Trust (CTDT) - Damaso Callo Jr., Bert Visser, Rene Salazar, Gigi Manicad
The Facilitators’ Field Guide for Farmer Field Schools on Participatory Plant Breeding in Maize, Pearl Millet, Sorghum and Groundnut aims to assist facilitators in conducting farmer field school (FFS) sessions on participatory plant breeding (PPB) in their respective communities. In this context, participatory plant breeding should be understood in a [...]
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Production system: Cereales
Village poultry, food security and HIV / AIDS mitigation
Estudio de caso
2008 - LEISA Magazine - Robyn Alders , Robyn Alders , Brigitte Bagnol , Mohamed Harun , Mary Young
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Production system: Aves
Farmer Field Schools on land and water management in Africa
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2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
Proceedings of an international workshop in Jinja, Uganda, 24–29 April 2006.
This publication is the coordinated work of the Land and Water Division of FAO, the Agricultural Economics Institute of Wageningen Agricultural University and Research Centre (LEI/WUR), Environment Alert, and other partners. It was produced as part of FAO’s Land and [...]
Near East and North Africa, West Africa, Eastern Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa - Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Child participation in Junior Farmer Field Schools (vocational education)
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2006 - Catholic Relief Services - Carolyn Fanelli
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An assessment of the impact of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) on integrated pest management dissemination and use: evidence from smallholder cotton farmers in the lowveld area of Zimbabwe
Estudio de impacto
2004 - . - Edward Mutandwa, Jf Mpangwa
Many technological innovations have been developed to improve agricultural productivity in Sub Sahara. However, the adoption of these innovations has been low. Appropriate extension models are often seen as the missing link between adoption and the achievement of productivity gains. Although, Zimbabwe’s agriculture continues to be a vital cog in [...]
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Production system: Cultivo, Otros
Integrated soil, water and nutrient management for Farmer Field Schools with particular emphasis on the semi-arid zones of Zimbabwe
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2004 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
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