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This is a 8 page brochure of FFS for social forest extention in Ethiopia.

This guidance note outlines how increasing livelihood support and employment opportunities for youth can: 1. reduce distress migration, addressing it at its root causes in countries of origin, and help to address causes of instability or conflict; 2. meet the immediate livelihood needs of young IDPs and refugees and give them ‘portable’ [...]

BULLETIN TRIMESTRIEL D’INFORMATION DE LA FAO BURUNDI Bulletin FOCUS qui décrit les réalisations phares de la FAO Burundi pour le premier trimestre de l’année 2015.

El presente material fue elaborado en el marco del proceso de gestión del conocimiento y creación de capacidades para contribuir a la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional, promovidas por MAP, a través de las ECA. Está dirigido a familias rurales presentes en los territorios clave del proyecto: NicaCentral en Nicaragua y [...]

Con esta guía se busca ofrecer a las personas facilitadoras de las Escuelas de Campo Ganaderas del Proyecto Ganadería Sustentable (Fortalecimiento de las capacidades para la identificación e implementación de tecnologías silvopastoriles y buenas prácticas ganaderas en la comunidad de El Barrio La Soledad como estrategia para reducir la emisión [...]

La presente guía para el desarrollo de las Escuelas de Campo para Agricultores (ECA) en sistemas silvopastoriles agroecológicos busca, a partir de las experiencias y el trabajo realizado en el municipio de Calamar, Guaviare, brindar a los técnicos facilitadores y productores las herramientas metodológicas, técnicas, prácticas y conceptuales para el [...]

Four FFSs concerning integrated crop–livestock systems were implemented by a R&D project namely “Adaptation to Climate Change in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) Marginal Environments through Sustainable Crop and Livestock Diversification (ACC project)” during the summer season 2013 in three villages namely Village 4, Village 7 and Village 1750 [...]

This paper reports investigation on the effectiveness of FFS in attaining household food security in Sierra Leone. The study was conducted in two Chiefdoms – Magbema Chiefdom in Kambia District, and Nongowa in Kenema in Sierra Leone. The research adopted descriptive, cross-sectional survey research design and combined both quantitative and [...]

More than 22,000 farmers on the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, off the Tanzanian coast, have gone back to school. Although they have farmed for generations, they have decided to learn how to farm. Their productivity has increased so much, that the local Government has made these Farmer Field Schools [...]