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This handbook is written so that participating farmers and their families can equitably address food production and nutrition issues for good health. FFS participants are encouraged to share what they learn with farmers in their community, schools and other community groups so that their whole community benefits. Persons working in [...]

A series of tools to work with farmers in Farmers Field and Business Schools for experiential learning that focuses on agriculture, marketing, gender, nutrition, and monitoring and evaluation

The aim of this module is to provide Junior Farmer Field and Life Schools (JFFLS) facilitators with information to enable them to discuss the topic of climate change, in particular its impact on agriculture and actions that farmers can undertake to reduce their vulnerability to climate change. Through a series of [...]

At the end of the module participants will: ● be aware of the various types of aquaculture; ● value aquaculture as a means of livelihood diversification and as a business opportunity; ● understand the importance of careful planning.

El propósito de este módulo es proporcionar a los facilitadores de las Escuelas de campo y de vida para jóvenes agricultores (JFFLS, por sus siglas en inglés) la información que les permitirá tratar el tema del cambio climático, en particular el impacto sobre la agricultura y las medidas que pueden [...]

The Farmer Field School (FFS) approach has been very successful and witnessed a strong expansion in many areas beyond crop production. Notwithstanding this success, the adoption of FFS in national extension often remains problematic and FFS activities have often been implemented in the margin of national institutions with strong reliance [...]

This publication comprises a collection of training materials that include: i) an orientation programme for policy makers and programme managers, ii) a short training (1 day or 7 days) for facilitators to set up and run farm business schools, (iii) a handbook aimed at providing guidance to trainers to [...]

This review article reports on the productivity and other impacts being observed for many different crops in half a dozen countries for increasing food crop yields with lower cost and input requirements as well as more resilience to adverse effects of climate change. It also reports on mechanization innovations that [...]

Farmer field schools (FFS) are a common approach used to transfer specialist knowledge, promote skills and empower farmers around the world. At least 10 million farmers in 90 countries have attended such schools. We conducted a systematic review of evidence on FFS implementation to investigate whether FFS make a difference, to [...]

This manual-field guide is a compilation of recent developments, current practices, and success accounts in implementing integrated cultural management on seaweed production. We involved as many stakeholders as was possible in collating and compiling these notable achievements for use by seaweed farmers and other seaweed production practitioners. Thus, this manual-field [...]