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In a bold step to revolutionize sustainable food systems, the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Agency for International Cooperation – GIZ) joined forces in 2022 to leverage foresight processes in [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

La presente sistematización es una interpretación crítica de varias experiencias que, a partir de su reconstrucción, logra explicar la lógica del proceso vivido, los factores que han intervenido en dicho proceso y cómo se han relacionado entre sí, así como el por qué lo han hecho de esa manera en [...]

The climate smart farmer field school (FFS) initiative for smallholder farmers in Jordan has been launched under the project Building Resilience to Cope with Climate Change in Jordan Through Improving Water Use Efficiency in the Agriculture Sector (BRCCJ). A suite of climate smart FFS training materials has been developed for [...]

Forestry and agroforestry education and extension programmes for forest and farm communities have not kept up with needs in many places. However, the success of achieving international sustainability goals and implementing global commitments with respect to sustainable production, halting land degradation, ecosystem restoration and climate change mitigation is contingent on [...]

Agricultural expansion is responsible for almost 90 percent of deforestation worldwide, making it a leading driver of biodiversity and habitat loss. Cropland expansion is the main driver, causing almost 50 percent of global deforestation, followed by livestock grazing, which accounts for 38.5 percent. This situation of great concern presents a [...]

Over the last three decades, Farmer Field Schools (FFS) have proven to be an effective discovery-learning-capacity building approach to help rural populations to innovate with more clarity and purpose while building the social skills needed for rural transformation and empowerment. The diverse forestry and agroforestry applications of the FFS demonstrate [...]

Au Burkina Faso, le faible niveau de développement social et économique et sa population à grande majorité rurale rendent le pays très dépendant des ressources naturelles. Pour se nourrir, se loger et s’épanouir, les ressources naturelles sont directement prélevées et les terres sont de plus en plus mises en culture [...]

Honduras según proyecciones del Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE para el 2019), posee una población total de 9,158,345 habitantes. De los datos oficiales, se resalta que un alto porcentaje es población rural (45.2%), y población femenina (51.3%), mientras que la población joven equivale a un 59%1 . Estos escenarios propician [...]