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After decades of overreliance on harmful chemical pesticides by producers, the Kavre district of Nepal became the birthplace of a remarkable grassroots innovation. Following the conclusion of an FAO-led Integrated Pest Management (IPM) project, a group of five Farmer Field School (FFS) farmer founded the Sayapatri Community IPM Resource Center [...]

The video present the Digital Agro-extension Farmers Field School (DFFS) held in Kathmandu. The DFFS focused on important aspect of Wheat cultivation from earlier phase of plantation, to regular care, irrigation, weeding, along with technique of pest management without using harmful pesticides.

October marks World Food Day! To commemorate the occasion the Advancing Community Empowerment (ACE) project funded by USAID is showcasing how we are promoting sustainable livelihoods through Farmer Field Schools in Southeastern Myanmar. Pact is currently conducting training for farmers to learn about the Farmer Field School (FFS) model, which [...]

This implementation guide has been prepared for FFS facilitators working under Oromia Bureau of Agriculture and Natural Resource (OBANR). The contents are generalized to adjust for many kinds of agriculture and natural resource development FFS program, however, the important concepts and practical suggestions from field operation through the project are [...]

In China, a major agricultural challenge is the inefficient use of fertilizer and the environmental effects associated with this overuse. China’s farmers use more fertilizer per hectare (more than 200 kg/ha) than farmers anywhere else in the world except for Japan, The Netherlands and South Korea. Existing studies have shown [...]

L'usage abusif des pesticides est nocif pour la santé et l'environnement. Nombres de producteurs en sont persuadés, mais comment les éviter?

En plus du renforcement de capacités techniques, la GIPD a favorisé la mise en place d'une organisation des producteurs au Sénégal. L'Union des producteurs maraichers GIPD (UPM-GIPD), assure une bonne diffusion de l'approche et appuie ses membres dans la fourniture en intrants et la commercialisation de la production.

We provide results from a study of two separate sectors within the cottongrowing region of southern Mali. In one sector, farmers have engaged in a farmer field school (FFS) training programme since 2003—the other not. One goal of the training was the adoption of alternatives to the use of hazardous insecticides, through integrated [...]

El objetivo general del proyecto es contribuir al mejoramiento de la seguridad alimentaria de las familias productoras de maíz pertenecientes al programa Escuelas de Campo que desarrolla la Universidad Nacional de Agricultura.