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Number of documents: 187

The role of culture in farmer learning and technology adoption: a case study of Farmer Field Schools among rice farmers in Central Luzon, Philippines

Estudio de caso

2006 - Agriculture and Human Values - Florencia G. Palis
The goal of this paper is to show how culture – shared norms and values – is challenged and used to facilitate cooperative behavior within the context of farmer field schools (FFS) in central Luzon, Philippines. The success of the FFS is primarily associated with cultural norms that encourage experiential [...]
Inglés
Production system: Cereales

Describing and Measuring Ethno-Entomological Knowledge of Rice Pests: Tradition and Change Among Asian Rice Farmers

Documentos técnicos de referencia

2006 - Environment, Development and Sustainability - Lisa Leimar Price, Astrid Björnsen Gurung
The paper presents a methodology that guided several ethnoentomological research projects and goes on to examine and compare the results from two independent research locations in Asia. The first location is in the Philippines, a Green Revolution area that has been heavily impacted by extension messages and insecticide use. The [...]
Inglés
Production system: Insectos

Les écoles paysannes au Bénin: une approche participative de la diffusion des messages relatifs à la protection intégrée du cotonnier

Estudio de caso

2006 - Cahiers Agriculture - Patrick Prudent, Symphorien Loko, Maurice Vaissayre
L'integration d'une approche participative de la protection du cotonnier a partir des « Écoles paysannes » ou FFS.
Francés
Production system: Otros

Farmer Field Schools on land and water management in Africa

Documentos técnicos de referencia

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 [...]
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Zooming-in zooming-out: a novel method to scale up local innovations and sustainable technologies

Estudio de impacto

2006 - Africa Rice Center (WARDA) - Paul Van Mele
In this paper, two case studies from Asia and Africa are presented that deal with developing, testing and disseminating educational videos. Processes that contribute to scaling up sustainable rice technologies are analysed. The next sections highlight key elements of effective videos, followed by how videos were used and what effect [...]
Inglés
Production system: Cereales

Theoretical perspectives of the learning process in Farmer Field Schools

Documentos claves sobre ECA

2006 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Deborah Duveskog
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A Market Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Agroenterprise Development

Material de capacitación

2006 - Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) - Ferris, S., E. Kaganzi, R. Best, C. Ostertag, M. Lundy and T. Wandschneider
This Market Facilitator’s Guide is a product of the experiences and lessons learned while implementing agroenterprise projects in eastern and southern Africa. The Guide is based on a resource-to-consumption framework, which is the central theme of the “enabling rural innovation” (ERI) approach for rural development. This approach seeks to empower [...]
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First Regional meeting Report: Expansion of Farmer Field School Programme in Eastern and Southern Africa

Información sobre proyectos

2006 - GCP/RAF/399/IFA -
This report describes the 1st Regional meeting of the Expansion of Farmer Field School Programme in Eastern and Southern Africa Project held in Kakamega, Western Kenya from 13-17 November 2006. The meeting was organised into three main parts 1) Country presentations and discussions, 2) Field visit to FFS groups and [...]
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