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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.

An Empirical Analysis of Expanding Rice Production in Sub-Sahara Africa. How far can new technologies taught to a small number of selected farmers diffuse to other farmers in a village? In order to answer this question, this paper investigates the impact of JICA training on the adoption of rice cultivation technologies [...]

The main objective was to determine the role of Farmer Field Schools extension approach and eventual outcome tea production among small scale farmers in Kenya. The study assessed the trends and the influence of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) approach in addressing productivity of tea leaves. Research findings revealed a positive trend [...]

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 [...]

Agricultural and economic data were collected from 4 farmer field schools (FFSs), divided over 2 districts in Kenya (Mbeere and Kiambu), during one growing season (March – August 2002). The FFSs in the Mbeere district were characterized by poor soil conditions and low rainfall, and falls within semi-arid areas. Contrarily, the [...]

Eastern and Central Africa continue to face acute and chronic food and nutrition insecurity1 . Combined with a high incidence of HIV, food security continues to affect the nutrition and health status of poor households. There is growing recognition of the vital importance of expanding agricultural development capacity to include nutrition [...]

Pastoralist Field Schools (PFS)1 evolved in Kenya in 2006 as an adaptation to the more commonly applied Farmer Field School (FFS) approach. Increasing interest among state and non-state actors has resulted in a number of PFS interventions across the region. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), within the [...]

The overall objective of the report was to review barriers and opportunities that exist in agricultural extension approaches in enhancing production and commercialiation of various value chains in Kenya, Africa. Further, to identify alternative agricultural extension models among other stakeholders. Recommendations are further presented at the end of the report. [...]

FAO’s Junior and adult Farmer Field and Life Schools (J/FFLS) are addressing the root causes of gender-based violence and helping to prevent and mitigate the effects of HIV in northern Uganda through the provision of key life skills and knowledge in agricultural production and nutrition.