Number of documents: 34
Reducing pesticide exposure and associated neurotoxic burden in an Ecuadorian small farm population
Estudio de impacto
2007 - International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health - Cole, D.C., S. Sherwood, M. Paredes, L. Helena Sanin, C. Crissman, P. Espinosa and F. Munoz
The contribution of community-based interventions, including farmer field schools (FFSs) in integrated pest management (IPM), to reducing pesticide exposures and associated neurotoxic burden among smallfarm families in Ecuador was assessed in three Andean farming communities in a co-design of targeted action–research. Baseline questionnaire surveys elicited pesticide-related knowledge, practices, and exposure [...]
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Las Escuelas de Campo para Agricultores (ECAs) en el PESA-Nicaragua. Una experiencia participativa de extensión para contribuir a la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Nicaragua
Estudio de caso
2005 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Ramiro Ortiz
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Fishery based food security field schools: Bondo district, Lake Victoria, Kenya
Estudio de caso
2004 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Devin M. Bartley, Beatrice Nyandat, Deborah Duveskog
Fisheries and aquaculture integrating Food security field schools (FSFS) in Kenya.
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Production system: Acuicultura, Pesca
Diversifying Rice-based Systems and Empowering Farmers in Bangladesh Using the Farmer Field-school Approach
Estudio de caso
2002 - Earthscan Publications - Norman Uphoff
Over the past eight years, CARE-Bangladesh has been developing a set of
sustainable agriculture projects to improve production in rice-based farming
systems in this country. These efforts have contributed to an emergent
programme to increase food security for poor and marginal farmers. The
programme raises agricultural productivity by diversifying agroecosystems
and optimizing yields, reducing costs [...]
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Production system: Cereales