Number of documents: 537
Smallholder agricultural technology development in Soroti district: Synergy between Naads and Farmer Field Schools
Estudio de caso
2004 - Uganda Journal of Agricultural Sciences - E. Friis-Hansen, C. Aben, M. Kidoid
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Environmental educational for Poor Farmers
Estudio de impacto
2004 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Peter A. C. Ooi - Gerd Walter-Echols - Dai Weidong - Alma Linda Morales - Abubakar Lim - Guan Soon Palaniswamy - Pachagounder Manzoor - H. Soomro - Cesar Galvan - Francesca Mancini - Rikke Petersen - Kevin Kamp
More than half of the world’s cotton is produced by Asian farmers, the majority of them small landholders with plot sizes of less than one-half hectare. Within Asia, cotton production is diverse and this diversity manifests itself among the countries participating in the FAO-EU Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programme for [...]
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Production system: Cultivo, Otros
Entry Points for Empowerment
Estudio de caso
2004 - CARE Bangladesh - Andrew Bartlett
A report for CARE Bangladesh. Focusing on empowerment and possible policies and plans, it includes conceptual models, evaluation indicators, and
suggestions relating to strategy. Particular attention has been given to the Farmer Field School approach as an entry point for empowerment.
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Farmers' Life School manual
Material de capacitación
2004 - United Nations Development Program (UNDP), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World Education - Ou Chhaya, Jacques du Guerny, Richard Geeves, Masaya Kato, Lee-Nah Hsu
This manual encourages the agricultural sector, AIDS programmes and NGOs to assist farming communities in their efforts to build their resilience and reduce their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.
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Eggplant Integrated Pest Management : an Ecological Guide
Material de capacitación
2003 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Frederike Praasterink
The objective of this ecological guide is to provide general technical background information on eggplant production, supplemented with field experiences from the National IPM programmes connected to FAO’s Vegetable IPM Programme, and from related organizations active in farmer participatory IPM.
The information in the guides is not specific for one [...]
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Production system: Frutas y Nueces
The impact of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) on knowledge and productivity: a study of potato farmers in the Peruvian Andes
Estudio de impacto
2003 - University of California at Berkley - Erin Godtland, Elisabeth Sadoulet, Alain de Janvry, Rinku Murgai, Oscar Ortiz
Using survey-data from Peru, this paper evaluates the impact of a pilot farmerfield-school
(FFS) program on farmers’ knowledge of integrated pest management (IPM) practices related to potato cultivation. We use both regression analysis controlling for participation and a propensity score matching approach to create a comparison group similar to the FFS [...]
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Production system: Raíces y tubérculos
A Study Guide for Farmer Field Schools and Community-Based Study Groups. Soil and Water Conservation with a Focus on Water Harvesting and Soil Moisture Retention
Material de capacitación
2003 - The Farm Level Applied Research Methods for East and Southern Africa - Deborah Duveskog, Mbeere Farmer Field Schools Daniel Nyagaka Benjamin Mweri Mwamzali Shiribwa Dr. Pascal Kaumbutho
Through simple experiments provided by the manual, you will learn the basic science of soil and water management. You will also be facilitated to identify constraints and problems in your production system and learn how to identify possible solutions
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Integrated Pest Management in the Global Arena
Estudio de caso
2003 - Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI) Publishing - Karim M. Maredia, Dona Dakouo, David Mota-Sanchez
This book presents experiences and successful case studies of integrated pest management (IPM) from developed and developing countries and from major international centres and programmes. It contains 39 chapters by many contributors addressing themes such as: emerging issues in IPM, including biotechnology, pesticide policies and socioeconomic considerations (8 chapters).
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Development and linkages of Farmer Field Schools and other platforms for participatory research and learning
Documentos técnicos de referencia
2003 - International Learning Workshop on Farmer Field School - Elske van de Fliert, Graham Thiele, Dindo Campilan, Oscar Ortiz, Ricardo Orrego, Modesto Olanya, Stephen Sherwood
The International Potato Center used the farmer field school (FFS) model in several of its research and development activities on potato and sweet potato integrated pest, disease and crop management as a platform for participatory research (PR) and/or farmer learning. Four approaches are roughly distinguished based on how the FFS [...]
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Production system: Raíces y tubérculos
Fundamental elements of a Farmer Field School
Documentos claves sobre ECA
2003 - LEISA MAGAZINE - Kevin Gallagher
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