Number of documents: 60
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.
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Production system: Otros
Farmer Field Schools on land and water management in Africa
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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 [...]
Near East and North Africa, West Africa, Eastern Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa - Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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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 [...]
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Production system: Cereales
Inventory of Farmer study group initiatives in Africa - a synthesis report
Documentos técnicos de referencia
2006 - . - Arnoud Braun
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Cowpea, Farmer Field Schools and farmer-to-farmer extension: a Benin case study
Estudio de caso
2005 - Agricultural Research & Extension Network (AGREN) - Nicholas Q.R. Nathaniels
This paper presents the findings of a short qualitative study. It showed that pilot cowpea Farmer Field Schools (FFS) in Benin were a vital source of new skills and information, integrating a number of existing knowledge sharing networks of rural men and women.
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Grounding Agricultural Research in Resource-Poor Farmers' Needs: a Comparative Analysis of Diagnostic Studies in Ghana and Benin
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2004 - NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - E.S. Nederlof, R. Tossou, O. Sakyi-Oawson and O.K. Kossou
Eight researchers from Ghana and Benin, with different backgrounds but all co-operating within the Convergence of Sciences project, conducted diagnostic studies as a first step of their research aimed at developing technologies together with resource-poor farmers. The purpose of including diagnostic studies was to increase the likelihood that the resulting [...]
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Linking Science and Farmers' innovative capacity: diagnostic studies from Ghana and Benin
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2004 - NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences - N.G. Rolingl, D. Hounkonnou, S.K. Offei, R. Tossou and A. Van Huisa
The article is an introduction to a series of articles about diagnostic studies carried out by eight PhD students in Ghana and Benin. These studies form a prelude to their experimental action research with groups of farmers to develop technologies that work in local conditions and are acceptable to farmers.
A [...]
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Farmer Field Schools and the Future of Agricultural Extension in Africa
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2002 - Journal of International Agricultural and Extension Education - Brent M. Simpson, Michelle Owens
The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the introduction of the FFS approach to Africa and, through use of case study material, to highlight some of the successes achieved and difficulties encountered in the expanding use of the approach. Following a brief look at some of [...]
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Thesis investigation on issue of low adoption rates regarding improved agricultural technology by vulnerable farmers
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2002 - . - Kevin Gallagher
This thesis will deal with the issue of low adoption rates regarding improved
agricultural technology by vulnerable farmers; the barriers and constraints to
adoption; and on how to reach an understanding of how to reduce or mitigate such
constraints. The thesis will apply a general theoretical discussion of the theories on
food security and [...]
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Promoting Sustainable Extension Approaches: Farmer Field School (FFS) and its Roles in Sustainable Agricultural Development in Africa.
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0 - Department of Agricultural Economic and Extension, Federal University of Techology - Nigeria. - Professor Chigozie Asiabaka
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