Number of documents: 9
Sustainable Crop Production Intensification in the Senegal and Niger River Basins of Francophone West Africa
Documents clés sur les CEP
2011 - International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability - William Settle and Mohamed Hama Garba
This paper reports on how the farmer field school (FFS) approach has been used to successfully catalyse important changes among stakeholders in the savannah zones of West Africa. Improved agronomic practices, better decision-making skills and diversification of smallholder farms in developing countries are shown to provide farmers the opportunity to [...]
Anglais
Production system: Culture, Céréales, Légumes et melons
Farmer field school-IPM impacts on urban and peri-urban vegetable producers in Cotonou, Benin
Étude d'impact
2010 - International Journal of Tropical Insect Science - T. Lund, M.-G. Sæthre, I. Nyborg, O. Coulibaly and M.H. Rahman
The use of synthetic pesticides among vegetable producers in urban and peri-urban Cotonou, Benin, has been increasing to the extent that certain insect pests have developed resistance to the pesticides. This paper assesses the impact of the farmer field school approach in an integrated pest management (IPM) project that aimed [...]
Anglais
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Réduction de la vulnérabilité de l'agriculture béninoise aux Changements Climatiques: expériences du PARBCC
Matériel audiovisuel
2010 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
L'expérimentation paysanne permet de mettre à la disposition des agriculteurs des options pertinentes d'adaptation pouvant les aider à accroître la résilience de leurs systèmes de production.
Français
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Weaver ants help farmers to capture organic markets
Étude d'impact
2007 - Pesticides News - Paul Van Mele and Jean-François Vayssières
Weaver ants are predatory insects which kill key pests of many tree crops effectively decreasing the need to use pesticides. Paul Van Mele and Jean-François Vayssières describe how these fascinating insects have been husbanded effectively in Asia to manage pests of citrus and cashew. Their use has recently been extended [...]
Anglais
Production system: Fruits et noix, Insectes
Les écoles paysannes au Bénin: une approche participative de la diffusion des messages relatifs à la protection intégrée du cotonnier
Étude de cas
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.
Français
Production system: Autres
Zooming-in zooming-out: a novel method to scale up local innovations and sustainable technologies
Étude d'impact
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 [...]
Anglais
Production system: Céréales
Cowpea, Farmer Field Schools and farmer-to-farmer extension: a Benin case study
Étude de cas
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.
Anglais
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Grounding Agricultural Research in Resource-Poor Farmers' Needs: a Comparative Analysis of Diagnostic Studies in Ghana and Benin
Documents techniques de référence
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 [...]
Anglais
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Linking Science and Farmers' innovative capacity: diagnostic studies from Ghana and Benin
Documents techniques de référence
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 [...]
Anglais
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