Number of documents: 62
Impact of Farmer Field Schools on Agricultural Income and Skills: Evidence from an Aid-Funded Project in Rural Ethiopia
Étude d'impact
2011 - JICA-Research Institute - Yasuyuki Todo and Ryo Takahashi
This study estimates the effect of farmer field schools in rural Ethiopia on income from agriculture. The farmer field schools were established in association with participatory forest management associations for forest protection funded by Japanese aid. We employ a difference-in-differences propensity score matching approach to correct for possible biases due [...]
Anglais
Production system: Autres
From Farmers' Field Schools to community IPM. Scaling up the IPM movement
Documents clés sur les CEP
2011 - LEISA Magazine - Russ Dilts
A people-centred IPM movement has grown in Asia since the 1980s, and is now spreading to parts of Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. During this period, many variants have evolved, and continue to evolve, within the specific natural and operational environments of different countries, cultures, and communities. From [...]
Anglais
Production system:
Effect of Integrated Pest Management Farmer Field School (IPMFFS) on Farmers’ Knowledge, Farmers Groups’ Ability, Process of Adoption and Diffusion of IPM in Jember district
Documents techniques de référence
2010 - Journal of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development - Rizal Rustam
This research aims to explore the effect of the integrated pest management farmer field school (IPMFFS) on farmers’ knowledge, farmers groups’ ability, and process of adoption and diffusion of IPM in Jember District, Indonesia. The population of the research was 556 groups of farmers, with 22.240 farmers who are engaged [...]
Anglais
Production system:
Farmer Field Schools and Farmer’s Empowerment in Mozambique: a Pilot Study
Étude d'impact
2010 - Journal of Extension Systems - C. Dzecoa, C. Amilaia and A. Cristóvãob
Empowerment is a key element of popular participation in rural development projects. In this sense, it is crucial to know the different approaches and methodologies capable of or with the potential to generate empowerment. This paper presents the results of a study done in the district of Boane, Mozambique, with [...]
Anglais
Production system:
Strengths and Weaknesses of Farmers’ Field Schools Approach as perceived by farmers in KP
Étude d'impact
2010 - Sarhad Journal of Agriculture - Amir Khatam, Sher Muhammad, Khalid Mehmood Chaudry, Ashfaq Ahmad Mann, Ikram Ul Haq, Zaffar Ullah Khan, Muhammad Idrees and Humira Amin
Government of KP introduced a new extension approach called Farmers’ Field Schools (FFS) in 2004 in the 24 districts of the province. The present paper is based on the study designed to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of FFS as
perceived by farmers. The analysis shows that FFS improved knowledge of [...]
Anglais
Production system:
Farmer Field Schools: from nobodys to role models
Plaidoyer et politiques publiques
2010 - Rural Focus 21 - Godrick Simiyu Khisa
The Farmer Field School (FFS) approach was fi rst introduced in Kenya
in 1995 through a project of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO) in Western Kenya. Since then, several projects have been successfully
implemented in the country using various different entry points.
Anglais
Production system:
Appraisal of Methods to Evaluate Farmer Field Schools
Étude d'impact
2008 - Development in Practice - Francesca Mancini and Janice Jiggins
The need to increase agricultural sustainability has induced the government of India to promote the adoption of integrated pest management (IPM). An evaluation of cotton-based conventional and IPM farming systems was conducted in India (2002–2004). The farmers managing the IPM farms had participated in discovery-based ecological training, namely Farmer Field [...]
Anglais
Production system:
The Farmer Field School approach – history, global assessment and success stories
Documents clés sur les CEP
2008 - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) - Arnoud Braun and Deborah Duveskog
Background Paper for the IFAD Rural Poverty Report 2011. 1. THE HISTORY OF THE FARMER FIELD SCHOOL APPROACH.GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FARMER FIELD SCHOOLS. CASE STUDIES: FARMER FIELD SCHOOL NETWORKS (REGION: SUB SAHARAN AFRICA); JUNIOR FARMER FIELD AND LIFE SCHOOLS (REGION: SUB SAHARAN AFRICA);INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF FARMERS-LED IPM IN PAKISTAN (REGION: [...]
Anglais
Production system:
Evaluating Cotton Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Farmer Field School Outcomes using the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach in India
Documents clés sur les CEP
2007 - Cambridge University Press - Francesca Mancini, Ariena van Bruggen and Janice Jiggins
Anglais
Production system: Culture
Changing the strategies of Farmer Field Schools in Bangladesh
Étude de cas
2007 - LEISA Magazine - Hein Bijlmakers and Muhammad Ashraful Islam
Anglais
Production system: Céréales