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Number of documents: 156

Farmers taking the lead: 30 years of Farmer Field Schools

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2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
The FFS has been one of the most successful approach developed and promoted by FAO over the last 30 years, empowering farmers to become better decision makers in their own farming systems. Initiated by FAO in 1989, and followed by many other organizations and institutions, the FFS programmes represent one [...]
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Facilitators’ Field Guide for Farmer Field Schools on Participatory Plant Breeding. Module: Diagnostic stage

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2018 - Oxfam -
The breeding objectives and activities of a Farmer Field School (FFS) season are based on the ‘diagnostic stage’, in which farmers perform a collective diagnosis of their situation and the problems and challenges they encounter in growing their crops and varieties. The diagnostic stage is crucial to ensure that the [...]
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Facilitators’ Field Guide for Farmer Field Schools on Participatory Plant Breeding. Module: Plot design for Participatory Varietal Selection (PVS) research plots

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2018 - Oxfam -
In this module we will prepare the Farmer Field School (FFS) site and the plots of land on which we will do the fieldwork and testing of lines for the next season. The way we design the plots and allocate each of the lines that we sow should minimize the [...]
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Manual for the Training of Trainers for Farmer Field Schools on Participatory Plant Breeding

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2018 - Oxfam -
This manual provides instructions and background for the SD=HS Training of Trainers (ToT) courses. In these courses (which mostly take up around three weeks), trainers are prepared to facilitate a season of Farmer Field School activities on Participatory Plant Breeding. Topics include the organisation of a Farmer Field School, the [...]
Anglais
Production system: Céréales, Fruits et noix

Integrated management of the Fall Armyworm on maize. A guide for Farmer Field Schools in Africa

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2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Key guidelines and advice on effectively and sustainably managing FAW include: Visit the field and look at the status of the crop: its health and signs of presence of the FAW. Farmers can take direct action by crushing egg masses and young larvae. FAW damage can look alarming, but maize plants have [...]
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Production system: Céréales

The Global Farmer Field School Platform Dgroups

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2018 - dgroupsfoundation -
Video recorded during the webinar organized by FAO and Dgroups on 22 March 2018 explaining the role of discussion groups to strengthen practitioners' networks and exchange of knowldge.
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Interview with SD=HS program leader Gigi Manicad

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2018 - Oxfam Novib -
In this interview, Sowing Diversity=Harvesting Security (SD=HS) Program Leader Gigi Manicad explains the principles of Farmer Field Schools, the role of women as managers of biodiversity, and the way the program strengthens smallholder farmers to articulate their needs to influence policies.
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Bristol University Hennovation August 21st 2017

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2017 - Hennovation Project -
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Production system: Volailles

SeedsGROW. Harvesting global food security and justice in the face of climate change. Progress Report 1 April 2016-31 March 2017

Plaidoyer et politiques publiques

2017 - Oxfam -
The third progress report presents results, achievements, challenges and financial updates from the period 1 April 2016 until 31 March 2017. The document reports both on the SD=HS program and the GROW campaign.
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Discovery-Based Learning in Land and Water Management. A Practical Guide for Farmer Field Schools

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2017 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
The guide results from the accumulated lessons of many resource persons in many countries on supporting farmer field schools (FFS) in learning and adaptive management for sustainable land and water management. FAO supported the capacity development process through field projects and the field work that underlies the guide was conducted [...]
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