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Eastern Africa continues to face acute and chronic food insecurity and malnutrition. Combined with a high incidence of conflict and security issues, displacement and natural disasters, food security continues to affect a high proportion of the population, jeopardizing marginalized households’ health, economic and social wellbeing. Thus, there is a growing [...]

It is an instructional video on Institutionalizing the Farmer Field Schools methodologies in institutions of higher learning in Eastern Africa. It focuses on key steps needed to complete the process, spanning Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda. The FFS video highlights also the importance of why institutions of higher learning should consider [...]

The farmer field school (FFS) concept has been widely adopted, and such schools have the reputation of strengthening farmers’ capacity to innovate. Although their impact has been studied widely, what is involved in their scaling and in their becoming an integral part of agricultural innovation systems has been studied [...]

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.

Community Seed Banks are places designed to protect seeds using a number of in situ (on-site) conservation processes and equipment as preferred by farmers. This strategy for strengthening local seed populations is empowered at the community level by workers who greatly appreciate their natural resources and want to get involved [...]

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.

En concordancia con nuestras aspiraciones en la línea de la producción de alimentos mediante la agroecología, con perspectiva de género, hacia la soberanía alimentaria y a modo de compartir nuestras experiencias, hemos sistematizado el proceso de formación realizado mediante nuestras escuelas inter-regionales en 2014 y en 2015 la Escuela Nacional “Sembradoras de Esperanzas”. Finalmente, la [...]

BULLETIN TRIMESTRIEL D’INFORMATION DE LA FAO BURUNDI Bulletin FOCUS qui décrit les réalisations phares de la FAO Burundi pour le premier trimestre de l’année 2015.

The Farmer Field School (FFS) approach has been very successful and witnessed a strong expansion in many areas beyond crop production. Notwithstanding this success, the adoption of FFS in national extension often remains problematic and FFS activities have often been implemented in the margin of national institutions with strong reliance [...]