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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 [...]

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 [...]

The comprehensive publication provides detailed information of how FFS Master Trainers and FFS Facilitators were trained in Rwanda. It describes the principles and methods, the training schedules as well as a all different activities during the seasonlong training. A must read for all projects and organisations applying FFS.

This implementation guide has been prepared for FFS facilitators working under Oromia Bureau of Agriculture and Natural Resource (OBANR). The contents are generalized to adjust for many kinds of agriculture and natural resource development FFS program, however, the important concepts and practical suggestions from field operation through the project are [...]

Impact assessment on the social cost benefit analysis of the CARE Pathways program, which focuses on getting extension, tools, and training to women farmers. The program includes gender dialogues and other exercises on gender equality. The study shows a $31 return for every $1 invested.

4 page brochure that describes the Caisses de Résilience approach - Consolidating community resilience by strengthening households’ social, productive and financial capacities through an integrated approach.

A brief presentation that clarifies key information on FFS and Pastoralist Field Schools.

A series of tools to work with farmers in Farmers Field and Business Schools for experiential learning that focuses on agriculture, marketing, gender, nutrition, and monitoring and evaluation