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The overall objective of the report was to review barriers and opportunities that exist in agricultural extension approaches in enhancing production and commercialiation of various value chains in Kenya, Africa. Further, to identify alternative agricultural extension models among other stakeholders. Recommendations are further presented at the end of the report. [...]

Ce document fait partie d’une série de guides élaborés dans le cadre du programme sous-régional en Gestion intégrée de la production et des déprédateurs (GIPD) en Afrique de l’Ouest, coordonné par l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO). Le programme utilise l’approche par Champ école des producteurs ou [...]

IDH reportage about a KTDA Farmer Field School in Kenya.

The paper focuses on the impact of farmer field schools (FFS) on social wellbeing of farming community. For this purpose, six districts from the central region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Mardan, Swabi and Kohat were selected. Data were collected on various aspects of social wellbeing of farming [...]

Egypt-Finland Agricultural Research Project (EFARP) EFARP was launched in 1989 as a pilot project to provide a model how the efficiency of small-scale farming in the newly reclaimed areas can be improved with the help of efficient utilisation of agricultural research results. Ismailia Governorate on both sides of Suez Canal was [...]

This publication documents impact assessment work done on FAO supported community education for pesticide risk reduction efforts implemented through National IPM Programmes in Cambodia and Vietnam during the 2007-2012 period. Impact assessment on investments in capacity building and education programmes is notoriously difficult. Using science-based research methodologies, the impact assessment [...]