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This paper, as a part of a report from an international learning workshop, describes how farmer field schools have been adopted in the nationally designated poverty county of Huoshan, Anhui, with the support of a bilateral poverty alleviation project to meet the needs of farmers and help them to help [...]

Desde el inicio, la extensión agrícola ha sido concebida como parte de un sistema de transferencia de tecnologías en el sentido uni-direccional: desde los centros de investigación hacia las fincas de los productores. A pesar de las buenas intenciones y la inversión de una considerable cantidad de recursos, los modelos [...]

This thesis will deal with the issue of low adoption rates regarding improved agricultural technology by vulnerable farmers; the barriers and constraints to adoption; and on how to reach an understanding of how to reduce or mitigate such constraints. The thesis will apply a general theoretical discussion of the theories on food security and [...]

The paper is organized as follows. Section 2 briefly describes the farmer field school extension approach, while Section 3 discusses the potential of formal and informal farmer-led diffusion mechanisms to enhance the fiscal sustainability of this approach. Sections 4 and 5 present evidence on the fiscal sustainability issue from the [...]

Farmer field schools (FFS) and local agricultural research committees (CIALs) are participatory platforms for improving decision-making capacity and stimulating local innovation for sustainable agriculture. CIALs are a permanent agricultural research service staffed by a team of four or more volunteer farmers elected by the community. The committees create a link [...]

An overview analysis of recent experience in the promotion and facilitation of local institutions for sustainable IPM (Integrated Pest Management) in Indonesia. The article will attempt to examine the issue from several key perspectives while relating to concrete experience in the field.

The limitations of conventional methods of training and information provision on natural enemies are discussed. Farmer and popular understanding and perceptions about natural enemies are described. Lessons drawn and limitations encountered in traditional research and extension ‘top-down’ educational activities are examined and some of the more promising approaches are described. [...]