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Farmer Field Schools (FFS) are helping rural women and men in Egypt’s newly cultivated lands to boost production, adapt to climate change and strengthen their voice in their communities. Under the IFAD-supported Sustainable Agriculture Investments and Livelihoods (SAIL) project, thousands of small-scale farmers have gained practical, hands-on training in crops, [...]

Soil pollution in Egypt, particularly in the eastern Nile Delta, is caused by excessive use of mineral fertilizers, pesticides, and the discharge of domestic wastewater into agricultural irrigation systems. This leads to the accumulation of heavy metals and pollutants in the soil, affecting crop yields and posing risks to human [...]

In the context of Syria’s protracted crisis, livestock-rearing households are struggling with high feed prices, reduced access to pasture, and increasing climate-related pressures. In Aleppo, a Farmer Field School (FFS) facilitated by FAO became the birthplace of an impactful, low-cost innovation: a manual fodder compressor using ammunition boxes to press [...]

In response to the pressing need for innovative solutions to address food security challenges, a Tripartite Cooperation Agreement between FAO Regional Office for the Near East and North Africa region, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) initiated a comprehensive “Mapping exercise of affordable [...]

The Farmer Field Schools (FFS) approach promotes learning through participatory methods, knowledge and experience exchange, and direct observation through hands-on exercises in the field, discussions and decision-making. It builds on local knowledge while testing and validating scientific concepts developed elsewhere. FAO is working on ensuring the sustainability of FFS at [...]

Through the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with the financial support of the United Kingdom, developed semi-intensive egg production for communities hosting Syrian refugees.

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 [...]

This is a 8 page brochure of FFS for social forest extention in Ethiopia.

English/Arabic version. Farmer Field Schools (FFS) are based on an innovative, participatory and interactive learning approach in which farmers are empowered to direct the learning process. Groups of 25-35 farmers meet regularly to consult and make decisions on project implementation, with the support of facilitators. Within the project funded by DFID, [...]