Number of documents: 23
Review of Agricultural Extension in India - Are farmers’ information needs being met?
Technical background material
2010 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - Claire J. Glendenning, Suresh Babu, Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere
This paper aims to ascertain why farmers are not accessing information and where information gaps exist, despite the variety of extension approaches in India. Using information provision and access as the basis for analysis, the paper reviews some of the major agricultural extension programs in India by considering their ability [...]
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Reducing the incidence of acute pesticide poisoning by educating farmers on Intergrated Pest Management in South India
Case study
2009 - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health - FRANCESCA MANCINI, JANICE L. S. JIGGINS, MICHAEL O’MALLEY
Sixty-five farmers reported on pesticide use and the signs and symptoms of acute pesticide poisoning when using two different plant protection strategies: in 2003 using chemical controls and in 2004 using an approach
to Integrated Pest Management (IPM) based on an ecological analysis of the field conditions. Exposure to organophosphates was [...]
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Moving on: Farmer Education in Integrated Insect Pest and Disease Management. In: Integrated Pest Management: Dissemination and Impact
Case study
2009 - Springer Science - Janice Jiggins, Francesca Mancini
This chapter explores intensive hands-on occupational education for farmers in selected European, African, Latin American countries and in south India. An Indian case study of Farmer Field Schools for Integrated Pest and Production Management (IPPM) to ensure food security and livelihood improvement is presented, to introduce discussion of the role [...]
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Impact assessment of Farmers Field Schools in Chhatarpur district
Impact assessment
2009 - Action for social advancement (ASA) - Ben Redmond
Much of rural India is suffering from what Prime minister Manmohan Singh has termed “technological fatigue in agriculture” (Kshirsagar A, 2008). In order to reverse this state of affairs, considerable investment and macro scale action is required. However, for sustainable and meaningful change, community level extension is vital. One response [...]
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Production system: Crops
Climate Change Adaptation Implications for Drought Risk Mitigation: a Perspective for India
Other
2008 - Climatic Change - S. V. R. K. Prabhakar & Rajib Shaw
There is a growing evidence that the climate change do has implications for drought vulnerable India with studies projecting future possible reductions in monsoon related rainfall in the country. The existing drought risk mitigation and response mechanisms were looked into and gaps were identified by drawing lessons from previous disasters [...]
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Appraisal of Methods to Evaluate Farmer Field Schools
Impact assessment
2008 - Development in Practice - Francesca Mancini and Janice Jiggins
The need to increase agricultural sustainability has induced the government of India to promote the adoption of integrated pest management (IPM). An evaluation of cotton-based conventional and IPM farming systems was conducted in India (2002–2004). The farmers managing the IPM farms had participated in discovery-based ecological training, namely Farmer Field [...]
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How to Make Agricultural Extension Demand-Driven? The Case of India’s Agricultural Extension Policy
Case study
2007 - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - Regina Birner, Jock R. Anderson
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Evaluating Cotton Integrated Pest Management (IPM) - Farmer Field School Outcomes using the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach in India
Key documents on FFS
2007 - Cambridge University Press - Francesca Mancini, Ariena van Bruggen and Janice Jiggins
English
Production system: Crops
Our experiences with modified Farmer Field Schools in dryland areas
Case study
2007 - LEISA Magazine - Arun Balamatti and Rajendra Hegde
English
Production system: Fruits and Nuts
Preparing farmer groups to engage successfully with markets - A field guide for five key skill sets
Training material
2007 - CRS and RII-CIAT Agroenterprise Study Tour Group -
The field guide aims to provide pointers for program managers and field staff on how to foster several skill sets crucial for preparing groups of poor farmers who are at a very early stage of engaging in markets and who aspire to successful agroenterprise development.
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