Number of documents: 18
Fall armyworm management: Farmer field school experiences in Africa
Training material
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
English
Production system: Cereals
Poultry Farmer Field Schools in Lebanon
Information on projects
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
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.
English
Production system: Poultry
Integrated management of the Fall Armyworm on maize. A guide for Farmer Field Schools in Africa
Training material
2018 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 [...]
English
Production system: Cereals
Farmer Field Schools Approach for Agroforestry & Natural Resource Development
Technical background material
2016 - JICA and Orimia Bureau of Agriculture - JICA and Orimia Bureau of Agriculture
This is a 8 page brochure of FFS for social forest extention in Ethiopia.
English
Production system:
Poultry Farmer Field School in Lebanon
Audiovisual material
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) -
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, [...]
English
Production system: Poultry
Farmer Field Schools and Empowerment - Community Empowerment, social inclusion and Gender Equality Experience from Jordan and Tunisia
Technical background material
2015 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Lucie Chocholata, Manuela Allara, Alfredo Impiglia and Elisabetta Tagliati
English
Production system:
Learning impact of farmer field schools of integrated crop–livestock systems in Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Impact assessment
2015 - Science Direct - Diab A.M.
Four FFSs concerning integrated crop–livestock systems were implemented by a R&D project namely “Adaptation to Climate Change in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) Marginal Environments through Sustainable Crop and Livestock Diversification (ACC project)” during the summer season 2013 in three villages namely Village 4, Village 7 and Village 1750 [...]
English
Production system: Crops, Livestock
Farmer field schools as a Transformative Learning Space in the Rural African Setting
Case study
2013 - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences - Deborah Duveskog
The aims of this research was to understand how education in the rural African faming setting can contribute to development and well-being in a way that is empowering for the poor. The Farmer Field School (FFS) approach provided an empirical frame for the research. By reflecting on experiences of FFS [...]
English
Production system:
EFARP Farmer Field School
Audiovisual material
2013 - MTT Finland -
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 [...]
English
Production system: Crops
Impact of FFS on Farmer's Adoption of IPM options for onion: a Case Study from Gezira state, Sudan
Impact assessment
2013 - World Journal of Agricultural Sciences - Ahmed M. Abdel Rahman and Mohamed E. Hamid
The objective of this study was to determine the impact of Farmer Field Schools on farmer's adoption of IPM options for onion in the Gezira State. Field surveys were used to collect data from three Farmer Field Schools in the Gezira State in the 2010/2011 growing season. All FFS participants [...]
English
Production system: Vegetables and Melons