Number of documents: 18
Young Entrepreneur brings Smart Learning
Audiovisual material
2020 - Access Agriculture -
Use of Solar Powered Smart Projector in Bihar by Young Entrepreneur. Extension for landless.
English
Production system: Crops, Vegetables and Melons, Fruits and Nuts, Pastures /Fodder trees
(Agro)Forestry, Advisory systems and extension, Agrobiodiversity, Agroecology, Climate change, Emergency/disaster risk reduction (DRR), Empowerment and social inclusion, Facilitation and non-formal education, Farm and enterprise management, Rural and producer organizations, Sustainable production intensification
Young Entrepreneur brings smart farmer learning
Case study
2020 - Access Agriculture -
Short story about how Digital for Development money D4D from Belgian Government has helped establish a Young Entrepreneur in Bihar, India using a solar powered smart projector.
English
Production system: Crops, Cereals, Vegetables and Melons, Fruits and Nuts, Pastures /Fodder trees
(Agro)Forestry, Advisory systems and extension, Agrobiodiversity, Agroecology, Climate change, Emergency/disaster risk reduction (DRR), Empowerment and social inclusion, Facilitation and non-formal education, Farm and enterprise management, Rural and producer organizations, Sustainable production intensification
Seed production guide curriculum for Malawi – a farmer field school approach
Training material
2018 - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture - Vicki Morrone, Edward Mzumara, and Hannah Livuza
This curriculum focuses on how to grow beans and other legumes for seed, since it is difficult to find a large selection of varieties available to plant that are good for the soil and eating. This guide also provides information on how to grow seed that can be sold through [...]
English
Production system: Legumes
Interview with SD=HS program leader Gigi Manicad
Audiovisual material
2018 - Oxfam Novib -
In this interview, Sowing Diversity=Harvesting Security (SD=HS) Program Leader Gigi Manicad explains the principles of Farmer Field Schools, the role of women as managers of biodiversity, and the way the program strengthens smallholder farmers to articulate their needs to influence policies.
Global -
English
Production system:
Epistemological Fundamentals of Education in Agriculture in Cuba
Case study
2017 - Agrisost - Parrado Alvarez, Oscar L.
Spanish
Production system: Crops, Vegetables and Melons, Root/Tuber crops, Beverages/Spice crops, Legumes
Share a Seed
Audiovisual material
2017 - Oxfam Novib -
Video on the Sowing Diversity=Harvesting Security (SD=HS) program in Zimbabwe, run by partners CTDT and Oxfam Novib.
English
Production system:
Guía del Manejo Integrado de Plagas (MIP) para técnicos y productores
Training material
2016 - JICA - Rutz, Donald A., and J. Keith Waldron
En esta guía, se explica sobre el concepto de MIP, varias medidas de control, y otras informaciones útiles. Espero que los extensionistas y productores hagan observación lo más frecuente posible.
Global -
Spanish
Production system: Cereals, Vegetables and Melons, Legumes
Report of the Knowledge exchange on the promotion of efficient rice farming practices, Farmer Field School curriculum development and value chains
Technical background material
2016 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
A total of 33 participants (10 women) participated in the Regional Rice Initiative – Workshop cum Study Tour on knowledge exchange on Farmer Field School curriculum development for promotion of efficient rice farming practices and value chains. Field visits were made to Sleman (Rice-Fish farming and “jajar legowo”) and Boyalali [...]
English
Production system: Cereals, Aquaculture, Fisheries
Effectiveness of Farmer Field School for Soil and Crop Management
Impact assessment
2015 - International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR) - D. Roya, M. G. Farouqueb , M. Z. Rahmanc
The purposes of the study were to investigate the effectiveness of Farmer Field School (FFS) for soil and crop management as perceived by the FFS farmers and to explore the relationships of the selected characteristics of the FFS farmers with their perceived effectiveness. Data were collected from 100 FFS farmers [...]
English
Production system: Crops
The system of crop intensification: reports from the field on improving agricultural production, food security, and resilience to climate change for multiple crops
Impact assessment
2014 - Agriculture & Food Security - Binju Abraham, Hailu Araya, Tareke Berhe, Sue Edwards, Biksham Gujja, Ram Bahadur Khadka, Yang S Koma, Debashish Sen, Asif Sharif, Erika Styger, Norman Uphoff and Anil Verma
This review article reports on the productivity and other impacts being observed for many different crops in half a dozen countries for increasing food crop yields with lower cost and input requirements as well as more resilience to adverse effects of climate change. It also reports on mechanization innovations that [...]
English
Production system: Cereals, Vegetables and Melons, Oilseed crops, Legumes