Number of documents: 37
Sustainable Crop Production Intensification in the Senegal and Niger River Basins of Francophone West Africa
Key documents on FFS
2011 - International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability - William Settle and Mohamed Hama Garba
This paper reports on how the farmer field school (FFS) approach has been used to successfully catalyse important changes among stakeholders in the savannah zones of West Africa. Improved agronomic practices, better decision-making skills and diversification of smallholder farms in developing countries are shown to provide farmers the opportunity to [...]
English
Production system: Crops, Cereals, Vegetables and Melons
Farmer Field Schools in Bonsaaso, Ghana
Audiovisual material
2010 - Millenium Promise -
With the support of the Millennium Village Project, farmers in Bonsaaso, Ghana have formed collectives. This enables experienced farmers to pass their knowledge along to the younger member of their community, thereby improving crop yields and nutrition.
English
Production system: Beverages/Spice crops
Village poultry, food security and HIV / AIDS mitigation
Case study
2008 - LEISA Magazine - Robyn Alders , Robyn Alders , Brigitte Bagnol , Mohamed Harun , Mary Young
English
Production system: Poultry
Reducing pesticide exposure and associated neurotoxic burden in an Ecuadorian small farm population
Impact assessment
2007 - International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health - Cole, D.C., S. Sherwood, M. Paredes, L. Helena Sanin, C. Crissman, P. Espinosa and F. Munoz
The contribution of community-based interventions, including farmer field schools (FFSs) in integrated pest management (IPM), to reducing pesticide exposures and associated neurotoxic burden among smallfarm families in Ecuador was assessed in three Andean farming communities in a co-design of targeted action–research. Baseline questionnaire surveys elicited pesticide-related knowledge, practices, and exposure [...]
English
Production system:
Las Escuelas de Campo para Agricultores (ECAs) en el PESA-Nicaragua. Una experiencia participativa de extensión para contribuir a la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Nicaragua
Case study
2005 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Ramiro Ortiz
Spanish
Production system:
Fishery based food security field schools: Bondo district, Lake Victoria, Kenya
Case study
2004 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Devin M. Bartley, Beatrice Nyandat, Deborah Duveskog
Fisheries and aquaculture integrating Food security field schools (FSFS) in Kenya.
English
Production system: Aquaculture, Fisheries
Diversifying Rice-based Systems and Empowering Farmers in Bangladesh Using the Farmer Field-school Approach
Case study
2002 - Earthscan Publications - Norman Uphoff
Over the past eight years, CARE-Bangladesh has been developing a set of
sustainable agriculture projects to improve production in rice-based farming
systems in this country. These efforts have contributed to an emergent
programme to increase food security for poor and marginal farmers. The
programme raises agricultural productivity by diversifying agroecosystems
and optimizing yields, reducing costs [...]
English
Production system: Cereals