Port of Spain, Trinidad – Thirty-two farmers from Penal and Exchange in Trinidad successfully expanded their production knowledge of cassava through the Farmer Field Schools (FFS).   The project, funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and executed by the Food...

Konya, Turkey – FAO Turkey celebrated the 30th anniversary of Farmer Field Schools (FFS) in Konya region within the scope of Sustainable Land Management and Climate Friendly Agriculture. FFS can be described as `Farmers’ participatory learning process`. It is an interactive...

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which has always given priority to the process of learning and finding solutions for farmers, developed Farmer Field Schools in the 1980s. In addition, other United Nations agencies, national and international non-governmental organizations,...

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This June 20 marks the opening of the celebrations of 30 years of Farmer Field Schools: farmers empowerment and changes towards sustainable and resilient food systems will be at heart of the discussions! Background Initiated by FAO in Asia, in1989, the...