Events
Call for abstracts! Regional Field School Sharing Event for East Africa
29 November 2017 - 30 November 2017
29 November 2017 - 30 November 2017
Originally applied among farmers thus labelled Farmer Field Schools (FFS) the approach has lately been applied in a large variety of contexts and among various target groups thus a number of adaptations of the approach. These include the Pastoralist Field...
Side Event on Field Schools and Climate Change adaptation at 3rd AFAAS Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week
30 October 2017 - 06 November 2017
30 October 2017 - 06 November 2017
Climate change is no new phenomenon. For decades changes in temperatures, precipitation, new and emergent pests, and loss of vegetative cover have been noted and documented. It is only after a direct effect on smallholder agricultural and pastoral production...
Atelier de formation des formateurs sur la gestion de la chenille légionnaire d’automne en Afrique Centrale
02 October 2017 - 07 October 2017
02 October 2017 - 07 October 2017
En Avril 2016, le Ministre de l’Agriculture de Sao Tome et Principe avait saisi le Bureau Sous-régional de la FAO pour l’Afrique Centrale (SFC) à propos d’une infestation par un insecte qui faisait beaucoup de dégâts sur la culture de...
Regional workshop on Fall Armyworm Management and Curriculum Development for Farmer Field Schools in West Africa
05 September 2017 - 10 September 2017
05 September 2017 - 10 September 2017
A training workshop is scheduled to take place in Abuja, Nigeria, from 5 to 10 September 2017 to strengthen ECOWAS’ Member States technical capacity to manage Spodoptera frugiperda (Fall Armyworm) outbreak in West Africa.
Since the pest detection in Africa, FAO...
Malawi: FAO to conduct FFS Training for Facilitators on promotion of safe alternatives to chemical pesticides
07 August 2017 - 25 August 2017
07 August 2017 - 25 August 2017
24 July 2017 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD), through the Pesticide Control Board will conduct a three-week Training of Facilitators Course...