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...

  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...

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...

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...

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...