The Fall Armyworm (FAW) (Spodoptera frugiperda), a transboundary insect pest native of the Americas, was first officially reported in India late July 2018, initially confined to the Southern State of Karnataka. Despite multiple measures implemented, due to its biology and...

From November 5th to 8th, the “Development of Sustainable Development Goals Villages” project (SDG Villages Project), jointly developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), GF Securities and China Agriculture Science and Education Foundation (CASEF), launched...

The FFS Team will facilitate a Curriculum development workshop on FFS on natural farming and agroecology in Andhra Pradesh, India from 20 to 23 November. It will gather scientists, non formal education expert and FFS Master Trainers to create practical...

Royalton Negril, Jamaica – FAO widely participated in this year’s annual meeting for the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Systems (GFRAS), focused on the "Role of RAS in Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management".   Between the 30 September and the 4...

Background Farmer Field Schools (FFS) continue to be used across the globe as an educational methodology in rural development. As FFS grow, stakeholders and donors have raised concerns regarding the applicability, targeting, cost-effectiveness, monitoring and evaluation and quality assurance of the...