According to FAO, roughly 2,000 farmers in Tanzania were able to save as many tons of carbon as getting nearly 175,000 cars of the road for a year. How? By using conservation agriculture—and planting more diverse crops, like beans and...

A four day Asia Pacific workshop on Empowering Farmers through Integrated Pest Management Farmers Field School (IPM FFS) in Support of Sustainable Intensification of Crop Production in the context of Climate Change was held in Kathmandu on 27 February to...

The Field school Hub at its start-up phase is hosted in the FAO Sub regional Resilience Team of Eastern Africa in Nairobi (2016-2017) within the context of the Institutionalization of Field Schools in Eastern Africa (GCP/SFE/002/SWI) project. It is envisaged...

Farmer Field Schools (FFSs) play a key role as the critical link between farmers and many other important stakeholders in the agricultural value chains. To the institutions of higher learning including Universities, the FFS model offers an avenue through which...

“The workshop gave participants a clear idea on how to integrate soil health in the curriculum of Farmer Field School on Save and Grow”, said Ms Florecita Pante. She was one of the 36 participants (19 women) who participated in...