Bangladesh is taking center stage in the global innovation arena. This time, it's transforming how smallholder farmers access and benefit from sustainable agricultural mechanization (SAM) through the Farmer Field School (FFS) approach.
On 24 April 2025, a groundbreaking initiative was officially launched in...
24 April 2025
Dear FFS Friends,
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in collaboration with the Sara Bangla Krishak Society (SBKS) organized an inception workshop titled “Integrating Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (SAM) into Farmer Field School (FFS) Programming and Advocating for...
16 January 2025
Bangladesh, the Philippines, and Rwanda have emerged as winners in the FAO Global Innovation Challenge on Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization (SAM) through Farmer Field Schools (FFS). These countries' groundbreaking proposals aim to address mechanization challenges faced by smallholder farmers, focusing on...
Starting in the 1990’s, the International Potato Center (CIP)’s integrated pest management team for potato late blight (IPM-LB) realized the importance of addressing the management of late blight, a complex potato disease, by combining crop protection and management sciences, with...