El Niño events are jeopardizing food security in Southern Africa. With 70 percent of the population relying on agriculture, rising temperatures and severe drought threaten the region. Zimbabwe following Malawi and Zambia, has declared a state of natural disaster due...
KULIMA, a 5-year programme funded by the European Union and FAO and in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development of Malawi, has proven its success with its first harvest of healthy bunches of bananas.
Malawi’s banana industry has...
14 December 2018
What has been the impact of FFS over the past 15 years?
What are the core domains of FFS impact: productivity, input use, adaptation to climate change, people’s empowerment, gender…?
How is impact measured – and what could be improved?...
08 October 2018 - 28 February 2019
FAO Malawi is set to kick-off three Farmer Field School (FFS) master trainer’s courses that will run from 8 October 2018 to 28 February 2019 . These courses aim to impart knowledge and skills to 90 government and non-governmental organization (NGO)...
Story from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in South Africa on a recent FFS pilot project conducted in two provinces of the country (Limpopo for vegetables and Northern Cape for livestock).
The Farmer Field School project in South Africa...