Continuation of the Farmer Field School training program for facilitators in Algeria

July 2021 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Algeria organized the second Farmer Field School (FFS) training for 30 facilitators from the Ministries of Water Resources and Agriculture and Rural Development, with the objective of improving the facilitators knowledge on good agricultural practices for greenhouse tomato production to enhance water and crop productivity and efficiency.

This training is the second among a series of trainings intended for facilitators to enable them to ensure the facilitation of the next FFS, which will be implemented in 2021, in order to solve certain problems related to water management, and help instill a culture of resource rationalization among farmers.

The training which took place over two days, was an opportunity for exchanges and knowledge sharing between the various participants through addressing different aspects related to greenhouse tomato production starting at the nursery stage of the value chain until the marketing stage of the product. The presence of executives from the Technical Institute for Vegetable and Industrial Cultures fully contributed to establishing a very fruitful debate based on experience, knowledge and practice.

This activity is implemented within the framework of FAO’s regional project “Implementing the 2030 Agenda for water efficiency/ productivity and water sustainability in the NENA countries” under the Water Scarcity Initiative. This project is funded by the Swedish International Cooperation and Development Agency.