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Following their first formation in Indonesia over 25 years ago, Farmer Field Schools (FFS)1 have served as a “proof of concept” of how transformative learning can help governments, donors and development stakeholders achieve development objectives. The FFS approach, which has now been used in more than 90 countries by more than 12 million small farmers (FAO, 2016), not only creates a space in which the practical needs of smallholders to solve production-related issues can be addressed, but also fosters personal and community-level transformation through empowerment.
This multi-media production shows the positive outcome of an integrated pest management (IPM) initiative to control olive pests in the hills surrounding Canino, a small town in central Italy. The case of Canino was analysed in the context of IMPRESA, a project funded by the European Union to assess the impact of research on EU agriculture in which FAO participated. IMPRESA concluded that IPM was instrumental in increasing olive productivity and reducing pesticide use, ultimately bolstering environmental protection and improving the livelihoods of olive growers in Canino.
"Les boutiques d’intrants et leurs organisations de producteurs doivent encore être renforcées pour devenir des micro-entreprises rurales performantes dans le système d’approvisionnement en intrants aux petits producteurs"
The FAO international symposium on “The role of agricultural biotechnologies in sustainable food systems and nutrition” took place from 15 to 17 February 2016 at FAO headquarters, Rome. Over 400 people attended, including 230 delegates from 75 member countries and the European Union, as well as representatives of intergovernmental organizations, private sector entities, civil society organizations, academia/research organizations and producer organizations/cooperatives.
The proceedings provide the main highlights of the symposium which covered a broad range of biotechnologies, from low-tech approaches such as those involving use of microbial fermentation processes, biofertilizers, biopesticides and artificial insemination, to high-tech approaches such as those involving...
Rural Advisory Services (RAS) are key to agricultural development and to improve the livelihood of millions of family farmers. This policy document looks at what are the specific needs of family farms and the response needed by RAS. The document results from several initiatives held during IYFF 2014: the FAO-GFRAS side event organized at the 5th GFRAS Annual Meeting in Buenos Aires on ‘RAS for family farms’, the side event during the Global Dialogue on Family Farming at FAO HQ and the FAO e-conference on ‘Tailoring RAS to family farms’.
L’objectif de cette fiche est de rendre compte de la situation1 des Boutiques d’Intrants (BI) au Niger et de l’intérêt représenté par cette micro-entreprise rurale dans le système d’approvisionnement en intrants aux producteurs et productrices et celui du rôle central joué par leur propriétaire dans ce système: les Organisations de Producteurs (OP).
Objectives:
To open a debate and suggest action on Inclusive Pluralistic Service Systems (PSS) to inform policy and development planning with a focus on
- Governance, accountability, coordination and
- Financing mechanisms and sustainability
Create a common understanding on challenges and issues related to inclusive PSS
Formulate actionable recommendations in terms of policies and transformative investments
CABI, the Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International, has published the three main products (Synthesis Document, Conceptual Background, and Guidance Note on Operationalization) of the TAP Common Framework, whose objective is to advance agricultural innovation in tropical countries. More specifically, the Common Framework aims at promoting better coherence and greater impact of Capacity Development (CD) for Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS).
The Conceptual Background and the Guidance Note on Operationalization provide concepts, principles, definitions, approaches and tools to better understand the AIS architecture, assess CD needs, and plan, implement, and evaluate CD interventions. The Synthesis Document summarizes the content of the Conceptual Background.
The Common Framework was developed in 2015 through...
A new multi-media production (available here) showcases the positive outcome of an integrated pest management (IPM) initiative to control olive pests in the hills surrounding Canino, a small town in central Italy. The short film has been produced and released in the context of Impresa, a project funded by the European Union to assess the impact of research on EU agriculture in which FAO participated.
Initiated by ENEA (the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Sustainable economic development) in 1979, the Canino project was demand-driven and implemented through a multi-stakeholders platform. According to a recent study done under Impresa by FAO's Research and...
Partners of the Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP) met in Kigali (Rwanda) to review the progress made in the implementation of the TAP Action Plan in general, and of the EU-funded Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation Systems (CDAIS) project in particular, as well as to approve the TAP Common Framework and the Work Plan for 2016. More than 50 participants - from 25 TAP Partners organizations and implementing partners of the CDAIS project - took part in the meeting, which was held in in Rwanda's Capital, Kigali, and lasted three days, from 19 to 21 January 2016.
During the meeting the Common Framework was approved for its use...