Publications
Farm Business School Forward - Exercise pack
13/07/2026
This exercise package is a practical component of the Farm Business School Forward (FBS Forward) capacity development package, providing hands-on exercises to support participatory training and facilitated field sessions.
Farm Business School Forward - Brochure
02/07/2026
The Farm Business School Forward (FBS Forward) brochure provides a concise introduction to the overall capacity development package, summarizing its objectives, approach, learning methods and components of the package.
Farm Business School Forward
06/04/2026
This handbook constitutes the core technical reference of the Farm Business School Forward (FBS Forward) capacity development package, presenting the conceptual framework, principles and methodological guidance underpinning its implementation.
Social innovation trends in the Near East and North Africa region: Examples and opportunities for action
03/02/2025
This report presents research on social innovation and relevant trends for small-scale farming in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. Social innovation is an approach to community development that gained momentum in the second half of the 2010s as a response to the challenges imposed by the post- crisis economy and austerity policies.
Introducing farm business schools in Lebanon: fostering farmer decision-making and resilience
13/03/2024
The farm business school (FBS) experience in Lebanon garnered broad interest in the country and regionally, from grassroots farming communities to development organizations and public institutions.
Agricultural producer organizations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
01/03/2024
Strengthening agricultural producer organizations (POs) and cooperatives has been recognized as a key way forward to support farmers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) and, in turn, promote food security, income generation and private sector development.
Territorial approaches for sustainable development
14/06/2023
The Agenda 2030 with 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets was launched in 2015. However, more than halfway to 2030, most of the goals and targets are far from being achieved. In order to achieve the SDGs, the interlinkages between the SDGs should be acknowledged. They require a multi-level, multi-stakeholder, multi-sector, and whole-of-government approach to governance.
Territorial Approaches for Sustainable Development
17/05/2023
Perspectives and approaches that put territories at the centre of development have returned to become important in international debate and policy to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Among the reasons for the renewed emphasis is the need to improve the effectiveness of sectoral approaches, to localise sustainable development, to better manage myriad and complex challenges now facing communities around the world and to take action for inclusive and equitable development.
Advancing rural advisory services in Arab countries to promote market orientation and inclusive transformation
15/03/2023
Small-scale family farmers are the backbone of rural communities in the Near East and North Africa (NENA) region. Despite their extensive participation in the agricultural sector, these types of farmers and their farms are disproportionately affected by poverty, ultimately constituting about 70 percent of the poorliving in the region.
Promoting gender-sensitive farm business schools. A companion guide
01/02/2023
The training toolkit ‘Promoting gender-sensitive farm business schools’ was designed to complement the Farm Business School (FBS) universal training package and assist FBS practitioners integrating the gender dimension in FBS approach.