Farmer Field School Approach

01/07/2021

Farmer Field School (FFS) is a participatory education approach that brings together a group of small-scale food producers to solve production problems through sustainable agriculture. The FFS approach offers space for hands-on group learning, enhancing skills for observation and critical analysis and improved decision making by local communities.


The Farmer Field Schools course series consists of the following e-learning courses:

Introduction to the Farmer Field School Approach
This course provides an overview of the FFS approach, starting from its fundamental principles and its brief history to its key elements.


Implementation of Farmer Field School Programmes
This second course provides an overview of the process to design, implement, scale up, evaluate and manage FFS programmes.

 

Formulation of Farmer Field School programmes

This course provides guidance on the formulation of FFS programmes, from the identification of objectives and scope to data collection, activity planning, budgeting and the finalization of the project documents.

 

Working towards SDGs: