Results 211 to 220 of about 270,610 (266)

Migrant (farm)workers and farmers in China and Myanmar: a perspective from the sugarcane sector. [PDF]

open access: yesAgric Human Values
Wang C   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Aquaculture Field School to Promote Farmer-to-Farmer Extension

Journal of Global Communication, 2013
The article reviews Aquaculture field school (AFS) as an innovative way of providing extension services to farmers. It discusses growth and genesis of farmer field school (FFS) methodology and its spread to over 75 countries. FFS approach adopted in major fisheries development projects; its impact and lessons learnt from establishing two AFS by the ...
HK De, GS Saha, null Radheyshyam
openaire   +1 more source

Тhe concept of establishing a farmer's field school

Экономика и предпринимательство, 2021
Показаны проблемы функционирования региональных сельскохозяйственных информационно-консультационных образовательных центров, которые в настоящий момент, реагируя на внешние вызовы, могут использовать новые формы предоставления знаний (информации) для малых сельхозтоваропроизводителей. Такой формой в условиях сельской местности могут стать полевые школы
openaire   +1 more source

Farmers Field School on Taro:Bridge The Gap Between Research and Farmers' practices

2022
This brochure is a visual and comprehensive visualization of the different elements of the successful approach of FFS on taro (Colocasia esculenta) model that the farmers conducted at Sabak Bernam, Selangor. Taro, also known as ‘keladi’, is cultivated by smallholders or farmers for its edible corms.
Zulhairil, Ariffin   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Farmer field school: Non-formal education to enhance livelihoods of Indonesian farmer communities

Community Development, 2021
The Indonesian agricultural sector provides a high proportion of employment for the rural community. However, the farmers’ livelihood is relatively low.
Joko Mariyono   +6 more
openaire   +1 more source

Farmer field schools for integrated watershed management

Development in Practice, 2012
The present article reviews the adaptation of the popular farmer field school (FFS) approach to integrated watershed management in several Indonesian provinces, under the auspices of a major environmental management project. Indonesia is the site of origin of the FFS concept, developed to promote integrated pest management (IPM) in rice during the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Appraisal of methods to evaluate farmer field schools

Development in Practice, 2008
The need to increase agricultural sustainability has induced the government of India to promote the adoption of integrated pest management (IPM). An evaluation of cotton-based conventional and IPM farming systems was conducted in India (2002–2004). The farmers managing the IPM farms had participated in discovery-based ecological training, namely Farmer
Mancini, Francesca, Jiggins, Janice
openaire   +2 more sources

Facilitators’ Guide Book for Farmers’ Field Schools

2018
This publication offers facilitators technical guidance to manage field farm schools to support local famers in all aspects of rice crop management. Technical knowledge gained by farmers will revitalize the rice industry in Fiji and assist food security by alleviating dependance on rice imports.
openaire   +1 more source

Sending Vietnamese Rice Farmers Back to School: Further Evidence on the Impacts of Farmer Field Schools

Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, 2012
This study evaluates the impact of farmer field schools (FFS) on knowledge, insecticide use, and yield using a nonconsecutive, two‐year panel data that allows one to control for nonrandom selection. Regression analysis using a difference‐in‐difference approach indicates FFS training did not result in statistically significant impacts on insecticide use
Roderick M. Rejesus   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy