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Book (stand-alone)A Shift In Global Perspective: Institutionalizing Farmer Field Schools 2015
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No results found.The Farmer Field School (FFS) approach has been very successful and witnessed a strong expansion in many areas beyond crop production. Notwithstanding this success, the adoption of FFS in national extension often remains problematic and FFS activities have often been implemented in the margin of national institutions with strong reliance on donor funding. The creation of an enabling environment for institutional support is essential for expanding the effort, improving quality, and strengthening impact and continuity of the FFSs. This paper aims to analyse opportunities, challenges and implications of institutionalizing FFS at the national level. -
Book (stand-alone)How can the farmer field school approach be used to support agroecological transitions in family farming in the Global South?
Recommendations for farmer field school facilitators, agricultural development project designers and managers
2022The key to implementing farmer field schools (FFS) is to trigger an experimentation process based on collaboration between a group of farmers and a facilitator. The purpose of this document is to provide project managers, technicians and designers with practical information on how to use the FFS approach and adapt it to their context of intervention to support the agroecological transition (AET). It also will be useful for research staff, leaders of farmers' organizations (FOs), teachers and students interested in using the FFS approach or better understand its benefits. The findings and recommendations proposed in this document are the result of a partnership between three institutions working to support AET in the Global South: CIRAD, FAO and the NGO AVSF (Agronomists and Veterinarians Without Borders). This document has four parts: - Definition of the FFS approach and its principles, and characterization of the advantages of this approach to supporting family farm AET in the Global South, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. - Presentation of several important points for a successful FFS, i.e. to strengthen farmers' skills to practically and collectively solve the problems they encounter. This second part is aimed specifically at development project managers and field technicians and facilitators. - Recommendations for project designers and managers for including FFS in development projects. - Proposal of ways in which FSS could evolve to better take into account the needs of farmers and other actors engaged in AET. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFarmer Field Schools and empowerment
Community empowerment, social inclusion and gender equality, experience from Jordan and Tunisia
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No results found.The Farmer Field Schools (FFS) approach has been, in its various forms and local adaptations, used worldwide for decades. It has become evident that FFS contribute not only to technical capacity of farmers but also significantly to community development including social dynamics, gender equality or social inclusion when talking about social vulnerabilities. Therefore, quality FFS represent a huge potential for the improvement of livelihoods of vulnerable groups and reduction of rural poverty by empowerment of rural communities. Discussion and a deeper understanding of these aspects is crucial in order to develop proper impact assessment tool of FFS programmes and to fulfil the potential of the FFS approach in future activities and adaptations.
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