Farmer field school manual

the farmers, and there is still a wide knowledge gap between researchers/ extensionists and farmers. This Farmer Field School Manual is intended for extension or research staff involved in field-level farmer training, and for farmers trained as FFS Facilitators. The objective of the manual is to equip farmers with the basic. This manual does not represent the final training tool or the entire curriculum for Climate Change Field School and we have seen feedback in compiling a second edition. Finally, Ja REEACH extends gratitude to CATIE, staff, farmers and RADA extension agents, who provided valuable information for the drafting of this manual. CCFFS Training Team. This manual has been designed specifically to train farmer trainers and subsequently farmers • The primary draft on vine multiplication was developed on the basis of the reference Farmer Field School manuals which also emphasised the intensive approach.

farmer field school faciltator’s module 1 Part I: Introduction to Farmer Field School approach The Farmer Field School (FFS) is a participatory agricultural extension approach, based on ‘learning by discovery’. The FFS approach was developed in the s by a FAO project. The farmer field school is a season­long training of farmers involving participatory activities, hands ­on analysis and decision­making. The field school trainer plays the role of a facilitator rather than an instructor. The objective of the field schools is to give farmers an opportunity to. Farmer Field School. This manual is part of SUSTAINET’s effort to promote sustainable agriculture in the region. It is developed to reflect the experiences and views sustainable agriculture practitioners (farmers, researchers, member organizations and institutions of higher learning).

This handbook is intended to help the Extension Workers, FFS Facilitators and FFS Committee/farmers to implement FFS on CSA techniques and. Each session outlined in the curriculum includes a variety of activities to accomplish the session's objectives, along with detailed instructions for trainers. The aim of agricultural extension through FARMER FIELD SCHOOL is to promote technology CROP MANAGEMENT OF SWEETPOTATO: FIELD GUIDES AND TECHNICAL MANUAL.