Farmer field school training manual

By the end of this session, the farmers should: 1. Have built relationships with others in their group based their experiences as farmers and as members of the WASH 1, community; 2. Be able to describe the goals of the training session series – Farmer Field School Curriculum: Good Agronomic Practices for Groundnut Production; 3. Farmer Field School Training Manual Compiled by Gene Campaign. 2 CONTENT Page 1. Integrated Pest Management 3 2. Seedbed Preparation and Sowing 8 3 Soil Management 12 4. Water Management 18 5. Weed Management 22 6. On-Farm Seed Storage .  · FARMER FIELD SCHOOL 1. WELCOME SONDARVA YAGNESH M MSc www.doorway.ruion www.doorway.ru www.doorway.ru BACA, AAU Anand Farmer Field Schools 2. Definitions In general Farmer Field Schools (FFS) consist of groups of people with a common interest, who get together on a regular basis to study the “how and why” of a particular topic.

Training Manual for Extension Staff and Farmers LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS No. Name Title Institution 1 Dr Hussein Mansoor Asst Director Crop Research MAFC-DRD 2 Prof. Henry Mahoo Irrigation and Water Resources Expert SUA- Morogoro 3 Dr. Moses Mnzava Agronomist MAFC - DITS 4 Eliawoni F. Marandu Plant Breeder MAFC- DRD 5 Said Yongolo Asst Director. Operational Manual, Farmer Marketing Schools. A facilitator's guide (ADRA ) (ADRA , revised version , 52 pages) It is a comprehensive training manual that sets out the FMS objectives, provides a detailed description of the content of FMS facilitators training, and an operationalized step-by-step practical guide for setting up FMS. (2) In the Farmer Field School the farmers count the number of aphids and other insects on a bamboo culm (in an exercise called Agro-Ecosystem Analysis or AESA). Also the farmers make an Insect Zoo where they collect the different insects and study their relationship. During these exercises the farmers observe that ladybugs eat aphids.

Field Days! District and Thana Fairs! Farm Walks! Farmers Rallies! Folk Media! Group Meetings! Motivational Tours! Participatory Technology Development! Formal Training Days! Farmer Field Schools The remainder of this chapter describes the pl anning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and follow up for each one of these methods in turn. FFS Manual for Extension Workers 9 1. INTRODUCTION With the purpose of helping smallholder farmers in building knowledge and skills and making their farms more profitable, the Farm Field School (FFS) approach have been applied in Sierra Leone for over ten years. FAO and MAFFS have cooperated in the implemented the FFS approach for farmers based. Training Manual for Extension Staff and Farmers LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS No. Name Title Institution 1 Dr Hussein Mansoor Asst Director Crop Research MAFC-DRD 2 Prof. Henry Mahoo Irrigation and Water Resources Expert SUA- Morogoro 3 Dr. Moses Mnzava Agronomist MAFC – DITS 4 Eliawoni F. Marandu Plant Breeder MAFC- DRD 5 Said Yongolo Asst Director.