The GILB is a worldwide concerted response to potato late blight, the most devastating disease that threatens potato crops worldwide. GILB is a network of researchers, technology developers and agricultural knowledge agents that serves as a platform to exchange ideas and opinions, and facilitates...
Farmer field school is used as an approach to managing pests and diseases. It center around a 'living laboratory' where farmers are trained to identify insects and diseases and compare results on two subplots – one using conventional chemical pest control and the other using IPM. On the improved ...
The Plataformas are alliances between farmers and suppliers of agricultural services, including research institutes, NGOs, universities, and local governments that facilitate key knowledge-sharing and learning events. It also links smallholders’ organizations to higher value markets for their pro...
Xanthomonas wilt is currently the major biotic threat to banana production in East and Central Africa (ECA). The recommended management options for the disease include destruction of infected plants, disinfecting tools used in the plantation, using clean planting materials, early removal of male ...
Tinzaara, W.
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Karamura, E.B.
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Kubiriba, J.
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Ochola, D.
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Ocimati, W.
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Blomme, Guy
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Ssekiwoko, F.
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[The banana Xanthomonas wilt epidemic in east and central Africa: current research and development efforts]
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The banana Xanthomonas wilt epidemic in east and central Africa: current research and development efforts
International Potato Center
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[Aqua-based business school with gender and climate perspective (filipino)]
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Aqua-based business school with gender and climate perspective (filipino)
This book features a collection of stories of 24 women and men who participated in Farmer Business Schools in the Philippines and India, and of project staff of partner organizations who have facilitated the process. Since innovations are inherently linked to change in practices and lives, the st...
International Potato Center
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[Connecting smallholder root and tuber growers to markets through Farmer Business Schools.]
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Connecting smallholder root and tuber growers to markets through Farmer Business Schools.
Bertuso, A.
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Koostanto, H.
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[Stories from the FoodSTART+ and SOLID collaboration on farmer business schools in Indonesia.]
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Stories from the FoodSTART+ and SOLID collaboration on farmer business schools in Indonesia.
The use of synthetic pesticides among vegetable producers in urban and peri-urban Cotonou, Benin, has been increasing to the extent that certain insect pests have developed resistance to the pesticides. This paper assesses the impact of the farmer field school approach in an integrated pest manag...
Lund, T.
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Sæthre, M.G.
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Nyborg, I.
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Coulibaly, O.
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Rahman, M.H.
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[Farmer field school-IPM impacts on urban and peri-urban vegetable producers in Cotonou, Benin]
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Farmer field school-IPM impacts on urban and peri-urban vegetable producers in Cotonou, Benin
The farmer business school (FBS) is a participatory action learning process that involves farmer groups participating in agricultural value chains. As part of capacity strengthening, FBS comprises a series of group‐based experiential learning activities over a production‐marketing cycle while int...
International Potato Center
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[Farmer business school with climate change and gender perspective: Learning and monitoring guide.]
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Farmer business school with climate change and gender perspective: Learning and monitoring guide.