Farmer Field School (FFS) workshop

"Promoting organisational effectiveness"
INTRODUCTION Farmer field school (FFS) is a group-based learning process that brings together concepts and methods from agro ecology, experiential education and community development. It also involves regular field observations and group analysis. It is a major undertaking towards the realization of sustainable agriculture as it helps farmers make their own locally specific decisions about crop management practices. Special group activities encourage learning from peers, and strengthen .. continue reading communicative skills and team building. This training course is therefore intended to help participants to design and implement Farmer Field Schools as an extension practice to promote organic farming and agricultural productivity. COURSE OBJECTIVES By the end of this course the participants will be able to: Understand well the concept of FFS and have skills to implement it. Learn new technologies in agriculture Incorporate technologies of FFS according to local conditions.