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Impact of Farmers’ Field Schools on farmer’s knowledge, productivity and environment

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Title Impact of Farmers’ Field Schools on farmer’s knowledge, productivity and environment
Ph.D.
 
Creator A.MANOJ
 
Contributor R.N. Padaria
 
Subject farmer field schools, land resources, integrated pest management, pesticides, rice, byproducts, crops, biological phenomena, manpower, participation
 
Description The Farmer Field School (FFS) is an innovative, participatory and interactive
methodology which represents a significant step forward in agricultural education
and extension to promote exploration, discovery and adaptation under local
conditions. However, there is a need to document how FFS was evolved, diffused
and adopted across different countries and various states in India. Hence, present
study attempted to document the development and diffusion of FFS across different
countries and various states in India. An ex-post facto research design was used.
Secondary data were used to document and analyze the development and diffusion of
FFS across different countries and various states in India. FFS evolved initially to
address the challenge of ecological heterogeneity and local specificity in pest
management by supporting ecologically informed decision making by farmers that
would allow them to reduce pesticide use, improve crop management and secure
better profit margins. FFSs have been spread rapidly to all continents since their first
introduction in 1989 in Indonesia, where Integrated Pest Management Farmers‟ Field
Schools (IPMFFS) were developed to help farmers to deal with the pesticide induced
problem of rice Brown Plant Hoppers in irrigated rice. The FFS initially evolved in
Asia and spread to several parts of Africa followed by Latin America, Middle East,
and Eastern/Central European countries. The approach has been used with a wide
range of crops and has subsequently expanded to topics such as livestock,
community forestry, food security and nutrition. Preliminary versions of Global
Survey of FFS by Braun et al. (2006) followed by Braun and Duveskog (2008) and a
synthesis of 25 impact evaluations by Van den Berg (2004) serve as key sources of
information on FFSs. In 1994 and then 1999, the five-year EUFAO IPM programme
for rice and then Cotton in Asia started in India with the objective of developing a
cadre of IPM rice and cotton facilitators from existing extension or field plant
protection staff in order to educate farmers in FFSs. ICAR, SAU, and NGO are
actively involved in implementation of the FFS programme in various states of the
country. The documentation presented in this thesis was carried out around above
topics.
Key words: FFS, IPM, development, diffusion, developing countries
 
Date 2016-04-30T14:03:59Z
2016-04-30T14:03:59Z
2013
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/65685
 
Relation t-8851;
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher IARI, DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, NEW DELHI