Promoting Sustainable Extension Approaches: Farmer Field School (FFS) and its role in sustainable agricultural development in Africa

摘要: This paper discusses the concept of Farmer Field School and its role in a multidisciplinary research agenda for sustainable agriculture Africa. The FFS as group learning approach builds knowledge capacity among farmers to enable them diagnose their problems, identify solutions develop plans implement with or without support from outside. suggests that multi-disciplinary will not only aim at technology development but also seek ways stakeholder participation development, validation dissemination. It concludes this increase agricultural productivity, it lead [IJARD Vol.3 2002: 46-53]