Tripp, Robert (author / Overseas Development Institute, London, UK), Wijeratne, Mahinda (author / University of Ruhuna, Kamburupitiya, Sri Lanka), and Piyadasa, V. Hiroshini (author / University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005-10
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23161
15 p., The results of a study in Sri Lanka, combined with a review of the literature, provide evidence that Farmer Field Schools (FFS) can contribute to increasing farmers' skills and lowering insecticide use in rice. However, there are questions about their capacity to reach the majority of farmers and there's little evidence that skills learned are passed to nonparticipants, or that an FFS is a likely basis for sustained group activity. The results draw attention to the problems of relying on simple formulas in agricultural programs and point to inadequacies in the assessment of donor projects.
Weatherspoon, David D. (author), Oehmke, James F. (author), Coleman, Marcus A. (author), Dembele, Assa (author), and Weatherspoon, Lorraine J. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2012
Published:
USA: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00917
Park, N. (author), Adeya, C.N. (author), Constanza-Chock, S. (author), Lee, S. (author), Movius, L. (author), and Sey, A. (author)
Format:
Proceedings
Publication Date:
2005-10
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 180 Document Number: C36197
Notes:
Retrieved 03/20/2011, "Wireless communication and development: a global perspective," Annenberg Research Network on International Communication, Marina Del Ray, California, October 7-8, 2005. 24 pages.
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