Does the farmer field schools program improve farmers' behavior to adopt the drought-tolerant rice varieties in Pangasinan, the Philippines?

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Cho, Sunmee (author) and Kim, Taeyoon (author)
    Format:
    Journal article summary
    Publication Date:
    2019
    URL:
    https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/303012
    Published:
    Philippines
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11672
    Journal Title:
    Journal of Rural Development
    Journal Title Details:
    42 (Special Issue) : 71-99
    Subject Term:
    adoption, crops, education effects, farmers, farming methods, information needs, rice, teaching methods, genetics, farmer field schools, drought, Philippines (South-Eastern Asia), and farmer-to-farmer communication
    Notes:
    6 pages., Article is a revision of material presented at the annual conference (2017) of the Korea Association of SouthEast Asian Studies., Results show that participants of the farmer field schools (FFS) program were more likely to adopt the drought-tolerant rice varieties by 9.9% compared to the non-participants. "It also demonstrates that the FFS with the Local Farmer Technician system is effective in improving farmers' adoption of the newly introduced varieties in the survey area.

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