Farmers field school technology extension approach increases grassland productivity and improves spiritual and socio‐economic welfare of communities in Kenya
Farmers Field School (FFS) approach to extension service was first developed in Indonesia for training rice farmers how to reduce the use of pesticides.The school is a community based, practically oriented field study programme involving about 35 farmers.It provides an opportunity for learning together, testing and adopting technologies to solve identified community problems.Majority of farmers in Western Kenya have small farms averaging one acre that provide livelihood to an average family of eight.The farms are unproductive because of many years of continuous use and lack of appropriate farming skills.Human food and livestock feeds produced are inadequate resulting in poor socio‐economic status of the communities.The objectives of FFS extension project were to empower farmers with the Word of God and appropriate agricultural knowledge and skills that will enable them increase productivity of food crops and livestock feeds.
farmers school spiritual agricultural empowerment
Apollo B.Orodho Arwyn Bailey
P.O.Box 1667 Kitale 23,Butler Rd,H arrow,Middlesex,H A 1405,UK
国际会议
呼和浩特
英文
2008-06-29（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）