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THE EASTERN AFRICA FIELD SCHOOLS HUB
REGIONAL REFRESHER MASTER
TRAINER WORKSHOP REPORT

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CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUNDA three days’ workshop was organized at the Grand Legacy Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, from 6-9 June 2022, with the purpose to provide learning and experience sharing platform to FS implementing teams and key partners of AFAAS/EAFSH with a view of equipping them with knowledge and tools to enable them offer quality FS backstopping …

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Increasing access to improved grain storage metal silos in Ethiopia

Ethiopia, FAO, Field Schools, FS Hub, Innovation, KM, Mobile, Newsletter, Project Updates, Projects, Uncategorized / By

A youth group comprising four members was established three years ago in Ethiopia, Durbete, South Achefer district with the support of a project which aims to build the capacity of farmers and extension workers to reduce post-harvest food losses. These young people were drawn from rural communities and were unemployed despite having completed vocational training on metalwork …

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FAO Farmers’ Field School empowered Kawkab to become a community leader

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17/01/2023: Kawkab Al-Yassin’s entrepreneurial initiative in rural Homes has been a lifeline for her neighbors. The mother of three from west Al-Farhaniyah, rural Homs, is making use of her knowledge to manage a production network of ‘mooneh’ – homemade preserved food-, and has successfully used this initiative to create up to 14 jobs for women …

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Participants at the National Policy Dialogue on Field schools in Uganda

POLICY ISSUES FOR IMPROVING MONITORING AND LEARNING IN THE FIELD SCHOOLS

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Monitoring and evaluation are important, yet, frequently neglected functions. Many organizations have been running farmer field schools over the years but only little/no monitoring and evaluation have been carried out because of many implementation problems and lack of realistic framework. This article highlights constraints to and issues for improving monitoring and evaluation. The methodology adopted …

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