Discovery learning on land and water management: A practical guide for farmer field schools

This document provides practical guidance on the establishment and implementation of FFS combining local innovations and AESA for trainers and FFS facilitators in introducing and promoting improved land and water management. Agroforestry systems are introduced for fodder trees, fodder crops, their management and utilization. The set of exercises includes diagnostic tools for resource mapping; transect and soil walks; identification of local innovations; exploration of market options; matrix assessment as ranking; livelihoods analysis; seasonal calendar; stakeholder analysis; gender and socio-economic analysis; problem analysis in different seasons; individual matching and pairwise ranking. The ASEA presents indicators for monitoring soil experiments and ideas for rotating when visiting different farms.