This document showcases practical tools for understanding how climate change affects farming and pastoral systems, and for supporting adaptive solutions. Presentations:
• Diagnostic Tool to Assess Climate Change Impact – Stefano Mondovì (OIN), Innovation Officer, Farmer Field School, FAO This tool help communities diagnose vulnerabilities, strengthen decision-making, and design adaptive strategies for resilient agropastoral production.
Learning from farmers: case study on Senegal presented by Stefano Mondovi, FAO Innovation Officer, for the Global FFS Platform Webinar series on Climate Change and Farmer Field School - Session 2: Equipping farmers for climate action: key concepts and tools...
Asterio P. Saliot, National Director of the Agricultural Training Institute (Department of Agriculture, Philippines), presented the RAS context of his country at the 3rd GFRAS Annual Meeting, "The Role of Rural Advisory Services in Agricultural Innovation Systems", 26-28 September 2012, Philippines.
The presentation...
La presentación da una definición de agricultura familiar y sus características esenciales conjuntamente con una definición de extensionismo. Después, ésta habla sobra les avances del extensionismo en las políticas sectoriales y la incorporación de nuevos temas y actores en la...
This paper examines how the different institutional innovations arising from various permutations of linkages and interactions of ARD organizations (national, international advanced agricultural research centres and universities) influenced the different outcomes in addressing identified ARD problems. A multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary phased...
The present case study investigated a policy-induced agricultural innovation network in Brandenburg. It focussed on three major questions: 1) What are features of the network that enhanced farmers’ ability to innovate in cooperation with other actors?; 2) What influencing factors encouraged the farmers’...