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Livelihood restoration and protection and sustainable empowerment of vulnerable peasant communities in Sindh Province - Final joint evaluation

eval_number:

2636

eval_url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/eval/2636

lessons_learned:

themes:

theme:

Agriculture

category:

Sector

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comments:

FAO Field teams, and along with them local extension workers. The beneficiaries will be the smallholder farmers

challenges:

The FFS/WOs approaches are well known. It is an intensive method and requires skilled staff. For these approaches to be applied widely the challenge is to enable local extension staff, and find mechanisms for them to gain operational funds and personal compensation.

success:

-

context:

Key preconditions for the effectiveness of the FFA and WOS are: - the improved practices to be introduced are well designed and appropriate to farmers conditions - staff managing the FFS and WOS process must be skilled and committed From this it should be clear that FFS and WOS can’t be applied casually. At the same time, the broad concept of FFS/WOS, creating a learning environment, poses question during follow-up, and employs group dynamics, can be applied generally for many interventions and by less skilled staff.

description:

The use of Farmer Field School (FFS) and Women’s Open Schools (WOS) were very effective in introducing both conservation agriculture and improved practices to both men and women farmers. As a result: - the practices were well applied providing farmers significant improvements in productivity to motivate continued and expanded use. - Members were well able to explain key aspects of improved practices that effected the higher yields, and - had instilled a sense of responsibility with the FFS and WOS members to convey these practices to other farmers in their communities.

administrative_issues:

N/A

url:

https://webapps.ilo.org/ievaldiscovery/lessons/222140

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location:

country:

Pakistan

region:

Asia and the Pacific

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eval_title:

Livelihood restoration and protection and sustainable empowerment of vulnerable peasant communities in Sindh Province - Final joint evaluation