A great welcome to all members. We thank the Almighty for enabling us to see 2021. The FS-Hub submission for the year includes but not limited to – 1.Strengthened National Field Schools Coordination units. 2. FS included and mainstream in government, sub-governments and private sector extension programmes. 3. Establishment of one (regional) or more Private […]
The Eastern Africa Field Schools Hub is “a Centre of excellence for Field Schools (FS) implementation and quality control.” It was launched on 30th May 2018 in Entebbe, Uganda. Currently the hub is hosted by the Africa Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) www.afaas-africa.org , and is implemented in 11 countries (EAC and IGAD). The overall goal is to […]
The Farmer Field Schools have been implemented in Eastern Africa for over two decades. This is a participatory approach to extension, which gives the farmer an opportunity to make a choice in methods of production through discovery-based learning. The method borrows heavily from the age-old dictum that people usually remember 20% of what they hear, […]
The Eastern Africa Field Schools Hub, has scheduled FS webinars for the purpose of information sharing and experience sharing on the Farmers Field School approach. The webinars will be presented by a select team of experts and FS practitioners. The FS Hub webinars are held every Wednesday of the week as from 1000 – 1100 […]
AFAAS Positions – Consultancies AFAAS-FAO-CQS-2020-0016 EA FS Support -Hub Sustainability and Resource Mobilisation Consultant Amdt 10.30.2020 REVISED 1 – CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND RESOURCE MOBILISATION CONSULTANT FOR FS HUB 2020 FAO. 10.30.2020 TORs Technical Support Services for ME to AFAAS Secretariat- CAADP -XP4 Reviewed 20.12.2019 ToR for Institutional and Capacity […]
Facilitators and trainers of Farmer Field Schools have undergone a refresher training to impact them with more skills to enable them reinforce the fight against the Fall Army Worm (FAW). The training was held in in Kenya in Nyeri County between April 23rd to 27th attracting participants from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, […]
Dan Batanda is a farmer from Ngoma Sub-County found in Nakaseke Districtin Central Uganda. He is a member of Umubano Good Luck Farmer Field School found in Ngoma Town Council in Nakaseke District. Umubano has been in existence for 5 years now and is one of the strongest FFS group in the district and neighboring […]
The Eastern Africa Field Schools Support Hub has officially been launched in a colorful event held at the Entebbe Botanical Beach Hotel on 30th May 2018. The launch was attended by key Field Schools delegates including Permanent Secretaries, Director Generals, Directors of Extension, International Agencies/ Institutions, Academia, Farmer representatives and members of the Private Sector […]
Millions of farmers in East Africa today are facing the threat of the Fall Army Worm (FAW) presently in Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Ethiopia and Rwanda. According to the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations Organisation, (FAO), the FAW was first detected in the Central and Western parts of Africa in early 2016 and […]