The Impact of Farmer Field Days On the Crop Yield and Welfare
INTERNATIONAL FERTILIZER DEVELOPMENT CENTER (IFDC)
The impact of farmer field days on the crop yield and welfare among farmers in the northern region The transfer of agriculture technologies is as important as the design of the technologies. The suitability, packaging and delivery modes of the information on the innovation are necessary to enhance their uptake by the farmers. One such modes is farmer field days. Farmer field days is one of group extension methods where farmers gather on a particular farm/field on which an innovation is implemented. On such days, discussions are made on the innovation and farmers are made to observe and ask questions. Farmers can observe the results of an innovation, science can easily be translated into an easy-to-understand language for the farmers, thereby, stimulating the adoption of the innovation. Also, it offers the opportunity for researchers to obtain feedbacks on the introduced innovation, as such, helps to improve the design of future innovations taken into consideration the opinions of the farmers. Over the years, FERARI have implemented different fertilizer innovations on experimental trials. This involved extension officers, lead farmers and researchers. During major farm activities, farmer field days were organized by bringing together community farmers to the experimental fields for observations and...
Ghana : Western
2023-05-28
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