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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
creators_name: Mariyono, J
creators_name: Luther, G C
creators_name: Bhattarai, M
creators_name: Ferizal, M
creators_name: Jaya, R
creators_name: Fitriana, N
icrisatcreators_name: Bhattarai, M
affiliation: AVRDC–The World Vegetable Center(Tainan)
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
affiliation: Assessment Institute for Agricultural Technology(Aceh)
country: Taiwan
country: India
country: Indonesia
title: Farmer Field Schools on Chili Peppers in Aceh, Indonesia: Activities and Impacts
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.4
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: integrated pest management, chili peppers, farmers’
knowledge, farmer field school
abstract: An evaluation of a farmer field school (FFS) program for chili
peppers was conducted to measure impacts on farmers’ knowledge
of chili pepper integrated crop management (ICM) in Aceh
Province, Indonesia. Chili production was selected as the target
intervention topic because of its importance in Aceh’s economy.
Quantitative and qualitative methods were used to assess impacts of
FFS; 270 FFS-graduate farmers were interviewed and eight farmer
groups were surveyed. By integrating descriptive and simple statistical
analyses, we measure immediate impacts of FFS, which also
makes this study’s methods and findings different from others in the
literature. The results show that farmers’ knowledge on agricultural
practices increased significantly due to FFS. In addition, in the
future, farmers expected that their chili yields would increase and
their pesticide use would decrease. FFS improved farmer cohesiveness
and information sharing. Farmers’ knowledge of insect pests,
diseases and natural enemies increased considerably, as did their
awareness of pesticide-related hazards. In sum, FFS successfully delivered improved technology and enhanced knowledge to enable
farmers to grow chili with sustainable practices and higher
profits.
date: 2013
date_type: published
publication: Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
volume: 37
number: 9
publisher: Taylor & Francis
pagerange: 1063-1077
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2168-3573
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21683565.2013.819827
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related_url_type: pub
citation:   Mariyono, J and Luther, G C and Bhattarai, M and Ferizal, M and Jaya, R and Fitriana, N  (2013) Farmer Field Schools on Chili Peppers in Aceh, Indonesia: Activities and Impacts.  Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, 37 (9).  pp. 1063-1077.  ISSN 2168-3573     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/7310/1/Agroeco_sustai_food_system_37_1063-1077_2013.pdf