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General information
| Innovation ID | 256 |
| Version ID | 30 |
| Innovation Title | Farmer Business school |
| Innovation description | Farmer Business school is a participatory action learning approach to support farmer groups’ participation to and benefit from agricultural value chains guided by a market-chain curricular framework, through a series of learning activities over a production-marketing cycle, including interaction with other chain actors and stakeholders. It is a modular/ step-wise platform for developing or upgrading value chains especially fit for small farmer-entrepreneurs. |
| Reporting Staff | Diego Naziri (CIP) |
| Year (Reporting) | 2019 |
| Reporting status | Approved |
| Innovation Type | Social Science |
Stage reached
| Stage of Innovation | Stage 3: available/ ready for uptake |
| Year (Stage) | 2019 |
| Stage Description | The FBS approach was developed by the International Potato Center (CIP) in 2008 and is currently used in several projects in Bolivia, Peru, India, Indonesia and the Philippines. |
| Has a lead organization | yes |
| Lead Organization | International Potato Center |
| Top 5 contributors | International Center for Tropical Agriculture |
Contributions and mapping
| All partners | Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Central Tuber Crop Research Institute-National Agricultural Research System (NARS); International Potato Center-CGIAR Center/Program (Center); Meghalaya Basin Development Authority-Government |
| Main CRP | CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas |
| Flagship project | FP5-Improved livelihoods at scale |
| Cluster | CC5.4-Scaling RTB agri-food system innovations |
| Other CRPs-Flagships-Clusters | CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas,FP4-Nutritious RTB food and added value through postharvest intervention |
Scope
| Geographic scope | National |
| Regions | |
| Countries | Bolivia (Plurinational State of),India,Indonesia,Peru,Philippines |
Targeted outcomes
| Main Sub-IDO | Increased capacity of beneficiaries to adopt research outputs |
| Other Sub-IDO | Diversified enterprise opportunities |
| Other Sub-IDO |
Evidences
| Evidences | "Diego Naziri. (1/7/2018). Farmer business school with climate change and gender perspective in agro-forestry context. Indonesia: International Potato Center (CIP)."Bertuso, A.; Koostanto, H. 2019. Stories from the FoodSTART+ and SOLID collaboration on farmer business schools in Indonesia. Stories from the field; 13. Food Resilience Through Root and Tuber Crops in Upland and Coastal Communities of the Asia-Pacific (FoodSTART+) Project. Lima (Peru). CIP. 4p. [https://hdl.handle.net/10568/102485] "Adelbert Kharlyngdoh, M. Anantharaman, Evangel Shanpru, Diego Naziri. (1/9/2018). Cassava production marketing and utilization in Meghalaya, India: results of a value chain assessment. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center (CIP).""Arma Bertuso. (1/8/2019). Stories from the FoodSTART+ and SOLID collaboration on farmer business schools in Indonesia. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center (CIP).""Diego Naziri, Arma Bertuso. (1/7/2019). Farmer business school with climate change and gender perspective: Learning and monitoring guide. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center (CIP)."International Potato Center. 2019. Connecting smallholder root and tuber growers to markets through Farmer Business Schools. Food Resilience Through Root and Tuber Crops in Upland and Coastal Communities of the Asia-Pacific (FoodSTART+). Lima (Peru). ISBN 978-92-9060-528-7. 65 p. [https://hdl.handle.net/10568/103799] "Claudio Velasco Mc Lean. (23/10/2019). Implementation of Farmer Business School to Improve Small-scale Farmers ’Access to Markets in Peru and Bolivia. Lima, Peru: International Potato Center (CIP)." |
Linked Elements
| Milestones |
| Outcome Impact Case | Farmer Business Schools help in creating and diversifying livelihood opportunities for women and men farmers in Asian agri-food systems https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/6639d6 130 Farmer Business Schools help in creating and diversifying livelihood opportunities for 3,500 women and men farmers in four Asian countries https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/aa1d60 130 Farmer Business Schools help in creating and diversifying livelihood opportunities for 3,500 women and men farmers in four Asian countries https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766.1/290dbf |
| Policy |