Innovation – Open view page
General information
| Innovation ID | 68 |
| 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) | 2018 |
| Reporting status | Approved |
| Innovation Type | Social Science |
Stage reached
| Stage of Innovation | Stage 4: uptake by next user |
| Year (Stage) | 2018 |
| Stage Description | FBS was developed by CIP in 2008 through an ACIAR-funded project in Indonesia. Building on this success it was taken to Asia where more than 80 farmers groups were implemented in FoodSTART I. The second phase of FoodSTART (2015-2018) is scaling FBS with a number of IFAD investments in Asia. |
| Has a lead organization | yes |
| Lead Organization | International Potato Center |
| Top 5 contributors | Philippines Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources; Meghalaya Basin Development Authority; Ministry of Agriculture Indonesia; Philippines Department of 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; Philippines Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Government |
| Main CGIAR portfolio | 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 CGIAR portfolios-Flagships-Clusters |
Scope
| Geographic scope | Global |
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Targeted outcomes
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Evidences
| Evidences | "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).""Diego Naziri. (1/7/2018). Farmer business school with climate change and gender perspective in agro-forestry context. Indonesia: International Potato Center (CIP)." |
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