Institutionalizing farmer field schools: Twigire Muhinzi National Extension System in Rwanda

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dc.creatorNeza, Brian Nicholas
dc.creatorHigiro, Joseph
dc.creatorMwangi, Lucy Wangari
dc.creatorOchatum, Nathan
dc.date2021-10-28
dc.date2024-05-22T12:12:10Z
dc.date2024-05-22T12:12:10Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:25:16Z
dc.descriptionInvesting in farmers – or agriculture human capital – is crucial to addressing challenges in our agri-food systems. A global study carried out by the FAO Investment Centre and the International Food Research Institute, with support from the CGIAR Research Programme on Policies, Institutions and Markets and the FAO Research and Extension Unit, looks at agriculture human capital investments, from trends to promising initiatives. One of the nine featured case studies is the Twigire Muhinzi National Extension System in Rwanda. Twigire Muhinzi is the government’s homegrown, decentralized and farmer-oriented national system based on two complementary types of farmer-to-farmer extension approaches: farmer promoters and farmer field schools. The model showcases how an extension approach can improve farmer skills, knowledge and empowerment and thus lead to enhanced adoption of relevant technologies and practices. In Rwanda, mainstreaming the farmer field school approach into the national extension system along with financial support from public-private partnerships contributed to its scaling up. This publication is part of the Country Investment Highlights series under the FAO Investment Centre's Knowledge for Investment (K4I) programme.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143139
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/103860
dc.languageen
dc.publisherFood and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceNeza, Brian Nicholas; Higiro, Joseph; Mwangi, Lucy Wangari; and Ochatum, Nathan. 2021. Institutionalizing farmer field schools: Twigire Muhinzi National Extension System in Rwanda. FAO Investment Centre Country Highlights 8. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.4060/cb7131en.
dc.subjectagricultural extension systems
dc.subjectfunding
dc.subjectdata analysis
dc.subjectfarmers
dc.subjectcase studies
dc.subjectextension systems
dc.subjectcapacity development
dc.subjectdata collection
dc.subjectpublic-private partnerships
dc.subjectempowerment
dc.subjectinnovation adoption
dc.subjectfarmer field schools
dc.titleInstitutionalizing farmer field schools: Twigire Muhinzi National Extension System in Rwanda
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