Exchange visit of farmers living in the same region, but different villages
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Exchange visits
Exchange visit of farmers from Ayni to Rasht district, Tajikistan
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Cross side visit between two regions in Tajikistan
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Often more than one FFS is held during an implementation process. It is likely that groups develop slightly different approaches to tackle similar challenges or that groups choose different methods that are practiced at the training fields. Exchange visits offer the possibility to widen the experiences and solutions that are shared.
During exchange visits farmers from one field school visit another group of farmers that is held in a different region. Everyone is able to learn from a different experience and the outcomes of another group. This way good practices and success stories can be shared, and each group gets new input in a bottom up approach.
- FFS need to be implemented in more than one region.
- Group travel needs to be feasible.
- The transfer of knowledge can be expanded at a participatory level.
- Interregional knowledge exchange can be fostered.
- New solutions and best practices can be introduced to FFS.
- Experience between facilitators and partners is improved.
- Farmers are more open towards new approaches if they see who else is implementing new methods and that the same approaches are implemented in different regions. If well planned, inspiring role models can be met.
- Exchange of seeds/seedlings is easily done during exchange visits.