The race to protect food now and in the future – How farmer field schools are nurturing a generation of young farmers.

Oxfam developed the international program Sowing Diversity = Harvesting Security (SD=HS) in 2011 to help enhance food security for vulnerable farmers. Part of this SD=HS program included facilitating Farmer Field Schools (FFS). The field schools were initiated with an aim of working with farmers in developing countries to enhance their knowledge and skills to develop, manage, use and exchange seeds with resilient traits.

Through the Farmer Field Schools, participants identify a farming challenge and come together to exchange practical ideas on how to solve the identified challenge.