Training of trainers of farmer field school on coffee production

This manual aims to guide TOT on FFS on coffee production; a yearlong FFS curriculum is foreseen. Various group diagnostics are introduced such as voting, spider web, problem periodization and ballot box and a sample AESA sheet is provided on coffee as well as information on the distribution of trees to be observed; observations and record making on the shade distribution of coffee and other trees on the plots. The appendix covers special topics on shade analysis, determining soil moisture, pruning, identifying life in the soil, plan of commercialization based on cash flow, and “daily activity clock” related to gender to sensitize family members on their roles and their contribution to daily productive and reproductive activities. The manual presents an example of a yearlong training curriculum on shaded coffee as well as examples of curricula for bean, banana and maize crops.