Beyond the Field: Impact of Farmer Field Schools on Food Security and Poverty Alleviation
Written by: Helene Bie Lilleør and Anna Folke Larsen
In this paper, we estimate the impact of a farmer field school intervention among small scale farmers in Northern Tanzania. We find strong positive effects on measures of food security, but we find no effect on the poverty indicators. We investigate possible mechanisms for this and conclude that both reallocation of labor resources and improved production smoothing among participating households may, in part, lead to this finding.
In 2014 the article was accepted for publication in the international interdisciplinary journal for development studies World Development, Vol. 64.
Related publications

Scientific journal
Beyond the Field: The Impact of Farmer Field Schools on Food Security and Poverty Alleviation
Go to World DevelopmentMore about the initiative

Initiative
RIPAT
Go to initiativeLatest releases on the same welfare topic

Podcast
Why Academic Performance Has Improved More Among Girls Than Boys
July 2025

Knowledge overview
High levels of trust in Denmark may have contributed to saving lives and billions in public spending during the COVID-19 pandemic
July 2025

Research report
A New Approach to Multidimensional Ordinal Welfare Measurement: Country and Urban Level Evidence
July 2025

Analysis
The national well-being surveys provide little meaningful insight into the well-being at individual schools
June 2025