Conducting socio-economic Field Schools with local communities and students: A Field School guideline with experiences from the WoodCluster project in East Africa
Abstract:Based on Socio-economic Field Laboratory concept, we put forward the need to amplify locally-embedded innovation to address nationwide challenges. The WoodCluster project (2017-2021) aimed to seek solutions to close the national wood supply gap based on farm-wood production in East African countries. Towards achieving the objective, one of the project activities is the implementation of Field School. A field school is understood as a practical element of a thematic study course module, supplementing theoretica… Show more
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