Draft:CREA method

In 1993 the INTA launched the Cambio Rural programme, which applies the group-with-adviser format to smaller farmers under public funding. Unlike CREA groups, which are private and self-financed, Cambio Rural advisers are paid in part by the state.^[3]

The original French CETA have remained active. As of 2020, the federation CETA de France brings together about fifteen centres and 3,000 farmers, mostly in arable crops, horticulture, fruit growing and viticulture. The scheme is integrated into the French public agricultural development system, funded by the Compte d'affectation spéciale pour le développement agricole et rural (CASDAR).^[4]

The CREA method belongs to an international family of farmer discussion groups and facilitated peer-learning schemes. Other examples include the Teagasc Discussion Groups in Ireland, the Monitor Farms run by Beef + Lamb New Zealand since 1991, Australia's Bestprac programme, and the Farmer Field Schools promoted by the FAO in Asia from the 1980s and later extended globally.^[5][6] CREA differs from most of these by being privately funded and self-managed, and by its continuous institutional presence since 1957.

• Argentine Association of Regional Consortia for Agricultural Experimentation
• Centres d'études techniques agricoles
• FUCREA
• Farmer field school