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News: News: Wrap-Up of the UNFAO Webinar on the "Enabling Environment for Rural Advisory Services for Climate Smart Agriculture" Country Content
391 reads Promoting an efficient and effective CSA approach at rural commuity based farmers to achieve resilient agricultural production and as well, contributing to a more inclusive agricultural value chain and market, is a core challenge International organizations are called upon to achieve. ...more
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Story: Story: INGENAES FELLOWS ATTEND 3RD AFRICA-WIDE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION CONFERENCE, 2017 IN DURBAN (SOUTH AFRICA)
SIYA AGGREY's blog 415 reads The 3rd Annual AFAAS Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week 2017 was held October 30th thru November 3rd in Durban, South Africa. Over 700 Agricultural Extension professionals from all over the continent converged on Durban to take part in this year’s theme, ...more
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Story: Story: Improving Access to Agricultural Inputs for Family Farmers in Mozambique
About 80% of Mozambique's population depends on agriculture as their main source of income. However, agriculture (including livestock, forestry and fisheries) is the sector that contributes less to the country's GDP, indicating that the productivity of the agricultural sector is very low ...more
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News: News: The Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Research and Learning in Africa (SAIRLA) project AFAAS Content
670 reads The UK Department of International Development is funding the SAIRLA project to generate new evidence and design tools to enable governments, investors and other key actors to deliver more effective policies and investments in sustainable agricultural intensification (SAI) that ...more
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Resource: Resource: An Analysis of Indicators and Measurement Tools Used in Zambia to Measure the Impact of Agricultural Extension Programs on Gender Equity and Nutrition Outcomes
583 reads A paper by Rhoda Mofya-Mukuka and Mulako Kabisa presents a study which set out 'to contribute to a better understanding of how to measure the impacts of agricultural extension services on nutrition and gender outcomes within the Zambian context. Specifically, the study: i. Discusses ...more
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Resource: Resource: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN RETARDS COUNTRY'S AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
534 reads As countries like Uganda strive to attain lower middle income status by 2020, addressing gender gaps would enhance achievement of this goal. Domestic violence (at 70% in Uganda) which often affects women leads to inadequate agricultural production as many women are denied access to ...more
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Question: Question: How best can social media be linked to agriculture in order to increase youth participation in the sector. Oscar.
268 reads Daniel Nanghaka Daniel Ninsiima Bruce Kisitu mobile How best can social media be linked to agriculture in order to increase youth participation in the sector. Oscar. 4y4t ...more
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News: News: Sustainable Agriculture and Gender Equity in Malawi
591 reads Read the news on what the Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Research and Learning in Africa (SAIRLA) Project is doing in Malawi here: http://sairla.nri.org/news Climate Change Drought Gender Research Value Chains Agricultural Research Gender Knowledge Management Natural Resource ...more
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News: News: Building Linkages in Agricultural Education and Training through Systems Thinking
775 reads The application of systems thinking to agricultural education and training (AET) is critical to sustainable agricultural development. By understanding complete AET systems and the connections within them, practitioners can account for more variables and better influence agricultural ...more
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News: News: Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services-Kenya (KeFAAS) AgLINK Newsletter. AFAAS Content
360 reads The Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services-Kenya (KeFAAS) has the pleasure to present its 4th issue of the AgLINK Newsletter. The newsletter provides an excellent platform for sharing of information and experiences among KeFAAS members and all stakeholders in the agricultural sector. ...more