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Question: Question: VSNP
419 reads web Agricultural Extension what is vsnp? Advisory Services l1nk ...more
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815 reads web How can I access funds from AFAAS for agricultural extension innovation? Innovation onfp ...more
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News: News: The smart way to help African farmers tackle climate change
418 reads The basic recipe for boosting performance is well known: more investment, better access to financial services, improved seeds, and a lot more fertiliser (appropriately applied). What is less appreciated is the key role played by agricultural extension workers. They link small-scale ...more
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News: News: NIFAAS Co-hosts Feed the Future Team on Developing Local Extension Capacity in Nigeria Country Content
328 reads The Nigerian Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (NIFAAS) has co-hosted the Interactive session of a team of Feed the Future Developing Local Extension Capacity to Ahmadu Bello University. The co-hosting was with the National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services ...more
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News: News: Nigeria to Employ 100,000 Youth Extension Workers
690 reads In its effort to develop Nigerian agriculture, the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, declared on Monday 15, August 2016 that the federal government is set to recruit and train 100,000 young persons as agricultural extension workers as a way of providing support services in agricultural ...more
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Resource: Resource: 50 PUBLICATIONS EVERY EXTENSION PROFESSIONAL SHOULD READ
317 reads To remain relevant and to support addressing the rapidly evolving challenges in agriculture, extension professionals need to upgrade their competencies. Sreeram Vishnu and Rasheed Sulaiman V from the Agricultural Extension in South Asia network (http://www.aesa-gfras.net/) have chosen ...more
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Resource: Resource: Extension in Sub-Saharan Africa: Overview and Assessment of Past and Current Models, and Future Prospects
604 reads A paper by Kristin E. Davis describes 'the role of agricultural extension in sub-Saharan Africa, and gives a typology for types of extension, which includes the basic forms of public top-down, participatory, and private. An overview of the evidence base for successes or failures of ...more
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Group: POST-HARVEST MANAGEMENT EXTENSION AND ADVISORY SERVICES
Post Harvest Management (PHM) and Rural Advisory Services (RAS). It is also through this platform that the project can disseminate all agricultural extension and advisory services resources, that have been developed in Benin and Mozambique. These include fact-sheets, posters, flyers, manuals, ...more
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1478 reads web ICTs and Mobile How effective can technology (media, mobile phones, etc.) be used in agricultural extension? (question by David Wakhata) q8pk ...more
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News: News: Rwanda hosts International Learning Event on ‘Farmer to Farmer Extension
extension model operating in all Rwandan villages, will be taken as a case study for in depth analysis. The Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) is organizing this event in collaboration with the Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC), and Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) with support from One ...more