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News: News: Building Linkages in Agricultural Education and Training through Systems Thinking
workforce development) and informal education (on-the-job training and day-to-day self-learning). The February Ag Sector Council Seminar will discuss the five AET linkages and demonstrate how they can be built them into projects. These connections include those between: Theory and practical instruction ...more
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Resource: Resource: Drones in Agriculture: The Ultimate Guide to Putting Your Drone to Work on the Farm
232 reads Agriculture has been one of the fastest adopters of drones and they are being implemented in the various agricultural practices. A free publication entitled, “Drones in Agriculture: The Ultimate Guide to Putting Your Drone to Work on the Farm” offers practical help to farmers to ...more
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Question: Question: Does army warm attack soya bean?
365 reads mobile Does army warm attack soya bean? 9iuz ...more
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News: News: THE ANNUAL SCHOOL FARM CAMP
bio-slurry from the bio-gas plant as organic manure, mulches the banana garden, harvests maize to make silage for the animals and collects grass slashed from the compound to make hay which provides an enhanced nutrition programme for the animals on the farm among other activities. All these are practices ...more
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News: News: FORMATION OF COUNTRY FORA POST-HARVEST MANAGEMENT THEMATIC WORKING GROUPS
policy and practice and to contribute to institutionalization of the themes at country and regional levels. First, as you may have already known, AFAAS is piloting Post-Harvest Management in Benin and Mozambique through the country fora of the two countries as phase 1 of the project. It is envisaged that ...more
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News: News: Post-harvest cassava technology and value addition
practices along the value chain – for example, poor handling that damages the root and leads to quicker PPD. The objectives of this discussion: To compile the various processing practices and strategies to reduce spoilage in cassava roots after harvest and enhance the shelf life of cassava The ...more
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News: News: AFAAS Third Extension Week: Announcement, call for Papers and Posters, and Registration 2017 AFAAS Content
food security in a changing climate. Hence agricultural extension and advisory services (AEAS) should reorient and re-equip themselves to provide farmers and other actors in agricultural innovation systems with the knowledge and technologies they need to identify agricultural strategies and practices ...more
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Resource: Resource: VIDEOS ON HOW TO CONSTRUCT METAL SILOS FOR GRAIN STORAGE FOR SMALLHOLDER FARMERS
670 reads Access and watch the first video in the series "HOW TO CONSTRUCT METAL SILOS", by visiting the group "EXTENSION AND ADVISORY SERVICES IN PROMOTING POST HARVEST MANAGEMENT" on the AFAAS network. The videos have been obtained from the Community of Practice on food loss ...more
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News: News: Drought in Kenya
who depend on rainfed agriculture which is entirely a weather based practice with rainfall being the key element. There is a call to mobilize resources from farmers either individually or corporately to procure animal feeds and food stuff from counties with reserves as they brave to brace the current ...more
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Resource: Resource: KeFAAS explainer videos, illustrated drawings and animated graphics for agricultural extension and services provision. Country Content AFAAS Content
361 reads Many smallholder farmers around the world still farm the same way their ancestors did thousands of years ago. Traditional farming approaches may continue to work for some, but new practices can help many to substantially improve yields, soil quality and natural capital as well as food ...more