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News: News: Building extension and advisory partnerships in Africa AFAAS Content
impacting farmers “The CF can make good use of CTA’s wealth of information for innovations and how to reach farmers. Whether it is information on climate-smart agriculture, value chains or the use of certain ICT tools,” said Dr Silim Nahdy, African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) Executive ...more
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News: News: Coming soon: The first ‘youth in agribusiness’ web TV in Africa!
1004 reads In recent years, individuals and organisations have been advocating more strongly for the increased engagement of African youth in agriculture. With an ageing farming population, high youth unemployment and development of innovations in the sector, agriculture could potentially provide ...more
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News: News: Drought in Kenya
prevailing circumstances. This is a wake-up call to adopt innovations that wil help farmers accept irrigation farming as a mitigation and adaption measure Climate Change Environment and Landuse Kenya <a href="/users/violet-nyando" title="View user profile." class="username" ...more
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News: News: Pitch AgriHack 2018: Inviting Young and Female Entrepreneurs to Grow Start-Up!
launched a program entitled “Pitch AgriHack 2018” to contribute to the transformation of the agricultural sector and promotion of youth employment. The theme for this year’s edition is “Women entrepreneurs innovate for agricultural transformation in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific”. Categories Two ...more
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News: News: Building Linkages in Agricultural Education and Training through Systems Thinking
are developed. More Events and Proceedings Innovation Agriculture Other <a href="/users/afaas-support-0" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" about="/users/afaas-support-0" typeof="sioc:UserAccount" ...more
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News: News: Coton graine et gestion post récolte
Agricultural Innovation Systems Agriculture Finance and Investment Natural Resource Management Graine de coton & Gestion post récolte (6).JPG Chèvre_Graine de coton & Gestion post récolte_Mana 2016 Déc (3).JPG Mali <a href="/users/cibarani-cibarani" title="View user profile." ...more
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Story: Story: MUIIS service bundle officially launched in Kampala AFAAS Content
– Uganda (NITA-U). More Faith Okiror's blog 548 reads Agricultural Extension Agricultural Innovation Systems Communication ICTs and Mobile Best Practices New Technology Services Technology Request AFAAS certification Uganda <a href="/users/faith-okiror" title="View user ...more
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News: News: The Durban Declaration on: “SCALING UP CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE: INTEGRATING YOUTH, WOMEN AND THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION” AFAAS Content
Proceedings Food Security Gender Innovation Institutional Reform Organising and Managing Services Policy Private Sector / SMEs Research Services Agricultural Extension AFAAS 3RD AEW 2017- DURBAN DECLARATION- 3 Nov 2017- ENDORSED at AFAAS GA 3.11.2017.pdf Africa <a href="/users/dan-kisauzi" ...more
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News: News: Reflections on the 3rd AFAAS Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week 2017 AFAAS Content
utilization of improved knowledge and innovations for improving productivity oriented towards individual and national development objectives. This goal excites me because it shows AFAAS’s passion for Africa. AFAAS is aligned with Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and therefore ...more
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News: News: ICTs in agriculture extension: The case of m-Omulimisa in Uganda.
Community and Occupational Health (UNACOH), the Masaka Bean Market enhancement innovation platform and a number of district local governments. How do we sustain the system? By design, the system works within already existing extension systems through both public and private extension providers. We therefore ...more