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News: News: A NEW RICE PEST SEEN IN NIGERIA
465 reads A new pest of rice has been observed at the experimental field of National Cereals Research Institute, Badeggi, Nigeria. This pest is a threat to rice production. A team of scientist and technicians observed the devastating effect of the pest on rice on 16 August, 2016. The team, led by ...more
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Resource: Resource: African Soil Seminar- Soil Restoration for Achieving the 2063 and 2030 Agendas in Africa: Linking Global Ambitions to Local Needs
convened by the Global Soil Forum at the Institute of Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam, and ICRAF, with support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. It was co-hosted by ministries in charge of agriculture of Kenya, Ethiopia, Benin and Burkina Faso, as ...more
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News: News: INGENAES Symposium: Promoting Gender Responsive and Nutrition Sensitive Agricultural Extension
include: Innovative and effective tools and approaches to strengthen EAS Building capacity of institutions to better respond to male and female farmers needs Youth involvement and Agripreneurship in Agricultural Extension Technologies or ICT that improve women’s agricultural productivity and enhance ...more
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Resource: Resource: Closing the potential-performance divide in Ugandan agriculture (World Bank, 2018)
weakening over time of the public institutional base for promoting agricultural productivity at the level of small farms, inefficiencies in agricultural public expenditures, inadequate agricultural regulation and policies, and a lack of collateralizable farm assets. National agricultural output has grown at ...more
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Question: Question: Question
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: INVITATION TO MALAWI FORUM FOR AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES (MaFAAS) EXTENSION WEEK 19 TO 23 JUNE 2017 IN LILONGWE MALAWI
international. These include government departments, civil society organizations (Non-Governmental Organizations, Farmer organizations), donor agencies, agricultural training institutions (universities and colleges), banks, the media, research institutions, agro processors, input and produce traders, ...more
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Story: Story: Limitations of using documents and reports to share knowledge in Africa
conversational processes. To worsen matters, several institutions in Africa continue to confuse information with knowledge. Information officers are simply being rebranded knowledge officers. Characterising and storing information for easier searching through portals and websites is not knowledge management but ...more
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News: News: AFAAS Third Extension Week: Announcement, call for Papers and Posters, and Registration 2017 AFAAS Content
Knowledge management for CSA 6. Innovation for entrepreneurship CALL FOR PAPER AND POSTER SUBMISSIONS Individuals and organisations/institutions are hereby invited to prepare proposals / abstracts of papers or posters on: (a) Topics related to the central theme of the conference or any of the above ...more
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News: News: FOSCAR-Mali et Agri Pro Focus, ensemble pour accompagner les acteurs Agricoles au Mali
acteurs maliens des OP, du secteur privé, du secteur public, des instituts de connaissances et des ONG ayant pour vocation de promouvoir l’entreprenariat agricole dans l’optique de contribuer à la sécurité alimentaire. Les interventions du réseau portent essentiellement sur le renforcement de capacités, ...more
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News: News: Pitch AgriHack 2018: Inviting Young and Female Entrepreneurs to Grow Start-Up!
ICT application can participate. Past winners of Pitch AgriHack who received grants from CTA are not eligible to take part in this edition. Applications that won AgriHack hackathons but have not benefited from any grant from CTA are eligible. Any institution having benefited from a CTA grant for its ...more