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Story: Story: GENDER AS A DEVELOPMENT CONCERN
Quota system as clearly demonstrated in Rwanda is the starting point for bridging the gender inequality gaps in leadership. Majority of people in east Africa are employed in the agricultural sector with higher representation in non wage employment. it is increasingly apparent that family heads exit the ...more
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Organisation: Good Farm Services
To provide effective and sustainable socio-economic agricultural development services capable of meeting Farmers’ needs; through an interdisciplinary technical and specialist services approach. Good Farm Services (GFS) is a Private Company that provides the following ...more
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Resource: Resource: PARTICIPATION OF FEMALE AGRICULTURAL SCIENTISTS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
investments and capacity, has collected data to fill this gap; at least for the agricultural sector. This brief provides an initial overview of the results, based on a data set comprising 67 countries. Currently, only one in five agricultural researchers in the developing world are female. Across regions, ...more
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Story: Story: How we attracted audience and got 35% new Likes on FCA Facebook page in a week.
in mega-meetings and expensive sensitizations. Here are the key steps: plan a national competition on a relevant topic, not just for extensionists but something that will be profitable for the agricultural and rural development sector in general. In our case, we decided to organize an Innovation ...more
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News: News: Kickstarting #AASW7
agribusiness and “youth in agribusiness” is central, according to Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the President Africa Development Bank. This sector can develop as long as investments attract young people to agriculture. He said: “I call for a great investment in agriculture. We must invest in youth and enable youth ...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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Story: Story: SCALING UP CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE; INTEGRATING YOUTH, WOMEN AND THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION.
private stakeholders in agricultural extension so us to design policies that provide a conducive environment for farmers in using such agro-chemicals. SIYA AGGREY's blog 350 reads Agricultural Economics Agricultural Engineering Agricultural Extension Agricultural Innovation Systems Agricultural ...more
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Story: Story: TACKLING POST-HARVEST LOSSES THROUGH A SYSTEMS APPROACH
farmers need two things: Know-how as well as the right technologies for the different steps of post-harvest management. To assure access to information and technologies, public sector, entrepreneurs and civil society need to join hands. We think that only this way we can reach sustainability and scale. To ...more
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Story: Story: How to use Mobile to Bridge the Agricultural Extension Gap and Improving Market Access for Rural Farmers in Uganda through ICTs. Country Content
provision of basic ICT facilities for communities within their jurisdiction. With the usually small population of most local communities, even a couple of computers can service their ICT needs. Local governments and private organizations can partner to provide ICT Centres (which can utilize the wireless ...more