News:The Durban Declaration on: “SCALING UP CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE: INTEGRATING YOUTH, WOMEN AND THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION”

Over 700 representatives from African ministries of agriculture; agricultural extension and advisory systems (including public, private and civil society organizations); farmers and their organizations; academia; national, regional and international agricultural research institutions; the private sector; bilateral and multilateral development partner organizations; financial institutions and the media from over 40 countries; met in Durban, South Africa from 30th October to 3rd November, 2017 to deliberate in the Third AFAAS Africa Agricultural Extension Week 2017 (AAEW 2017) on the theme “SCALING UP CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE: INTEGRATING YOUTH, WOMEN AND THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION”. At the end of the meeting they issued a declaration based on their deliberations. You can read the Declaration here: https://goo.gl/j5ZRNw