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Story: Story: INGENAES FELLOWS ATTEND 3RD AFRICA-WIDE AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION CONFERENCE, 2017 IN DURBAN (SOUTH AFRICA)
SIYA AGGREY's blog 415 reads The 3rd Annual AFAAS Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week 2017 was held October 30th thru November 3rd in Durban, South Africa. Over 700 Agricultural Extension professionals from all over the continent converged on Durban to take part in this year’s theme, ...more
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Question: Question: When and where is the 3rd Africa Wide Agriculture Extension Week of AFAAS?
1675 reads Received by SMS When and where is the 3rd Africa Wide Agriculture Extension Week of AFAAS? mm94 ...more
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Resource: Resource: Newly published book on “Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Climate Change in Africa”
315 reads Climate change and its impacts on smallholder farmers have become increasingly topical issue in policy debates and development agenda, especially in Africa where farming in mainly rainfed. Over several generations, farmers have developed some indigenous knowledge in response to climatic ...more
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Opportunity: AAIN mentorship programme for Africa
Africa Agribusiness Incubation Network (AAIN) is a private sector institution and with very high whose mandate is to strengthen agribusiness incubation in Africa. As part of her implementation strategy, AAIN is working with mentors who have experience in varied subject areas in the fields of ...more
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Resource: Resource: FACILITATING DEVELOPMENT OF MARKET SYSTEMS FOR PROMOTING POST-HARVEST MANAGEMENT IN AFRICA
606 reads This an experience of the project Postharvest Management in Sub-Saharan Africa (PHM-SSA) that was presented during the GFRAS annual meeting in Limbe, Cameroon. Agribusiness Best Practices Agricultural Economics Agricultural Innovation Systems EXPERIENCES OF FACILITATING DEVELOPMENT OF ...more
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Story: Story: Innovation driving growth in Africa's agricultural sector
Innovation driving growth in Africa's agricultural sector AFAAS Support's blog 1019 reads Natural Resource Management Innovation Africa <a href="/users/afaas-support-0" title="View user profile." class="username" xml:lang="" ...more
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News: News: The Tokyo International Conference on Africa (TICAD)
558 reads The Tokyo International Conference on Africa (TICAD) will be held in Nairobi Kenya in August 2016 (https://ticad6.net/). During the conference, there will be an opportunity for African youths to share innovations that can contribute to attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals ...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
621 reads African soil and land management stakeholders convened from 28-30 November 2016 in Nairobi, Kenya, for the inaugural African Soil Seminar on the theme, ‘Soil Restoration for Achieving the 2063 and 2030 Agendas in Africa: Linking Global Ambitions to Local Needs.’ The Seminar was ...more
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Resource: Resource: Extension in Sub-Saharan Africa: Overview and Assessment of Past and Current Models, and Future Prospects
604 reads A paper by Kristin E. Davis describes 'the role of agricultural extension in sub-Saharan Africa, and gives a typology for types of extension, which includes the basic forms of public top-down, participatory, and private. An overview of the evidence base for successes or failures of ...more
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Resource: Resource: ROAD MAP FOR MAINSTREAMING GENDER INTO RAS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION IN AFRICA.
236 reads This report synthesizes findings from seven country scoping studies on gender‐responsive approaches to rural advisory services (RAS) in Africa. The studies, which were conducted in Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda, were meant to identify existing policies, ...more