Dr Silim Nahdy, the AFAAS Executive Director received Pr McNamara, the Project Director for the Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services Project (MEAS Project) at AFAAS Secretariat in Kampala, Uganda. During their exchange, Dr Silim Nahdy and Pr McNamara emphasized on the Extension leadership programme, capacity building. They also agreed on new strategic directions, more engagement with farmer based organisations and the documentation of case studies.
On December 18, 2015, Pr McNamara met stakeholders of the Uganda Forum for Agricultural Advisory services (UFAAS) at Mosa Courts Hotel. He shared with them MEAS lessons and his observations on improving extension services.