The purpose of the Circular Practice Guide
The BIO4AFRICA circular business practice guide aims to support the successful replication of the BIO4AFRICA paradigm in other regions across rural Africa.
By using this guide, we hope that interested stakeholders across rural Africa will be motivated and inspired to implement our methodologies and programmes on their own reaping all the benefits offered from our expertise and lessons learnt our team has collected during the deployment of the BIO4AFRICA technologies in 4 pilots (Uganda, Ghana, Senegal & Cote d’Ivoire)
This version of the guide is interactive designed as a self paced online course for easier and convenient use.
Such changes, when positive, could have a bigger impact if complemented by effective agricultural extension and advisory services (EASs). A challenge for agricultural extension rests in unleashing the creativity of millions of frontline extension workers to disseminate improved technologies and approaches in ways that benefit small farmers and agribusiness operators across the world.
The world’s largest population group lives in developing countries. The majority of this population is engaged in the agriculture sector for two reasons — food and employment. It has been established that application of science-based technologies is essential to increase food and fiber production. Feeding the world’s growing population depends on securing and advancing the use of modern