
Also AFAAS Secretariat staff and all participants got an update on the preparation of the 3rd Extension week to be held from 30th October to 3rd November 2017 in Durban, South Africa. According to Tozamile, AFAAS Board member and member of the local organizing committee, everything is going well. During his presentation he confirmed that the conference will take place at Tsogo Sun Elangeni & Maharani Hotels. Also the government of South Africa through its Ministry of agriculture had committed funds worth $300,000 as financial support to the event.
At the end of the workshop all participants requested AFAAS Secretariat to organize such meetings more often in order to continuously build their capacities in relation to their work.