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Double benefits for youth and private actor participation in scaling up successful extension approaches and scale up: Opportunities and challenges

AEAS, DLEC, FS Hub, Partnerships / By

Different extension approaches have been developed and tested.  Among these approaches include farmer field schools (FFS) and Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Production (SHEP) approach. Their success is largely pegged on among other factors, such as how they have assimilated youth and private actors as agents and participants or beneficiaries. Their integration is critical in scaling …

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Gainful youth participation in extension and advisory services

AEAS, DLEC, Partnerships, Youth / By

Youth present an opportunity toward addressing the extension and advisory services capacity gap. On the one hand, youth should be targeted as clientele of extension; on the other, as providers. Compared to other continents, Africa has the highest youthful population globally, a situation that is not likely to change in the next decades. In Africa …

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Effective private sector engagement in extension and advisory services

AEAS, DLEC, Partnerships, Private Sector / By

Several countries in Africa have adopted pluralistic extension service delivery. Involvement of private advisory service providers in part addressed the dwindling public extension workers. Nonetheless, pluralism brings issues regarding quality and professionalism of provision. The webinar will focus on showcasing successful private sector led extension services, ascertain the potential for public-private partnerships and initiate policy …

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