African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services
Drawing from the 6th Africa-Wide Agricultural Extension Week (AAEW), held from 5th to 11th November 2023 at the Abuja Intercontinental Hotel in Abuja, Nigeria, under the theme “Harnessing Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services in Scaling Regenerative Agriculture and Nature-Based Solutions for Food System Transformation in Africa,” the first-ever Gender Side Event was successfully convened by […]
African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS), a continental organization in Africa with a mandate for implementing the agricultural advisory services aspect of the CAADP Pillar IV programme. Founded in 2004, with a mission to promote lesson learning and add value to initiatives in agricultural extension and advisory services through information sharing and increase professional
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This report presents the findings and analysis of a Gender Capacity Needs Assessment (GCNA) that was conducted for the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) and its membership among Country Fora during the month of February 2022. The report also includes a Gender Competence Development Plan that draws from the findings of the GCNA
GENDER CAPACITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT AND
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Social exclusion and general poverty are key deterring factors limiting the realization of agriculture’s full potential as the engine for Africa’s economic development. In 2014, African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) commissioned seven country scoping studies on gender-responsive approaches to Rural Advisory Services (RAS) in Africa. The aim of the studies was to collect
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MAKING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND ADVISORY SERVICES MORE EFFECTIVE IN AFRICA: A GENDER EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION APPROACH Key Messages▪ Vast studies in Africa reveal the challenges of inadequate agricultural extension services and gender gaps in access to extension services and the adoption of improved technologies in the face of climate change.▪ Inequalities in access to
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Nairobi Kenya: The African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) with support from the European Commission held an Internal review, planning and capacity development training workshop for its staff, CAADP-XP4 key implementing Country Fora and Technical Working Groups. The long week event that kicked off on the 9th, April 2022, at Nairobi Kenya brought together
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A recent desk study assesses the aim for, and extent of, gender integration in policy documents of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), the Framework for African Agricultural Productivity (FAAP) and the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS). It proposes recommendations to strengthen gender integration in AFAAS documents to enhance the attainment of
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The gender gap in agriculture is a pattern, recognized worldwide; in which women compared to men have less access to productive resources, financial capital and to advisory services. This gap affects how men and women access and benefit from Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA). Men and women, due to socially-constructed gender roles, are vulnerable to climate
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Winfred Khwangwala, 66, is married, with 5 children and 4 grandchildren. He is a community-based facilitator and gender champion for Malamulo Farmer Field School (FFS) at Helemani Village, Traditional Authority Khwethemule in Thyolo. He became a full- time farmer in the year 2017 following retirement from his profession as a Printer at Malamulo Publishing House
Ending Gender Based Violence in Agriculture Sector with Gender Champions Read More »