African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services
The health crisis linked to the coronavirus has turned the world upside down. No sector of activity was spared like agriculture, and more specifically AEAS activities. That’s why FCA Madagascar (1), Forum du Conseil Agricole Madagascar or Agricultural Council Forum Madagascar, conducted a small survey among its members in order to identify possible solutions and […]
Malawi Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services visited a farmer field school in Lilongwe on their mission of knowledge management and sharing. The extension advisory service provider Mrs. Monique Mandala took the team to a most surprising and educative place Phanga Village where there is Phanga Farmer Field School. It’s all smiles for small holder farmers
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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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Proc Ref: AFAAS/FAO/CQS/2020/001O
Approved Procurement Plan 2020
Country: Africa
Deadline: Monday 5 October 2020, by 2:00 p.m. EA Time
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Procurement Ref: No. AFAAS/FAO/CQS/2020/0016
Approved Procurement Plan 2020
Country: Africa
Deadline: October 5, 2020, at 12.00 noon
Proc. Ref. No. AFAAS/FAO/CQS/2020/0014
Approved AWPB&PP 2020
Deadline: Monday 5th October 2020
Proc. Ref. No. AFAAS/FAO/CQS/2020/0014
Approved AWPB&PP 2020
Country: Africa
October 5, 2020, at 10.00 a.m.
Sub Activity 2.3.5 of the Approved AWP&B 2020
Proc. Ref. No. AFAAS/IFAD-EU/CQS/2020/0020
Item 2.14 of the Approved PP 2020
Date: 18th September 2020
Deadline: 2nd October 2020, at 10:30 a.m
Proc Ref: AFAAS/FAO/SVCS/2020/0013
Approved Procurement Plan 2020
Country: Africa
Deadline: 2020-09-11
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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
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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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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