African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services
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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AFAAS contributes to the Africa Union’s Agenda 2030 and 2063. To deliver to this goal, AFAAS is supported by European Union through its initiative called ‘Development of Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture (DeSIRA). The objective of DESIRA is to enable agricultural research and innovation including extension services, to contribute effectively to food and nutrition
Capacity Gap Assessment 2021 Read More »
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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The transformation of food systems is a burning topic across the globe, in response to concerns about the nutritional, environmental and equity impacts of our current system. Food system transformation is inextricably linked with efforts to eradicate hunger and poverty, since the livelihoods of a large share of the world’s rural poor people are based
REPORT of ABUJA Policy Dialogue NIFAAS 15.12.2022 Read More »
CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUNDA three days’ workshop was organized at the Grand Legacy Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, from 6-9 June 2022, with the purpose to provide learning and experience sharing platform to FS implementing teams and key partners of AFAAS/EAFSH with a view of equipping them with knowledge and tools to enable them offer quality FS backstopping
THE EASTERN AFRICA FIELD SCHOOLS HUB
REGIONAL REFRESHER MASTER
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This catalogue is the first effort by the EA FS Hub, AFAAS, FAO and IIRR to highlight FS applications in the eastern Africa region. It compiles over 300 FS profiles, and marks the beginning of a journey to document and profile FS applications in the region. The catalogue was produced through the contribution of Master
A Catalogue of Field Schools Applications in Eastern AFRICA Read More »
This booklet is a result of a consultative process that the Eastern Africa Field School Hub and partners, including FAO, AFAAS and IIRR, started at the onset of the “Strengthening Field School interventions in the framework of IFI investment programs in Eastern Africa” project. The goal of the project is to contribute to solidifying the
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Agriculture has been recognized as an important sector for development in East African region. In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), resilience is crucial to their achievement with a number of goals and indicators focusing on improving resilience of individuals, households, communities and nations. These include SDG2 on Ending Hunger for which target
The Eastern African Field School Hub is currently hosted by the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS). The hub enables Field School (FS) actors to have access to quality information on FS and are actively engaged in peer networking and knowledge sharing; enhanced levels of institutionalisation in policy and practice of the FS approach
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The project: “Agroecological Transition, Responsive Extension Approaches (ATREA)” is a response by the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) to contribute global effort in food systems through Agroecology responsive Extension and Advisory Services (EAS) in selected countries. In the need to change the paradigm that drives most current EAS activities, a holistic food system
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March 10th, 2023 Kigali-Rwanda, The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), the Association of Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) and the Eastern Farmers Federation (EAFF) has today concluded a five-day training on communication and knowledge management for the third-party projects under the Strengthening Agricultural Knowledge & Innovation Ecosystem for Inclusive Rural