The success of AFAAS MDTFII project activities in the field depends on the ability of its stakeholders to implement and report accordingly
AFAAS HISTORY
The African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) was initially formed as the Sub-Saharan African Network on Agricultural Advisory Services (SSANAAS). The SSANAAS was created at the 1st Regional Networking Symposium on Innovations in AAS, held in Kampala, Uganda 11-14 October 2004. The initial member countries were Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.
A second Symposium was held from 24-27 September 2006 in Kampala. It brought together the additional African countries of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Zambia; this brought the total of participating member African countries to fourteen.
MISSION
To promote professionalization and participatory lesson learning, strengthen capacities, enhance visibility and influence, facilitate and enhance effective and continuous knowledge generation and information exchange, and add value to initiatives in agricultural extension and advisory services through advocacy, skilling, sharing of experiences and information, and increased professional interaction.
VISION
Agricultural extension and advisory services that effectively and efficiently contribute to sustained productivity, profitability and inclusive growth of agriculture for food, nutrition and income security, job and wealth creation in Africa.
GOAL
Enhanced utilization of improved knowledge and innovations by agricultural value chain actors for improving productivity oriented towards their individual and national development objectives.
MANDATE
Implement the Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services aspects of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)- An Africa-Owned and Africa-led initiative through which interventions to transform agriculture are coordinated.
AFAAS UPDATES
Following the recent appointment of Mr. Aloys Lorkers as head of section for Sustainable Development, the AFAAS team made a courtesy visit
On December 10, 2015, Dr. Silim Nahdy, the AFAAS Executive Director and his staff warmly received Dr Yemi, FARA Executive Director at
The African for Agricultural and Advisory Services (AFAAS), had a partnership working visit to the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) in Chatham, UK,
The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between AFAAS, Ghana Country Forum and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) during the National
A World Bank team undertook a supervision support mission to AFAAS from 27-29 April 2015. The overall objective of the mission was
Addis Ababa 13th April 2015 The African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the African
In its partnership policy framework, the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African
AFAAS Secretariat staff and Dr.Tekola Dejene from WB during their session. Conducted by Ms. Brem Nathan and Dr.Tekola Dejene from the World
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