News and Updates
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Agricultural extension speaks the language of farmer
Date: 25 Apr, 2017Ltoponua Leldimain is a young farmer in Samburu County in Kenya who heard an agricultural progamme on Serian FM and wasted no time calling up the presenter Nicholus Lenyakopiro. Nicholus in turn referred him to Agriculture Extension Officer, Mary...
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AFAAS builds capacity of its stakeholders
Date: 11 Apr, 2017The success of AFAAS MDTFII project activities in the field depends on the ability of its stakeholders to implement and report accordingly to internal rules and procedures. This was the essence of the regional stakeholders workshop held recently in...
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Dr Silim M. Nahdy, Executive Director, AFAAS paid a courtesy call to the newly appointed Head of Section, Sustainable Development at EU Office in Kampala, Mr Aloys Lorkers.
Date: 28 Nov, 2016Following the recent appointment of Mr. Aloys Lorkers as head of section for Sustainable Development, the AFAAS team made a courtesy visit to the EU offices 22nd November, 2016. The AFAAS delegation was led by Dr Silim M. Nahdy, Executive Director...
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Promotion of the New Extensionist and AEAS professionalization in Tanzania by AFAAS
Date: 10 Aug, 2016On 19th July 2016 in Morogoro, the AFAAS programme officer, Samson Eshetu had coordinated a seminar on “The New Extensionist and Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services professionalization at Global and continental level: Implication for...
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Capacity development on the New Extensionist in Ethiopia
Date: 10 Aug, 2016After the training of Trainers organized by AFAAS and GFRAS in 2015, ADPLAC had organized, with technical support from AFAAS staff, a training session for its 29 members (24 Male and 5 Females) who came from 9 regions. The training was held from...
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South Sudan country forum inaugurated in Juba
Date: 29 Jun, 2016The inauguration of the South Sudan Forum for Agricultural Advisory Service (SoSFAAS) was done during the Extension Day held on the 15th of June 2016 in Juba. Honorable James Janka Duku, the Minister of Livestock and Fisheries along with the...
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AFAAS raised the voice of Agricultural Extension in Addis Ababa
Date: 11 Jan, 2016The 2nd edition of the AFAAS Africa Wide-Agricultural Extension Week (AAEW 2015) was held from 12th -16th October 2015 in Addis- Ababa, Ethiopia. Participants came up with a final declaration in order to reboost Agricultural Extension and Advisory...
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AFAAS and MEAS consolidate their partnership
Date: 15 Dec, 2015Dr Silim Nahdy, the AFAAS Executive Director received Pr McNamara, the Project Director for the Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services Project (MEAS Project) at AFAAS Secretariat in Kampala, Uganda. During their exchange, Dr Silim Nahdy and Pr...
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FARA Executive Director, Dr Yemi Akinbamijo paid a courtesy call to AFAAS Secretariat in Kampala
Date: 10 Dec, 2015On December 10, 2015, Dr. Silim Nahdy, the AFAAS Executive Director and his staff warmly received Dr Yemi, FARA Executive Director at AFAAS Secretariat. The courtesy call was an occasion for the two Executive Directors to review and consolidate the...
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AFAAS signed a MoU with NRI
Date: 07 Dec, 2015The African for Agricultural and Advisory Services (AFAAS), had a partnership working visit to the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) in Chatham, UK, from 1- 4th December 2015. The key outcome of the mission was the signing of the Global Partnership...
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AFAAS signed the MoU with Ghana CF and MOFA
Date: 05 Oct, 2015The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between AFAAS, Ghana Country Forum and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) during the National Agricultural Extension Policy Review Forum held in Accra from May 05-14, 2015. The Forum was convened...
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Workshop for the formalization of the West and Central Africa Network of Agricultural and Rural Advisory Services (RESCAR-AOC)
Date: 13 Sep, 2015The workshop for the formalization of the West and Central Africa Network of Agricultural and Rural Advisory Services (RESCAR-AOC) started today at Ivotel in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. This is three days’ workshop from 18th - 20th February 2015. It is...
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