African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services
A World Bank team undertook a supervision support mission to AFAAS from 27-29 April 2015. The overall objective of the mission was to review the implementation progress of the Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) and any operational issues since the last mission in November 2014. Part of the activities was a field trip to the Zirobwe […]
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The kick-off of PROIntensAfrica held at FARA Secretariat in Accra, Ghana from 21 to 23 April 2015.PROIntensAfrica is a partnership initiative between Africa and Europe on the issues of sustainable intensification of Agriculture. The project currently involves 23 research and development organization. 15 are drawn from Europe and 8 from Africa. AFAAS is one of
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Addis Ababa 13th April 2015 The African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the African Union Commission-Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture (AUC-DREA).
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African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) is a continental platform for mutual learning and innovation among agricultural extension and advisory services providers across Africa. The AFAAS’ goal is to enhance utilization of improved knowledge and innovations for improving productivity oriented towards individual and national development objectives. AFAAS operates through multi-stakeholder country fora that embrace
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In its partnership policy framework, the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) to host the project Officer of the Partnerships for Seed Technology Transfer in Africa (PASTTA) project in Kampala, Uganda. The project aims to promote new, improved varieties of a wide range of
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The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has given a grant to AFAAS as a contribution towards implementation of its (AFAAS) strategic plan. The 2 years (2013-2014) grant-funded project was directed at specifically supporting five countries (Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone and Uganda) to establish their Country Fora (CF) and enhancing their knowledge management
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In 2013, AFAAS and European Union (EU) have signed a grant agreement for 4 years (2013- 2017) MDTF II Project. The objective of this Project is to reform and strengthen Agricultural Advisory Services (AAS) in accordance with the Framework for African Agricultural Productivity (FAAP) principles towards increasing agricultural productivity and food security. The project consists
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The project aims to improve food security (increased food self-sufficiency and incomes) of smallholder farmers in SSA through reduction of postharvest losses of food crops (grains and pulses) by addressing major constraining factors of technology dissemination and adoption, knowledge and information sharing, rural advisory services (RAS) and policies related to PHM. The PHM-SSA project is
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The 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 attended by 54 participants working on extension and advisory services coming from western and central
AFAAS Secretariat staff and Dr.Tekola Dejene from WB during their session. Conducted by Ms. Brem Nathan and Dr.Tekola Dejene from the World Bank, the main objective of this mission was to review progress in implementation of AFAAS Strategic Plan 2011-2015. The specific objectives were: i) review the implementation of AFAAS Annual Workplan & Budget, Procurement
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Group Photo at the opening ceremony of the UFAAS National Annual AEAS Stakeholder’s Workshop, 29Oct. 2014-Kampala, Uganda This workshop held in Kampala, Uganda from 29th to 30th 2014 under the theme : “Uganda’s Agriculture at Crossroads: Critical issues in the Extension and Advisory Services (AEAS) System”. The main purpose of the workshop was to bring
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CF NameZimbabwe Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services – ZFAAS Web Address Contacts+263 772 273186 or michael.jenrich@giz.de Stakeholder Workshop of the Zimbabwe Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (ZFAAS) was held in January 14, 2015. The meeting was sponsored by the European Union through the Zimbabwe Extension Support and Training Project being implemented by GIZ/SAT/Ministry of Agriculture,