CAADP Kampala Summit – Hon. Frank K. Tumwebaze
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The African Union has led the development of a new 10-year CAADP Strategy and Action Plan: 2026-2035
“It is an honor and privilege to welcome you all to this important Summit. I would like to begin by extending my heartfelt gratitude to the Government and people of Uganda for their warm hospitality and for hosting us in this vibrant and beautiful Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort. I am eternally grateful to His Excellency Yoweri
Nigeria Extension Actors Embrace AGRA-AFAAS Supported Digitalization Project
The government of Nigeria has embraced the digitalization of extension models as an enabler of agricultural extension landscapes. This has been through transformative collaborative efforts and innovative models aimed at reaching smallholder farmers” a statement by Professor Emmanuel Ikani, Executive Director of the Nigeria Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (NFAAS), speaking at the national inception
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Malawi Government Commits to Boost Extension Financing at AFAAS Regional Policy Dialogue
Malawi government is committed to continue to priotize facilitation of its agriculture extension system because it is the backbone of agriculture as a major critical sector of its economy, this was revealed by the Malawi agriculture minister Honorable Sam Dalisto Kawale, while officiating at the opening ceremony of the Policy Dialogue on mainstreaming Private sector
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Seventh Africawide Agriculture Extension Week 2025 Launched in Malawi
‘We cannot attain our goal of the “Africa we want” and the agenda 2063, if agriculture extension is still looked at as last option support to Africa’s agriculture development initiatives.’ This was the key statement made by Honourable Sam Dalisto Kawale Malawi Agriculture Minister as he officiated the Launch of the Seventh Africawide Agriculture Extension
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Key Africa Agriculture Institutions Discuss Soil Health & Water Management Coalition Agenda
At the sidelines of the African food systems summit, Africa’s key partners in the development of agriculture have met to discuss the future of soil health and water management for better food systems. The meeting held at Lemigo Hotel discussed the core ideas or initiatives required to enable addressing gaps in soil health and water
AFAAS Calls for New Extension Innovations to Enhance Africa’s Agriculture & Food Systems.
The new era of extension requires a multifaceted approach to achieve maximum deliverables, this was statement made by Dr Mohammed Silim Nahdy, the Executive director of the African forum for Agriculture advisory services. Speaking at the on going Africa Food systems summit in Kigali Rwanda in a meeting for Extension base actors held at the
AFAAS Renews its MOU with the African Union.
Addis Ababa Ethiopia: On 8th July 2024, the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the African Union (AU), represented by the African Union Commission-Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment, headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The overall objective of the MoU is to facilitate
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CAADP-XP IV Multi-Stakeholder Engagement and Learning Event
The African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) will on the 10-12th, July 2024 hold a continental multi-stakeholder engagement and learning event to foster a collective stakeholder response in sustaining the scaling of agro-ecology and CSA practices in Africa at Capital Hotel & Spa, Addis Ababa Ethiopia. The event is aimed at developing actionable strategies
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Enhancing the Soil User “Capacity to Innovate”. The primary pathway to sustainable management of African soil
by Wole Fatunbi It is now street knowledge that the availability of technology is not the central bane to improvement of Africa agriculture and management of the prime production asset, our soil. While technologies is modestly available, bringing the technologies from pilots to scale is still a key problem to overcome. Notable experts in the
IFAD Successfully completes CAADP-XP4 Project Supervision Mission in Kenya and Uganda.
In 2019, The CAADP XP4 organizations comprising of the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS), Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) the Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA) and the West and Central African Council for Agricultural
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