CAADP Kampala Summit – Hon. Frank K. Tumwebaze
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CAADP XP4
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
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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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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Implementation of a DSpace Repository for The CAADP-XP4 Consortium
On the 13th to 15th December 2023, the CAADP XP4 Consortium had a DSpace scoping implementation workshop at ILRI, Nairobi Kenya. The main product from the meeting was an outline for an ‘Africa Agri-Knowledge explorer and repository ecosystem’ that could serve the shared goals of the partners and advance the wider science, innovation and transformation
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Policy and Practice Nexus: Generating Agricultural Extension
Content for Agricultural Innovations Systems Actors.
On the 2nd November 2023, AFAAS in collaboration with FARA organised a policy development training for its stakeholders (Country Fora , Regional Fora and Secretariat Staff) that was aimed at building their technical capacities in policy and how to effectively engage policymakers using policy briefs as an advocacy tool. A policy brief is a vital
CAADP-XP4 Consortium Strengthens Capacity of Agricultural Stakeholders on Resource Mobilization at a 5-Day IntensiveTraining in Uganda
Authors: Ibenu Sharon (AFAAS), Bridget Kakuwa (CCARDESA), Benjamin Abugri (FARA) 14th August, Kampala – Uganda – With the overarching goal of fostering sustainable agricultural research transformation and rural development across Africa, the importance of strategic alliances and effective resource mobilization cannot be overstated. To this end, the CAADPXP4 Consortium comprising the Forum for Agricultural Research
FOSTERNG STAKEHOLDER COLABORATION AND NETWORKING
Written by Aubed Kang’ombeZulu MaFAAS CIKM. Malawi Forum for Agricultural Advisory services recently conducted an annual farming and extension conference. The event was organized alongside the Last mile project IFAD mission which was attended by AFAAS and its CFs, GFRAS and its regional representatives. Over 50 member organizations of MaFAAS showcased different innovations being implemented
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Uganda launches its 1st National Agricultural Extension Week 2023: Minister challenges actors to embrace innovative approaches
The Uganda Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (UFAAS) in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) launched the National Agricultural Extension week 2023 on 31st March, 2023. Under the theme, “Unveiling innovative pluralistic AEAS approaches: Actors’ resilience and competitiveness for food security
Climate smart and diversified agriculture: Key to Sustainable Food, Nutrition and Income security
Agricultural field days are learning events organized and hosted by the producer in collaboration with agricultural value chain stakeholders. The event usually includes demonstration of specific good management practices, new innovations, research methods, and success stories. Such events are organized to market good agricultural practices that are promoted by different agricultural advisory service providers. On
FCA Experimenting Videos for Farmers in Madagascar
Following the videos for farmers training an initiative by the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS), Forum du Conseil Agricole (FCA) Madagascar have been collaborating with two local projects the Rural Autonomy and Development Training Center (CEDAR) and Rural Autonomy Empowerment (FM3A) to disseminate agricultural training videos widely among farmers through sustainable and well
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