African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS), a continental organization in Africa with a mandate for implementing the agricultural advisory services aspect of the CAADP Pillar IV programme. Founded in 2004, with a mission to promote lesson learning and add value to initiatives in agricultural extension and advisory services through information sharing and increase professional […]

This report presents the findings and analysis of a Gender Capacity Needs Assessment (GCNA) that was conducted for the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) and its membership among Country Fora during the month of February 2022. The report also includes a Gender Competence Development Plan that draws from the findings of the GCNA […]

Social exclusion and general poverty are key deterring factors limiting the realization of agriculture’s full potential as the engine for Africa’s economic development. In 2014, African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) commissioned seven country scoping studies on gender-responsive approaches to Rural Advisory Services (RAS) in Africa. The aim of the studies was to collect […]

MAKING AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND ADVISORY SERVICES MORE EFFECTIVE IN AFRICA: A GENDER EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION APPROACH Key Messages▪ Vast studies in Africa reveal the challenges of inadequate agricultural extension services and gender gaps in access to extension services and the adoption of improved technologies in the face of climate change.▪ Inequalities in access to […]