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GENDER CAPACITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT AND
COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Gender /

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 […]

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AFAAS GENDER WORKSHOP REPORT

Gender /

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

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AFAAS GENDER POLICY BRIEF

Gender, Policy /

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

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THE EASTERN AFRICA FIELD SCHOOLS HUB
REGIONAL REFRESHER MASTER
TRAINER WORKSHOP REPORT

Field Schools /

CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUNDA three days’ workshop was organized at the Grand Legacy Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda, from 6-9 June 2022, with the purpose to provide learning and experience sharing platform to FS implementing teams and key partners of AFAAS/EAFSH with a view of equipping them with knowledge and tools to enable them offer quality FS backstopping

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REGIONAL REFRESHER MASTER
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Analyzing and Prioritising the Climate Change-related
Capacities and Needs of Sub National Extension Actors in
Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda

Uncategorized /

Agriculture has been recognized as an important sector for development in East African region. In the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), resilience is crucial to their achievement with a number of goals and indicators focusing on improving resilience of individuals, households, communities and nations. These include SDG2 on Ending Hunger for which target

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Agroecological Transition, Responsive Extension Approaches (ATREA)

ATREA /

The project: “Agroecological Transition, Responsive Extension Approaches (ATREA)” is a response by the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) to contribute global effort in food systems through Agroecology responsive Extension and Advisory Services (EAS) in selected countries. In the need to change the paradigm that drives most current EAS activities, a holistic food system

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