The document summarizes discussions from sessions at a capacity development event on various topics related to agricultural research for development. Session topics included public investments, public-private partnerships, North-South and South-South collective actions, institutional knowledge and learning, empowering women and youth, access to agricultural data and information, and knowledge advisory systems. Key recommendations from the sessions focused on collaboration, knowledge sharing, empowering underserved groups, enabling policies, and measuring outcomes.
Final Workshop on “Strengthening of the Horticulture information Support Network for Small Farmers in Egypt” (HORTISUN) Project. Tuesday, 20 October 2015
ASIA Learning Route Kickoff webinar - More info: http://suncivilsocietynet.wix.com/learningroute ; Join the community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SUNCSNLearningRoute/
Stakeholder Processes for Reviewing Extension SystemsMay Hani
FAO paper presented at the International Conference on Innovations in Extension and Advisory Services, in November 2011, Nairobi, Kenya. The paper presents three experiences on the reform of agricultural extension reform in Lebanon, Mauritania and Niger carried out between 2004 to 2010.
It provides a comparative analysis of the three cases, methodologies used, results achieved and a discussion of future prospects. The paper concludes with lessons learned from, and success factors for, the renewal of national extension systems. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Final Workshop on “Strengthening of the Horticulture information Support Network for Small Farmers in Egypt” (HORTISUN) Project. Tuesday, 20 October 2015
ASIA Learning Route Kickoff webinar - More info: http://suncivilsocietynet.wix.com/learningroute ; Join the community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SUNCSNLearningRoute/
Stakeholder Processes for Reviewing Extension SystemsMay Hani
FAO paper presented at the International Conference on Innovations in Extension and Advisory Services, in November 2011, Nairobi, Kenya. The paper presents three experiences on the reform of agricultural extension reform in Lebanon, Mauritania and Niger carried out between 2004 to 2010.
It provides a comparative analysis of the three cases, methodologies used, results achieved and a discussion of future prospects. The paper concludes with lessons learned from, and success factors for, the renewal of national extension systems. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Transitions at work are challenging, complex, and confusing! Here's what over 600 leaders transitioning into first time, middle manager, and executive roles had to say about their ordeals.
GCARD2: Briefing paper North-South and South-South Collaborative ActionsGCARD Conferences
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD) through The European Alliance on Agricultural Knowledge for Development (AGRINATURA), joined forces in the implementation of the Platform for African-European Partnership on Agricultural Development (PAEPARD), established with funding from the European Union. Among the problems addressed by PAEPARD are: insufficient capacities of African agricultural knowledge organisations, at regional and national levels, on multi-stakeholder partnership for innovation systems; lack of effective linkages between research, extension and rural development.
Visit the conference site for more information: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
Le Forum pour le Recherche Agricole en Afrique (FARA) et le Forum Européen sur le Recherche Agricole pour le Développement (EFARD) à travers l’Alliance Européenne sur la Connaissance Agricole pour le Développement (AGRINATURA) ont joint leurs efforts dans la mise en place de la Plate forme pour le partenariat Afrique-Europe sur le Développement Agricole (PAEPARD), élaborée avec le financement de l’Union Européenne. Parmi les problèmes abordés par la PAERPARD on peut citer : la faible capacité des Organisations Africaines de Connaissance Agricole, aux niveaux régional et national, et sur le partenariat multi-acteurs pour les systèmes d’innovation ; le manque de relations effective entre la recherche, la vulgarisation et le développement rural.
Visitez le site web de la GCARD2 pour plus d'informations: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
ASTI collects primary data for low- and middle-income countries through national institutional surveys and in recent years has collected detailed quantitative data on a large number of South Asian and sub-Saharan African countries. In efforts to fill some of the geographical gaps for other regions, ASTI has been collaborating with the GFAR, AARINENA, APAARI, CACAARI, FORAGRO and a network of national partners to collect additional data for the development of an accurate assessment of public agricultural R&D spending at the global level.
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GCRF AgriFood Africa Programme Inaugural Event: Workshop Outputs reportKTN
The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) is a £1.5 billion fund to support cutting-edge research which addresses the problems faced by developing countries. GCRF forms part of the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitment.
Innovate UK has recently secured GCRF funding to extend activities initiated through the Department for International Development (DFID) funded Agri-Tech Catalyst.
This new initiative aims to realise sustainable management of the food production systems in Africa in a way that alleviates poverty, enhances economic prosperity and delivers improved wellbeing, with key outcomes including:
- sustainable intensification of African agriculture
- improvements in human health and diversity of diets and nutrition
- positive impacts on rural income and food security
- facilitation of trade in agricultural products
Find out more here: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/news/highlights-from-the-inaugural-gcrf-agrifood-africa-programme-event
CAADP and CGIAR alignment efforts - expanding the role of Institutional and t...Hillary Hanson
Scientific and Technical Partnerships in Africa: Technologies, Platforms, and Partnerships in support of the African agricultural science agenda, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, April 4&5, 2017
Learning and Sharing Science-Policy for Action Building Resilience to Climate Change: Experiences of Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Platform, Ghana
Poster presented at CSA Conference 2015 in Montpellier. Authored by Karbo, N., Botchway, V. A., Sam, K. O., Totin, E., Traore, P. S and Zougmore, R.
Read more about the conference: http://ccafs.cgiar.org/3rd-global-science-conference-%E2%80%9Cclimate-smart-agriculture-2015%E2%80%9D#.
Bringing Transformational Learning and Capacity Development to Universities i...apaari
Tropical Agricultural Platform (TAP): Facilitating capacity development (CD) for agricultural innovation in the Tropics by Martina Spisiakova, Consultant, Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (APAARI) on behalf of TAP Partners
GCARD2: Briefing paper Public-private-civil mechanisms for new investments GCARD Conferences
This GCARD Session will help to improve knowledge about public-private-civil partnerships in agricultural research. Discussion will focus on what models and mechanisms exist, learn from experiences and define some critical elements of a successful partnership. The session outcomes will articulate how GCARD stakeholders can move forward in improving public-private-civil cooperation in agricultural research for development.
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The Initiative: “Linking smallholder farmers to commercialization practices: the case of Farmers Organizations in the Kenyan dairy sector” is a joint learning initiative promoted by IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development) and Procasur developed under the Large Regional IFAD-Procasur Grant Programme "Strengthening Capacities and tools to scale up and disseminate Innovations" (2016-2018). This topic was selected resting on the consolidated results of the (i) online survey lunched by PROCASUR in April 2016 in the ESA region, (ii) in depth interviews to project managers of IFAD funded projects in the ESA region, and (iii) experts’ consultation undertaken among specialists in the area of Farmers Organizations.
Khalid Siddig - Overview of Sudan SSP – Research priority AgendaAhmed Ali
Overview of Sudan SSP – Research priority Agenda_Khalid Siddig- 2022 ANNUAL RESEARCH AND POLICY CONFERENCE – AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION AND FOOD SECURITY IN SUDAN
GFAR / GODAN / CTA webinar #2 "Key data for farmers" - Stephen Kalyesubula - ...GCARD Conferences
[Webinar recording in last slide or at https://youtu.be/taHHp3UbRZI, 28/2/2018]
As part of its work on farmers’ data rights and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in Centurion in November 2017, GFAR collaborates with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN) and the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperarion (CTA) on a series of webinars on data-driven agriculture, its opportunities and its challenges.
Overview of webinar #2
Data becomes significant if it can be linked to information, knowledge and wisdom. Once processed it can be used to generate detailed insights into farm operations and the environment. It assists big and small holder farmers in making data-based operational decisions to optimize yield and boost revenue while minimizing expenses, the chances of crop failure, and environmental impact.
For data driven agriculture to happen we have to distinguish the data streams in the food chain from pre-planting to consumption, for example: data collected and managed from the farm by farmers which can be either static or dynamic; data coming from external sources like market prices and data that is exported for aggregation by other farm service providers. However, farmers may not be in a position to realize those streams and possibly what data and information is required to answer the food chain questions, for example: What produce can I grow where I live? When should I sow/plant/harvest/market it? How should I sow/plant/harvest/market it? All these questions can be answered if the factual data or information is used or made available to the farmers.
Webinar Goals
Make the participants understand the different key data streams, flow and sources that are vital to agricultural value chains. Participants will be in position to identify the data they own or collect on their farms and its usefulness, understand the difference between human and machine farm data, identify the part in the agricultural value chain where data, and which data, is needed most.
About the presenter
Stephen Kalyesubula is a Computer Engineering and an agri-preneur from Makerere University. He is a graduate researcher at iLabs@Mak Project – Makerere University and his key technological interests include: Data science, robotics, Internet of things, AI and design thinking. He is among the directors of Youths In Technology and Development Uganda whose mission is to create tech communities of practice where appropriate use of technology promotes sustainable development in agriculture, health and education.
[Webinar recording in last slide or at https://youtu.be/DMg9UI7Ur0M, 26/3/2018]
As part of its work on farmers’ data rights and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in Centurion in November 2017, GFAR collaborates with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN) and the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperarion (CTA) on a series of webinars on data-driven agriculture, its opportunities and its challenges.
Overview of webinar #3
This webinar is a continuation of exploring digital agriculture for smallholder farmers. The first webinar provided an overview of digital agriculture, the trends impacting it, and it advantages and challenges for smallholder farmers. The second identified specific data needed by farmers, as well as potential sources.
“Crossing the Donga” will provide smallholder farmers, and those who support them, specific methods for ensuring farmer-centric solutions. The webinar will examine some of the key challenges that are blocking adoption of digital architecture by smallholder farmers. Attendees will learn a process for mapping their data needs, based on their goals and key tasks. Attendees will learn the foundational market model, and how to create value for success.
About the presenter
Dan Berne is a highly regarded professional business growth strategist with over 30 years’ experience. Dan led the effort to create an Ag Irrigation market strategy for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). He also conducted grower experience studies to help identify barriers to grower adoption of energy saving practices. Dan wrote or co-wrote many of the NEEA Ag Irrigation reports. Dan serves as the Project Manager on AgGateway’s Precision Ag Irrigation Language data standards project. He is an affiliate of the Chasm Institute, and a certified practitioner of Innovation Games.
Dan started the “Lagom Ag Initiative” within his company to help accelerate the adoption of precision farming practices and improve the use of digital agricultural methodologies. Lagom is a Swedish word that means “just enough.” It is also used to mean “simply perfect.” It fits our philosophy of helping farmers use just enough water, just enough fertilizers, just enough energy to be profitable while increasing or maintaining yield.
GFAR / GODAN / CTA webinar #1 "Data-driven agriculture. An overview" - Dan Be...GCARD Conferences
[Webinar recording in last slide or at https://youtu.be/bsicKqHZIz4, 22/2/2018]
As part of its work on farmers’ data rights and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in Centurion in November 2017, GFAR collaborates with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN) and the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperarion (CTA) on a series of webinars on data-driven agriculture, its opportunities and its challenges.
Overview of webinar #1
Precision agriculture is a promising set of technologies that is data intensive, but which has limited adoption by small holder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa. Concurrently, current trends in sustainability, traceability, and compliance reporting demand that an ever-increasing amount of data be gathered as part of everyday operations in modern production agriculture.
The use of farm management information systems (FMIS) for decision support has shown great promise for improving farm yields and profitability. However, growers are often unsure of the value of the data that they are providing and/or receiving. How does this data help them make the right decisions to improve their yield and profitability? How do growers and service providers work together to simplify the design and use of farm data? How can smallholder farmers take advantage of data in a mutually valuable relationship with data providers?
Webinar Goals
Provide attendees a foundation for understanding the use of data for farming and across the agricultural value chain. Attendees should be able to apply the core concepts of using data for field operations, as well as how data is used across the value chain. Attendees will be introduced to the opportunities and challenges of using data, especially for smallholder farmers.
About the presenter
Dan Berne is a highly regarded professional business growth strategist with over 30 years’ experience. Dan led the effort to create an Ag Irrigation market strategy for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). He also conducted grower experience studies to help identify barriers to grower adoption of energy saving practices. Dan wrote or co-wrote many of the NEEA Ag Irrigation reports. Dan serves as the Project Manager on AgGateway’s Precision Ag Irrigation Language data standards project. He is an affiliate of the Chasm Institute, and a certified practitioner of Innovation Games.
Dan started the “Lagom Ag Initiative” within his company to help accelerate the adoption of precision farming practices and improve the use of digital agricultural methodologies. Lagom is a Swedish word that means “just enough.” It is also used to mean “simply perfect.” It fits our philosophy of helping farmers use just enough water, just enough fertilizers, just enough energy to be profitable while increasing or maintaining yield.
GFAR webinar "The future of online media" - webdesign trendsGCARD Conferences
This presentation was used during our GFAR webinar on "The future of online media", announced here: https://blog.gfar.net/2016/10/09/upcoming-webinar-predicting-future-online-media/
Check out the live webinar recording here: https://youtu.be/N8UkwOoI9hQ
GFAR webinar "building a bridge between scientists and communicators"GCARD Conferences
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Building a bridge between scientists and communicators"
This webinar was organised by GFAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/01/03/webinar-scientists-and-communicators-friends-or-foes/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/HK8Q0JgAaGQ
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Email newsletters"
This webinar was organised by GFAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/02/05/upcoming-comms-webinar-email-based-newsletters-not-a-thing-of-the-past/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/2NPpCxcJJUc
GFAR Webinar "Finding and using pictures for your website or blog"GCARD Conferences
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Website Revamps"
This webinar was organised by GFAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2016/06/13/webinar-alert-is-a-picture-worth-a-thousand-words/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/mJ-q1CxK_rQ
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Basic SEO"
This webinar was organised by GFAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2016/08/30/gfar-webinars-on-search-engine-optimization-and-website-revamps/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/kcty662Hcss
GFAR webinar on "Measuring social media performance"GCARD Conferences
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Innovative Annual Reports"
This webinar was co-organised by GFAR and CGIAR.
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2016/01/18/flash-two-more-gfar-social-media-webinars/
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Innovative Annual Reports"
This webinar was co-organised by GFAR and CGIAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2015/11/30/free-induction-webinar-social-media-for-professionals/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/WO1zUOOy1nA
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Innovative Annual Reports"
This webinar was organised by GFAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/11/26/webinar-innovating-annual-reports/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/BAsPhl0H4Ec
GFAR-TAP webinar on "Sharing Knowledge on Capacity Development for Agricultur...GCARD Conferences
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Sharing Knowledge on Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation through TAPipedia"
This webinar was co-organised by GFAR and TAP.
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/10/24/gfartap-webinar-sharing-knowledge-on-capacity-development-for-agricultural-innovation-through-tapipedia/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/_cHK5QK2rPk
GFAR COSA GLF webinar on "Effective Tools for Understanding, Managing and Acc...GCARD Conferences
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Effective Tools for Understanding, Managing and Accelerating Impact"
This webinar was co-organised by GFAR, COSA and GLF and is part of a wider series on agricultural research & innovation,eco-systems management and sustainable development.
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/10/13/join-cosa-gfar-impact-webinar/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: Effective https://youtu.be/RtYlWo_Ok5o
With thanks to our co-hosts in this webinar: (COSA) Global Landscapes forum (GLF) and Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA) -
https://thecosa.org/
http://landscapes.org
GFAR webinar: "The art and science of webcasting and webstreaming"GCARD Conferences
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "The art and science of webcasting and webstreaming"
The announcement blogpost was published here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/10/05/gfar-webinar-web-casting/
You can find the full recording of this webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs7IsZQi5zg
GFAR webinar: "Farmers’ Rights: Complementarity between Researchers and Farmers"GCARD Conferences
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "Farmers’ Rights: How Complementarity between Researchers and Farmers Impact the Conservation of Genetic Diversity, Food Security and Livelihoods of the Poor”
The announcement blogpost was published here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/08/31/gfar-webinar-communications-success-stories/
You can find the full recording of this webinar here: https://youtu.be/N16hHmL8xNM
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "Beyond decision making: Foresight as a process for improving attitude towards change" --
The announcement blogpost was published here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/08/25/join-our-gfar-webinar-farmers-rights/
You can find the full recording of this webinar here: https://youtu.be/RxuLR2FWYYI
Beyond decision making: Foresight as a process for improving attitude towards...GCARD Conferences
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "Beyond decision making: Foresight as a process for improving attitude towards change" --
The announcement blogpost was published here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/06/07/gfar-webinar-beyond-decision-making-foresight-as-a-process-for-improving-attitude-towards-change/
You can find the full recording of this webinar here: https://youtu.be/8tzz5vNEhZ4
Farmers’ Rights: Achieving Complementarity Between the Informal and Formal Se...GCARD Conferences
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "Farmers’ Rights: Achieving Complementarity Between the Informal and Formal Seed Systems". -- Announcement blogpost was here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/05/10/gfar-webinar-farmers-rights-achieving-complementarity-between-the-informal-and-formal-seed-systems/
...and the actual webinar recording can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ9c2_nbtBc
GFAR webinar on farm radio, community radio and participatory radioGCARD Conferences
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "farm radio, community radio and participatory radio" . -- Announcement here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/05/31/join-gfar-webinar-on-farm-radio/
...and the actual webinar recording can be found here: https://youtu.be/TEiC1Zo3KQ0
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on Participatory Video. -- Announcement here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/04/24/join-our-next-webinar-on-participatory-video/
...and the actual webinar recording can be found here:
4th day. Report from the Capacity Development Sessions
1. Report from the Capacity Development Sessions
C1.1 Public Investments – J. Howard, USAID
C1.2 Public-Private-Civil Mechanisms – N. Eriksen-Hamel, CIDA
C1.3 North-South and South- South Collective Actions – C. Barriga, GFAR
C2.1 Institutional Knowedge and Learning – X.Yao, FAO
C2.2 Individual Learning and Empowerment of Women and Youth – V. Wilde, AWARD
C3.1 Access, Sharing and Transformation of Agricultural Information – E. Porcari, CGIAR
C3.2 Innovative Knowledge and Advisory Services – S. Nahdy, AFAAS
2. C.1.1 Public Investments
Recommendations for GCARD and its stakeholders:
Bring together the various groups working in this area, including the private sector,
to synthesize available information on investment levels and impacts by country
and subject matter; identify current priority areas and potential research gaps as
background to inform recommendations for the MACS or other senior policy venue
and at regional fora.
Support case-study research to help identify the key triggers for research impact
and structural transformation in the more advanced developing countries and to
facilitate South-South learning on implications for future investment allocation.
3. C1.2 Public-Private-Civil Mechanisms
Clarify the parameters of public-private-civil partnerships (what are they, who they
involve, and under what conditions do they work) and elaborate the emerging research
agenda on this topic with questions around how to create and sustain partnerships and
generate evidence of development outcomes from them.
Develop and contribute our experiences on public-private-civil partnerships to new and
existing knowledge platforms to improve our capacity and knowledge on key issues
(enabling and regulatory environment, intellectual property rights, farmer and breeder
rights, traditional knowledge and role of women farmers in these partnerships).
Establish mechanisms to unify us (public sector, private sector and civil society) to
merge our separate paths and create trusted relationships (country-level platforms,
regional investment forums and global initiatives).
4. C1.3 North-South and South-South Collective Actions
Ensure follow-up on increasing and monitoring investments in food
security and agricultural research in next G20 and G8 agendas
within GFAR processes allowing participation of all concerned to
shape and develop AR4D initiatives
Report on different ongoing initiatives: PAEPARD, Brazil-Africa and
Brazil-LAC Marketplaces and CORAF initiatives facilitating South-
South cooperation
Ensure that investments take into account key dimensions for
effective investments for smallholders: gender, technologies that
actually reach end users, and land access and ownership
5. C.2.1 Institutional knowledge and learning
Support to development of enabling policy environments for capacity
development and knowledge-sharing at institutional levels in order to
promote agricultural innovation, especially to ensure full engagement of
small agricultural producers
Use of effective methodologies to document institutional experiences and
learning that exploit a variety of formats and media
Foster emerging and established global and regional platforms for capacity
development, notably the Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP), the Tertiary
Education in Agriculture Mechanism (TEAM) for Africa, and INNOVAGRO,
for partnerships between all actors enabling more coherent approaches to
improve institutional capacity development and knowledge sharing and
supporting institutional learning and change at all levels.
6. C2.2 Individual Learning and Empowerment
of Women and Youth
Priorities for Action to be reported upon at GCARD 2014:
• Multiply the availability of high-quality opportunities for practical experience
and career development of women and youth in AR4D, such as internships,
fellowships, mentoring, and professional secondments.
• Coordinate the monitoring and publication of statistics on the composition of
AR4D international and regional meetings and panels, boards and senior
leadership teams of AR4D institutions by age, gender and nationality.
• Take stock of regional efforts toward curriculum reform in Agricultural
Education while advocating that those reforms support AR4D that is
transformative, and fully inclusive of youth and women.
• Invest in the full development of YPARD and GAP as mechanisms to support
implementation of the above.
7. C.3.1 Access, sharing and transformation of
agricultural data and information
Recommendations for GCARD and its Stakeholders:
Continue to engage with the CIARD movement to enhance the
coherence and effectiveness of access and use of agricultural
information and data.
Managers and policymakers will lead the development of enabling
strategies and policies for more effective access and use of
information and data.
Collaborate on development of methodologies and indicators for
measuring the outcomes of enhancing access information and
data.
8. C.3.2 Making use of knowledge and advisory systems
1. New Extensionist recommendations for essential capacities
to strengthen advisory services were endorsed
2. GFRAS regional networks and partners will use the New
Extensionist to advocate for strengthening knowledge and
advisory services
3. GFRAS will catalyse dialogue to prioritise and implement
the recommendations
4. Reaching grassroots, women and youth, and adapting ICTs
are key elements