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BLENDED PUBLIC-PRIVATE EXTENSION PROVISION INCREASES FARMER REVENUE IN UGANDA
Publications

This good practice fact sheet aims to share the experience behind an initiative to test and compare different models of extension provision in Uganda. The document highlights the scope for using a mix of private and public service providers to advise and support small-scale producers engaged in Uganda’s vegetable oil sector, and the lessons learned regarding what methods are most effective. It also sets out to explore how this blended

Digital Agriculture: An online mentoring service for small-scale livestock farmers in Benin
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An online advisory and problem-solving service is helping livestock farmers to overcome challenges and increase production in Benin and other parts of West Africa. The private service grew out of a blog written by Louis Agbokou, who works as livestock advisor at a government agricultural agency in Benin. During on- site visits to farms in the districts that he covered, the livestock engineer became increasingly convinced of the need for

Book your agenda - Friday 16 December 2022, 19:00 to 21:00 Manila time - 12:00 to 14:00 Rome time - International Webinar on Advancing Rural Communication Services for Family Farming
Rural Communication Services

The Collaborative Change Communication for Rural Development (CCComDev) initiative invites you to the International Webinar on Advancing Rural Communication Services (RCS) for Family Farming. Language: English You can register now: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtdOuuqjgjH9N3nyvQ9Nq4mUVHAJHZGUu8 The webinar is co-convened by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB)  – College of Development Communication and the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) – Rural Communication Working Group. The webinar features speakers and panel

Farmer-to-farmer videos boost south-south knowledge exchange in Uganda and beyond
Rural Communication Services

Digital tools are making access to information more and more possible, and participatory videos are a great way for farmers to share their experiences with other farmers in their own countries and beyond. In the RFS Uganda project sites, Farmer Field Schools partnered with Access Agriculture to get in on the exchanges. At the 2022 Resilient Food Systems (RFS) Annual Workshop, Eswatini project lead, Lynn Kota, said that, in her

International Young Farmers Manifesto (SIJA2022)
Family Farming

Young farmers from Africa, Europe, Asia and America gathered in Kigali (Rwanda) for the Third International Young Farmer Summit on October 27, 2022. Major crises have occurred between the last two editions (the Covid-19 pandemic, wars, droughts, and price increases). After this exchange, we confirm that our challenges are common and require more regional interconnections. READ SIJA 2022 Manifesto HERE From PAFO

World Food Forum: Transforming agrifood systems through digital technologies
Spotlight

The capacity and potential of digital technologies to help solve many complex problems in our agrifood systems came under the spotlight  at a special event of the World Food Forum’s Science and Innovation Forum. The Digitalization of Agrifood Systems event hosted last Friday by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) at its Rome headquarters, explored the digital capabilities and opportunities to usher transformational impact for vulnerable populations in

World Food Forum 2022: Healthy diets, healthy planet
Resilience and climate change

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The World Food Forum (WFF) is conducting its annual flagship event from 17 to 21 October at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome Italy. WFF is an independent, youth-led global network of partners facilitated by FAO that empowers young people everywhere to actively shape agrifood systems to help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a better food future for all. With the theme, “Healthy Diets.

Global Forum of the UN Decade of Family Farming 2019–2028
Family Farming

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FAO and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) are co-organising the Global Forum of the UN Decade of Family Farming 2019-2028 (UNDFF), which is being held virtually from 19-22 September. It is an opportunity to hear from different actors and hold discussions to identify priority policies and technical areas that will shape the UNDFF agenda for the next period of implementation and will more effectively support family farmers and family farming

Training Opportunity with Community Engagement Fellows
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Community Engagement Fellows empowers educators and community leaders to nurture engaged citizens, serve the public, and improve the Salish Sea bioregion and the planet, using social and place-based learning methods to facilitate the growth of effective, durable learning partnerships across organizational boundaries. Western Washington University’s Center for Community Learning has served as the convener since the program began in 2015. The Community Engagement Fellows are inviting you to register and participate in the

First UNDFF Global Forum to highlight Outcomes, Experiences, and Challenges in Family Farming, 19 - 22 September 2022
Family Farming

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The first Global Forum of the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) 2019-2028 is taking place online from 19 to 22 September 2022. Since its launch in 2019, the UN Decade has been promoting integrated actions supported by cross-sectoral policies that address sustainable development’s environmental, economic and social dimensions. Co-organized by FAO-IFAD, the Forum will leverage the experiences of different actors to take stock of the achievements and challenges faced