Communication and ICTs

Invitation to the last webinar in the series on experience capitalization

On Tuesday 27 June at 11:00 CEST, we will close the series of webinars on experience capitalization, organized since the end of March in the framework of the regional initiative YenKasa Africa,  in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), with its OPenACP-FO4AC Programme. Several YenKasa Africa partners volunteered to share their capitalization experiences. We will have the

Webinar 5 - How to make the most of experience capitalization and to generate change.

The 5th webinar in the series on experience capitalization looked at the final phase of the capitalization process, adding value through adoption, adaptation, scaling up and systematic integration of capitalization into organizations’ activities. The capitalization process does not end with the sharing of ideas and knowledge. Its main objective is to use them to generate tangible changes and to increase the impact and effectiveness of our work. The adoption, adaptation

Webinar 4 - How to document and share experience. Fourth webinar in the series on experience capitalization

The 4th webinar in the series on experience capitalization dealt with the second part of implementation of the experience capitalization process, more specifically the steps relating to documentation and sharing. The main objective of a capitalization process is to share the lessons learned and the knowledge generated. These lessons can be presented in different formats (written, oral, audiovisual and/or digital, etc.), depending on the target audience and their specific objectives.

Webinar 3 - How to collect, organize and analyse data and information in the learning process? This was the topic of the 3rd webinar in our series

The third of the six webinars in the series on experience capitalization was dedicated to the first part of the implementation phase of the capitalization process: the collection, organization and analysis of data and information. It took place on 2 May and was attended by more than 200 YenKasa Africa partners. The second part of the implementation phase is documentation and sharing and will be the subject of the 4th

Webinar 2 - How to prepare the experience capitalisation process? Find out in the second webinar of our series on capitalization.

Since the end of March, the regional initiative YenKasa Africa has organized a series of webinars on experience capitalization. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), with its OPenACP Programme -FO4ACP, co-facilitated the second webinar of this six-part series. Through this series of webinars, YenKasa Africa, a communication initiative for family farming and rural development in Africa, is strengthening

Webinar 1 - Experience Capitalization and Knowledge Management: What is it and why is it important? The first webinar in our series on experience capitalization

On Tuesday, 28 March 2023, YenKasa Africa regional initiative, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), held the first session of a series of webinars aimed at strengthening the capacity of organizations in knowledge management. The webinar series in French reviews the online course on “Experience capitalization for continuous learning”. This course is available free of

Experience Capitalization: Would you like to know what experience capitalization, knowledge management is?

To learn more, register for this series of webinars on experience capitalization in French. Registration is open now! How many times have you been told “we don’t need to reinvent the wheel”? How many times have you been asked to take stock of what has been done in your organization? Do you want to know how to learn from the past, how to share and transfer knowledge? If so, this

Tips for engaging women in your radio program

Women play a central role in families, communities, and societies. But women and girls face struggles every day simply because of their gender. They may be limited in what resources they can access, where they can farm, if they can go to school, and what they can eat. In many places, women do not have control over the crops they grow or even their own bodies. It’s important to share

The systematic integration of crops, shrubs and livestock (CSL)

The systematic integration of crops, shrubs and livestock (CSL) is a promising strategy for the sustainable intensification of agrosystems. In the face of declining land fertility, irregular rainfall and low input use, several technologies within this approach have been identified to improve producers’ income in the Sahel. Thus, the SustainSahelproject is co-conducting with farmers a network of agronomic trials associating trees and shrubs to evaluate and document their impacts on

Event Result: The dissemination of innovative technologies in Mali

After Senegal and Burkina Faso, the second event for disseminating innovative technologies was held in Mali from 17 to 21 October 2022. Several activities were on the programme: visits to test fields, training for drone pilots, and a farmers’ day, among others. In Mali, the plant Gliricidia Sepium is highly prized by farmers and is very effective in fertilising the soil and an excellent feed for livestock. However, not all