East African stakeholders get Knowledge Management Training to Catalyze Improvement in Rural Livelihoods

7 - 10 March 2023. Kigali-Rwanda. East African stakeholders get Knowledge Management Training to Catalyze Improvement in Rural Livelihoods

A consortium consisting of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), the Association of Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), and the Eastern Farmers Federation (EAFF) conducted a five-day training for implementing teams from the National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems in Eastern and Central Africa.

The training on Communication and Knowledge Management targets third parties of the

Strengthening Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Ecosystem for Inclusive Rural Transformation and Livelihoods in Eastern Africa (AIRTEA) Project. The project is funded by the Organization of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) through ACP-Innovation Fund, which is financed by the European Union (EU) through the 11th European Development Fund (EDF).

The workshop was designed to strengthen the capacities of implementing partners in collective learning, knowledge exchange, and communication, as well as prepare Third Party project outputs in preparation for the Annual AIRTEA Project review. The products developed by third-party partners will be disseminated widely including during the Africa Agribusiness Science Week (AASW8) side event.

The consortium members consider Knowledge management and communication as key to the realization of the project’s objectives. The communication and visibility plan of the project highlights how partners and stakeholders would communicate internally amongst themselves and externally among stakeholders in order to achieve the project’s objective of contributing to sustainable agrarian livelihoods and rural transformation by fostering an inclusive innovation environment.