Sustainable and Inclusive Extension Approaches for Agroecology Transition

9 August 2024. AFAAS WEBINAR “Theme: Sustainable and Inclusive Extension Approaches for Agroecology Transition”

This Webinar was organised to enhance knowledge, skills and innovation by leveraging diverse perspectives and experiences from countries participating in the ATREA project.

The Agroecological Transition Responsive Extension Approaches (ATREA) project 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.

This involved identifying and documenting sustainable, inclusive, and responsive extension approaches for Agroecological Transition among target countries of Kenya, Benin, Madagascar, and Ethiopia to: Keep farmers engaged in extension approaches such as Farmer Field Schools (FFS), Farmer Business Schools (FBS), and Farmer to Farmer (F2F). 1. Integrate farmers further into exchanges with researchers and extensionists so that farmers stay motivated in sharing their experiences, hence contributing to an agroecological transition of agri-food systems from the bottom up.

The ATREA project aims at: i) identification and documentation of sustainable, inclusive and responsive extension approaches for an agroecological transition among target countries. Its specific objectives are to: ii) keep farmers engaged in extension approaches such as Farmer Field Schools, Farmer Business Schools, Farmer to Farmer; iii) integrate farmers further into exchanges with researchers and extensionists so that farmers stay motivated in sharing their experiences. Theses therefore are expected to contribute to an agroecological transition of agri-food systems from bottom-up.

• ED AFAAS, Dr Silim Nahdy - Introductory remarks
• Abdulrazak Ibrahim - Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) 
• Mr Baliraine - Chairperson on the Board, East and Southern Africa Small-scale farmers Forum (ESAFF)
• Martin Oulu - GIZ (Prosoil/ Proresilience) 
• Prof. Oladele Idowu - Keynote speech 
• Benin – Prof Moumouni Ismail
• Kenya – Peter Mwangi
• Ethiopia – Dr. Abadi Teklehaimanot
• Madagascar – Samuel Andrianjafy