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Policy Highlights: Agricultural Technology: Research and Extension Systems  







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    Expert consultation on agricultural extension, research-extension-farmer interface and technology transfer 2003
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    Numerable changes and forces shaping the world these days globalization, liberalization, decentralization, breakthroughs in communications, genetic engineering and biological technologies, to name but a few – are impacting or have the potential to affect agricultural extension. The effects are both positive and negative. Of particular concern is that agricultural extension is unknown or unutilized in some areas of the Asia and Pacific region and that in many places technology transfer and adopti on has not met the needs of target beneficiaries, despite efforts in research and development. The above consultation held in Bangkok, Thailand on 16 to 19 July 2002 brought together experts to review the status of agricultural extension, examine problems, needs and opportunities and discuss strategies to address these issues both nationally and regionally. The participants drafted several recommendations for future directions and identified priorities and presented frameworks for projects t hat will address the recommendations coming out of the consultation.
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    Research and Extension – TAP-AIS project webinar: Joint rapid appraisal on strengthening agricultural innovation systems in Africa, Asia and Latin America by regional research and extension organizations 2021
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    The webinar is organized in the framework of the TAP-AIS project (Developing capacities in agricultural innovation systems: scaling up the Tropical Agriculture Platform Framework) implemented by FAO’s Research and Extension Unit, and funded by the European Union as a component of the EU DeSIRA initiative. The project aims to strengthen agricultural innovation systems by promoting the capacity development framework of the Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP), a multi-stakeholder facilitation mechanism on capacity development for agricultural innovation systems. As part of the project, in 2020, Regional Agricultural Research and Extension Organizations (RREO) in Africa, Asia and Latin America jointly carried out rapid appraisals to scope the innovation environment and identify and document initiatives aimed at strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems (AIS). The focus of the joint rapid appraisals (JRA) was on functional capacity development with a view to exploring ways in which RREO can support the development of these capacities using TAP approaches and tools. The three regional studies were consolidated in the Synthesis report, which will be launched during this event. The main objectives of the webinar are to raise awareness and promote joint actions by RREO on strengthening capacity to innovate through integration of TAP Common Framework for capacity development. Specifically the webinar will:
    • present key findings from the Synthesis report on capacity development for innovation
    • raise awareness and advocate for joint actions by research and extension organizations
    • identify entry points for integration of Common Framework of capacity development within the programmes and projects of Regional Research and Extension Organizations.
    This webinar is open to the partners contributed to the report and other interested parties. The webinar will be in English with Spanish interpretation.

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