The 'New Extensionist': Roles, Strategies, and Capacities to Strengthen Extension and Advisory Services
Is today's extension agent a superwoman (or superman)?!
Extension and advisory services (EAS) are expected to do everything now from organise farmer groups to teach on nutrition and health. In today's changing and complex world, what is the role of EAS? And what capabilities are needed to equip EAS to play their role in reducing hunger and poverty worldwide?
A postion paper has been elaborated for the GCARD2 meeting in October 2012 and is currently discussed on the regional level.
The 'New Extensionist': Roles, Strategies, and Capacities to Strengthen Extension and Advisory Services
Position Paper (pdf 717KB)
The 'New Extensionist': Roles, Strategies, and Capacities to Strengthen Extension and Advisory Services
Summary (pdf 213KB) in Arabic (547KB)
GFRAS Universities' Consortium (pdf 183KB)
Rasheed Sulaiman explains the 'New Extensionist' on YouTube
Workshop Pretoria March 2013
Short brief outcomes Pretoria (pdf 141KB)
New Extensionist Workshop Report Pretoria March2013 (pdf 941KB)
Universities' Consortium on Extension and Advisory Services (ppt 1.4MB)
E-discussion March 2013
Final e-discussion report (pdf 484KB)
Regional e-discussions summary (pdf 512KB)
E-discussion summary at the end of week 2 (pdf 286KB)
Read the comments and proposals from the e-discussion in 2013
E-discussion September 2012
2 page summary of the position paper (pdf 55KB) that was the starting point for the e-discussion. This document has been revised since.
Survey and e-discussion report (pdf 1MB)
Read the comments and proposals from the e-discussion in 2012
GCARD2 Session C3.2 Innovative Knowledge and Advisory Services
Briefing for Sub-session C.3.2: Making Use of Knowledge and Advisory Systems (pdf 219KB)
Report on the GCARD Sub-session C.3.2 (pdf 269KB)
Presentations:
Introduction (pdf 1.2MB)
Overview: The New Extensionist (pdf 830KB)
Strengthening Capacity of National Agricultural Advisory Services Multi-stakeholder Platforms: The AFAAS Country Fora (pdf 1.2MB)
Strengthening regional capacity for joint action in Research, Extension and Innovation (pdf 291KB)
Improving Extension Strengthening Global Capacities for Effective (pdf 5.1MB)
Capacity Examples at National and Inter-regional Level (pdf 19.2MB)
