More and better rice, just sms
Extension services via short text messages and the internet are changing the livelihoods of rural rice farmers in the Pampanga community in the Philippines.
Extension services in a changing climate
Climate change is projected to affect global agriculture on which millions of small holder farmers especially in developing countries, depend on their livelihoods, yet the sector features less prominently on the global agenda to find solutions.
Extension service policies needed to consolidate food security in Africa
Effective extension advisory services policies can harmonize the agriculture sector and spur the productivity of small scale farmers who form the major growers of food in Africa, delegates to the 2012 GFRAS annual meeting in Manila, Philippines heard.
So long.. we will meet again
"The trouble with hello is goodbye", Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto once said.
For delegates who attended the 3rd GFRAS meeting, co-hosted with Asia-Pacific Islands Advisory Services Network (APIRAS) from 26-26 Sept. 2012, it was not a sad farewell but a celebration of effective networking and a confirmation that those who have met before shall meet again.
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