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Harnessing Artificial Intelligence in Rural Advisory Services

Watch the insights from a GFRAS Webinar where Francois Rossouw and Andre Strauss from the Southern African Agri Initiative (Saai) share their experiences on a solution they developed aimed to combine Artificial Intelligence and advisory services to support extension officers and farmers in advancing their goals and promoting thriving rural communities. Archana Karanam, from Digital Green, also shared their experiences with integrating extension and artificial intelligence.

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The New
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The New Extensionist is a global view of extension and advisory services (EAS) that reinvents and clearly articulates the role of EAS in the rapidly-changing rural context.

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Published On: 03 Apr, 2024

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GFRAS Report: Digital Advisory Services - Global Lessons in Scaling Up Solutions

Published On: 07 Dec, 2023

GFRAS is glad to launch its report "Digital Advisory Services: Global Lessons in Scaling Up Solutions", supported and financed by GIZ and BMZ. ...

ÆRAS Project

Published On: 22 Nov, 2023

ÆRAS Project as part of the GP-SAEP Program The Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) is implementing an Agroecology project in close col...

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About GFRAS

The Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services GFRAS is about enhancing the performance of advisory services so that they can better serve farm families and rural producers, thus contributing to improved livelihoods in rural areas and the sustainable reduction of hunger and poverty. Rural advisory services help to empower farmers and better integrate them in systems of agricultural innovation.