Bienvenue au GFRAS !
Le Forum mondial pour le conseil rural (GFRAS, sigle en anglais) a pour mission d'offrir un espace de plaidoyer et de leadership pour un conseil rural diversifié et fondé sur la demande. Le GFRAS s'y consacre dans le cadre de l'agenda mondial du développement. Ce site web vous informe des produits et services qu'offre le GFRAS. Bonne visite !
Management Advice for Family Farms in West Africa
New agricultural advisory services have grown in Francophone Africa following the withdrawal of the State from agricultural extension responsibilities. Agricultural advisory services are once again the subject of increased attention in some countries (Cameroon, Benin, Burkina Faso, etc.), especially following the recent global food crises. Currently we observe a plurality of forms of advisory services provided by a variety of actors. Experiments in MAFF (Management Advice for Family Farms) conducted with French support for nearly two decades in many Francophone African countries have sought to promote comprehensive advice to farms, one that is based on learning methods. Support from various cooperative efforts (French, Dutch, Swiss, Belgian) also helped to test and adapt MAFF in different contexts.
Caribbean Extension Meeting on “Networking for Change”
During the period 28 February - 1 March 2013, a regional meeting of extension experts was held at the St. Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), with representatives from Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago. The meeting, which was hosted by the UWI in collaboration with the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Service (GFRAS) was convened under the banner “Networking for Change”.
4ème Réunion annuelle du GFRAS: l'inscription est ouverte
Le rôle du secteur privé et des organisations de producteurs dans les services de conseil rural
La 4ème Réunion annuelle du Forum mondial pour les services de conseil rural (GFRAS) se tiendra du 24 au 26 septembre à l’hôtel Park Inn, à Berlin (Allemagne). La réunion contribuera à un échange thématique sur les services de conseil rural (SCR) et donnera aux participants l’occasion de discuter des orientations stratégiques et du fonctionnement du GFRAS. Les échanges et l’apprentissage se dérouleront sous forme de plénière et de séances parallèles, de discussions en groupe, d’une foire du partage et d’une visite de terrain (25 septembre). Les événements parallèles se tiendront les 22 et 23 septembre. La 4ème Réunion annuelle du GFRAS est organisée par la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) et l’Académie internationale des conseillers agricoles et ruraux (IALB).
World Wide Extension Study
The Worldwide Extension Study (WWES) provides empirical data on the human and financial resources of agricultural extension and advisory systems worldwide. It was started in 2009 by IFPRI, FAO, and GFRAS, and is now housed on the GFRAS website.
The interactive database, with information human and financial resources of agricultural extension and advisory systems worldwide, also has regional, sub-regional, and country profiles of extension and advisory services.
Survey on Home Economics and Nutrition
GFRAS and The Secure Nutrition Knowledge Platform of the World Bank are undertaking a mapping exercise on home economics and nutrition in extension and advisory services and workers in Africa, South Asia, and the Americas.
The objective of this work is to map the past, current and future rural extension services that include nutrition, home economic and diet-related activities. For more information see the SecureNutrition blog site.
The result will be presented at the GFRAS Annual Meeting 2013 in Berlin.
