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What is GFRAS

GFRAS is the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services. GFRAS is made up of various stakeholders worldwide who have an interest and role in rural advisory services (RAS). The mission of this forum is to provide advocacy and leadership on pluralistic, demand-driven RAS. GFRAS does this in the context of the global development agenda, with a goal of promoting sustainable growth and reducing poverty. Learn more about our members, our priorities, and how we work in this introductory video!

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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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Recent Activities and Publications

Recent Trends in Contemporary Digital Rural Advisory Services

Published On: 09 Jan, 2023

Rural Advisory Services (RAS) are fundamental in supporting more than a billion small-scale farmers and other rural actors throughout the world (Nagar...

Webinar Series: Public-Private Partnerships in Agricultural Extension

Published On: 20 Oct, 2021

GFRAS advocates for pluralistic RAS delivery in order to reach out to farmers with appropriate rural advisory services. Public-Private Partnerships (P...

13th GFRAS Annual Meeting - Chile

Published On: 13 Oct, 2021

Registration Registration for the 2022 GAM is now open! The GAM will take place as a face-to-face event and will be held between 25 and 27 ...

Latest Videos

NAAAN Side Event at the World Food Prize 2021 - Education, Extension and Research: Building blocks for the next generation of agricultural leadership in North America.

Hlami Ngwenya, a member of GFRAS, spoke during the FAO International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers.

Dr. John James, from Enablers of Change, Australia, gives an overview of what learners and extensionists can expect from this upcoming NELK module.

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.