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Webinar Series: Mental Health & Agriculture

This series discusses what is contributing to mental health issues in agriculture, presents examples of protective and detrimental policies, how to reach out to provide successful interventions to agricultural populations, and showcases best-practice examples from the GFRAS Network. The recordings of the four webinars can be found here.

March 5th: Recording available here

March 12th: Recording available here

March 19th: Recording available here

March 26th: Recording available here

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Recent Publications

Upcoming Conference: "Life and agriculture in transition – accompanying change, supporting innovation, strengthening resilience"

Published On: 24 Feb, 2021

The 60th IALB, the 10th EUFRAS, and the 7th SEASN Conference will take place online on 10th and 11th June 2021, directly from the Lake Constance regio...

Full publication: Global Capacity Needs Assessment (GCNA) methodology - Integrating nutrition objectives into agricultural extension and advisory services programmes and policies

Published On: 22 Feb, 2021

FAO and GFRAS - through AESA - have engaged in a study focused on the development of a global capacity needs assessment (GCNA) methodology. The main g...

Emerging GFRAS Regional Network: NAAAN - North American Agricultural Advisory Network

Published On: 16 Nov, 2020

In its continuous efforts to promote Advisory Services worldwide, GFRAS is proud to promote its newest emerging Regional Network.&nb...

Latest Videos

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

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

Rasheed Sulaiman V., member of GFRAS board and head of AESA, spoke during the FAO International Symposium on Agricultural Innovation for Family Farmers.

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.