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GFRAS Working Group: Policy for Extension and Advisory Services

Introduction

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The GFRAS policy group was formed at the request of the GFRAS steering committee due to the high level of interest in this topic, especially in Africa.

The working group will:

  • Harmonise activities within policy making for extension and advisory services
  • Link demands to resources within policy activities
  • Make information and resources publicly available on the relevant web sites

Activities

Activities

East Africa Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services Policy Dialogue

June 18 2015, Kampala, Uganda

At the core of this policy dialogue were the results of the scoping study on the status of the AEAS policies in Africa and their alignment to the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development (CAADP agenda.

The event served also as a test case for further policy dialoques in other counries.

icon target Find more information

RAS policies - evidence and practice - GFRAS Annual Meeting 2014

icon pdf Meeting report (pdf 1.36MB)

icon target See the webpage of the meeting

icon target Extension Policy Compendium: a collection of materials

Demands for a RAS Policy Guide - Questionnaire September 2013 

A policy can be defined as a regulatory framework to guide decisions and achieve out-comes. The  GFRAS working group on policy together with the Modernizing Extension and Advisory Services (MEAS) developed the idea to elaborate a guide for extension policy and a survey was conducted in September and October 2013 to identify the demand for such a document.

icon pdf Results Policy Questionnaire (pdf 599KB)

icon pdf Conclusions & Recommendations of the Policy Questionnaire (pdf 193KB)

icon pdf Extension Policy questionnaire (pdf 242KB)

GFRAS Policy Meeting, 13 March 2013, Hotel Roodevallei, Pretoria, South Africa

icon pdf Report Policy Meeting 2013 Pretoria (pdf 711KB)

icon pdf GFRAS Action and Events Plan at Global Level (pdf 276KB)

icon pdf K-Davis Introduction (pdf 621KB)

icon pdf M-Kamau Kenya Steps of policy development (pdf 624KB)

icon pdf L-Botsheleng Consultation process (pdf 778 KB)

icon pdf M-Zinnah Challenges of follow up (pdf 348KB)

icon pdf M-Eweg Summary Tips for implementation and stakeholder engagement (pdf 155KB)

icon pdf M-Olupot Summary Areas for harmonisation key questions (pdf 85KB)

 

Policy Compendium

RAS Policy Compendium

intro compendiumThe Policy Compendium is a tool that contributes to filling the gap between the rural advisory services (RAS) policy environment and RAS efforts in the field. It helps direct decisions and facilitate successful policy processes and outcomes in extension and advisory services by making knowledge accessible, fostering synergies and promoting policy processes to improve RAS and rural development.

It has two purposes. 

  1. It provides easily accessible and understandable resources for those developing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating or advocating for RAS policy. The Compendium provides background information, inputs, ideas and hands-on guidance for decision-making and facilitation of successful policy processes for RAS. 
  2. The Compendium is also closely linked to GFRAS’ efforts with regards to the Consortium on Extension Education and Training and to policy dialogues at regional and national level: While the Policy Compendium provides background and learning materials to support advocacy trainings and policy dialogues, results from trainings and policy dialogues will feed back into the Policy Compendium, enriching it with up-to-date data for practitioners using it.

The Policy Compendium is dynamic and is continuously expanded. For more information on it's structure and history, visit the sub-category "About".

icon target Find out more at compendium.g-fras.org

Members

Policy for RAS Working Group

Lead: Sithembile Mwamakamba, South Africa, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

GFRAS has 29 registered members

Search criteria

Column 1
Organisation
Country
University of Gezira
Sudan
Alage ATVET College
Ethiopia
Seabed International and KDA
Nigeria
Agroanalisis para el Desarrollo Agropecuario y Rural Sustentable, A.C.
Mexico
Winrock International
United States
University of Namibia
(Not Specified)
Toledo Development Corporation
Belize
AGRIDEA
Switzerland
Gorontalo state University
Indonesia
Wageningen university
Netherlands
Consultant
Germany
INTA
Argentina
Helvetas Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
NRM Services Tasmania
Australia
Independiente
Nicaragua
IVRI
India
Indian Veterinary Research Institute
India
lio
Afghanistan
Oxford Policy Management
India
FEATI (Farmer Empowerment Through Agricultural Technology and Information)Project
Indonesia
Sasakawa Africa Association
Nigeria
COMPACI
Ghana
Wageningen University and Research
Netherlands
University of Illinois
United States
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Pakistan
Colegio de Postgraduados
Mexico
karatina university
Kenya

Need an Expert?

Policy Experts

This list shows policy experts from the GFRAS Roster of Experts.

 

GFRAS has 64 registered members

Search criteria

Name
Organisation
Expertise
Startup India
India
  • Capacity Building
  • Climate change
  • Continuing education
  • Curriculum development
  • Farmer organisations
  • Food security
  • Gender
  • Impact evaluation
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Nutrition
  • Policy
  • Research-extension linkages
USDA/FAS
  • Capacity Building
  • Climate change
  • Food security
  • Policy
  • Public sector extension
  • Research-extension linkages
  • Technology transfer
ICAR-National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi, India
India
  • Capacity Building
  • Farmer organisations
  • Human resource development
  • ICTs
  • Impact evaluation
  • Policy
  • Public sector extension
University of Illinois AgReach
United States
  • Capacity Building
  • Climate change
  • Continuing education
  • Curriculum development
  • Farmer organisations
  • Food security
  • Human resource development
  • Gender
  • ICTs
  • Impact evaluation
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • NGOs
  • Nutrition
  • Policy
  • Public sector extension
  • Reform
  • Research-extension linkages
CAC-FRAS
Uzbekistan
  • Capacity Building
  • Food security
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • NGOs
  • Policy
  • Public sector extension
  • Research-extension linkages
Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanization and Irrigation Development
Zimbabwe
  • Capacity Building
  • Climate change
  • Farmer organisations
  • Food security
  • Gender
  • Impact evaluation
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Policy
  • Research-extension linkages
  • Technology transfer
South Africa
  • Capacity Building
  • Climate change
  • Curriculum development
  • Farmer organisations
  • Food security
  • ICTs
  • Impact evaluation
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Policy
  • Public sector extension
  • Research-extension linkages
  • Technology transfer
Awake society
India
  • Capacity Building
  • Climate change
  • Continuing education
  • Curriculum development
  • Farmer organisations
  • Human resource development
  • ICTs
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Policy
Center for Strategic Planning and Policy Studies
Philippines
  • Capacity Building
  • Gender
  • Impact evaluation
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Policy
  • Research-extension linkages

 

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