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Enhancing Uganda's Agricultural Extension Capacity and Quality
Date and time
Location
Hotel Africana
Plot 40 / P.O Box 6771 Wampewo Ave Kampala UgandaDescription
How can agricultural extension services better address the needs of women and men farmers, while ensuring better nutrition practices? What does professionalization of extension services for better performance of the sector look like?
Join us this March 13 -15, 2018 in Kampala, Uganda to deliberate with stakeholders and beneficiaries on Promoting Gender Responsive, Nutrition Sensitive and Professional AEAS in Uganda
Hosted by the Uganda Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (UFAAS), Integrating Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services (INGENAES) project, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), in partnership with the Developing Local Extension Capacity (DLEC) project and Lutheran World Relief (LWR), this highly participatory symposium will bring together thought leaders, government actors, donors, practitioners, academicians, private-sector organizations, and NGOs to deliberate on what has worked, build on what is working and strengthen the enabling environment for promoting gender responsive, nutrition sensitive and professional AEAS in Uganda.
Key Themes:
WHAT WORKS? Innovative and effective tools, approaches and technologies that strengthen AEAS's ability to improve women’s agricultural productivity and enhance household nutrition
Focus: Action-oriented research, local best practices, relevant gender-sensitive technologies, and strong communities of practice
BUILDING ON WHAT WORKS. Building capacity of AEAS actors to better respond to male and female farmers' (young and old) needs for food, nutrition and income security.
Focus: Capacity building of organizations and individuals, engaging youth in agriculture and agripreneurship.
STRENGTHENING THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT. Strengthening AEAS in Uganda for better performance and improve service delivery mechanisms to better integrate gender and nutrition.
Focus: Sensitization on professionalism guidelines, standards and tool, launch of the national registration process, enabling better policies, collaborating with local extension providers, rolling out the New Extensionist Learning Kit, and rewarding AEAS actors for performance.
Overview of the symposium:
March 13: Day 1 of the symposium
March 14: Day 2 skill building workshops
- Sensitization on professionalism in extension (UFAAS, MAAIF)
- Training on New Extensionist Learning Kit (GFRAS, INGENAES)
- Training on integrating gender and nutrition within extension programming (INGENAES)
March 15: Day 3 of symposium and closing
Call for Presentations, Proposals and Materials:
If you would like to present at a parallel session, display an activity based poster, or share material (e.g., job aides; training material, devices) please complete the call for proposals form and send it to mjones10@illinois.edu by February 12, 2018
Questions? Contact
Ms. Maria Jones at mjones10@illinois.edu and Ms. Beatrice Luzobe at ufaas2013@gmail.com
Event Sponsors and Partners
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The Integrating Gender and Nutrition within Agricultural Extension Services (INGENAES) project in Uganda funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), supports the Presidential Feed the Future Initiative, which strives to increase agricultural productivity and the incomes of both men and women in rural areas who rely on agriculture for their livelihoods. INGENAES supports the development of improved extension and advisory systems (EAS) to improve gender and nutrition integration within extension services by reducing gender gaps in EAS and increasing empowerment of women farmers while engaging men farmers. INGENAES assists multiple types of stakeholders in Uganda such as farmers, producer groups, cooperatives, development non-governmental organization practitioners, and donors.
The Uganda Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (UFAAS) brings together Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services (AEAS) actors from: Public sector, Private sector, Academia, including schools, NGOs/civil society, Farmer Organizations and Media. It is a Non-State Actor that closely works with the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), plus other development partners and AEAS actors. UFAAS’ new vision is “Professional AEAS effectively driving the agricultural revolution in Uganda” while its mission is to promote strategic partnerships, advocacy, capacity building, information sharing and interaction among AEAS actors in Uganda.