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Mainstreaming the Continental Knowledge Management for Agricultural Development (KM4AgD) Agenda in Ghana.
By: Mr Paul Atsu (YPARD Africa, Accra, Ghana) Despite the gains made towards achieving Agricultural Transformational development in Ghana, significant challenges remain in ensuring that the newly promoted Akosombo Integration Agenda to deliver sustainable services continues well into the future. A recent scan on knowledge management in the Ghana agricultural sector reveals that Ghana’s agriculture sector was not knowledge-driven, and there was generally a lack of a learning
Request for Proposals: Provision of various training programmes to FARA Staff – Re-advertisement
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RE-ADVERTISEMENT) Technical Services: Provision of various training programmes to FARA Staff Name of Project: CAADP-XP4 Procurement Ref: FARA/TrainProGs/RFPs/2022/01 Date: Monday, 21st February 2022 Submission Deadline Tuesday, 8th March 2022 The human resources of FARA comprise the primary asset the organization relies upon to perform its mandate. The management of these resources and specifically the attraction, retention, motivation,
Request for Proposals: Provision of various training programmes to FARA Staff
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Technical Services: Provision of various training programmes to FARA Staff Name of Project: CAADP-XP4 Procurement Ref: FARA/TrainProGs/RFPs/2022/01 Date: Friday, 9th February 2022 Submission Deadline Friday, 18th February 2022 TORs for Training Programmes The human resources of FARA comprise the primary asset the organization relies upon to perform its mandate. The management of these resources and specifically
Call for RLC Workshop Scholarships
Applying agricultural interventions and rural development strategies: Sustainable and bio-diverse agro-ecosystems for smallholder resilience. April 4-9, 2022, Nairobi, Kenya BACKGROUND The Right Livelihood College (RLC) is a global education and research initiative of universities and the Right Livelihood Award, also known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ (www.rlc-blog.org). Together with ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ awarded individuals and organizations, the RLC promotes transdisciplinary
REOI: Consultancy to develop a user-friendly compendium of forgotten food commodities in Africa
REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT) Consulting Services: Consultancy to develop a user-friendly compendium of forgotten food commodities in Africa Name of Project: FARA/FAO-RAF Activity Ref No: GF.RAFTD.RA4030226HP00.5575 Procurement Ref: FARA/CS/IC/2022/01 Date: Monday, January 31, 2022 : Submission deadline February 14, 2022 Food and nutritional security are significant developmental challenges in recent times. Africa is recorded to
UFV welcomes ARIFA fellows on Campus
It was a great pleasure to welcome the first group of Nigerians to UFV on Monday (31st) (TETfund). One of 71 Nigerian students doing Master’s courses remotely under Agricultural Research and Innovation Fellowship for Africa (ARIFA). Dr. Demetrius David da Silva greeted the students and recalled the University’s history, emphasizing its commitment to offering international students “the best in our
REOI – Consulting Services: Engagement of a firm to facilitate the recruitment of the next Executive Director of FARA
Consulting Services: Engagement of a firm to facilitate the recruitment of the next Executive Director of FARA Organisation: Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) Procurement Ref: FARA/CS/QCBS/2022/01 Date: Thursday, January 27, 2022 The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) invites interested and eligible firms to indicate their interest in the following assignment: Facilitate the recruitment of the
FARA is set to support FAO in developing a strategic guide for Countries to improve research and innovation.
FARA, the apex continental organization coordinating and advocating for agricultural research for development in Africa, is set to launch and facilitate FAO’s request to develop a strategy to provide guidance, coherence, and alignment for impact at the country level through better use of science and innovation. The FAO has undertaken important steps to strengthen its work on science and innovation, including
Announcement: Final Selection of ACP AIRTEA Third-Party Projects to be Funded in Kenya, Uganda & Rwanda
January 21, 2022; Accra, Ghana. The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), together with the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA) and the East African Farmers’ Federation (EAFF) are pleased to announce that the eleven (11) Third-Party Projects listed in the table below have been selected for funding under the project “Strengthening Agricultural Knowledge
Online Graduate Courses at Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Brazil
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), in collaboration with the Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV) in Brazil, invites submissions from interested African scientists to teach non-degree, virtual mobility online courses in English through UFV. This program is a component of FARA’s Holistic Empowerment for Livelihoods Program’s mobility component (HELP). This Program is funded by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) When? March 7 – July 1, 2022(most courses, see exceptions below) Who is eligible? “Academic mobility”: undergraduate, Master’s or Ph.D. students currently enrolled in any Higher Education Institution. “Diploma holders”: individuals holding a bachelor’s degree granted by any Higher Education Institution. Steps for the application process: Before February 5,
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