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The goal of the conferences are to promote the active exchange of crop sciences information, innovation, and new ideas and usually attended by experts of the highest caliber, distinguished keynote speakers, ministers of irrigation, higher education, agriculture, environment and eminent scientists from Africa and the four corners of the globe..
Some useful resources for learning about e-agriculture in practice are the World Bank's e-sourcebook ICT in agriculture – connecting smallholder farmers to knowledge, networks and institutions (2011), [2] ICT uses for inclusive value chains (2013), [3] ICT uses for inclusive value chains (2013) [4] and Success stories on information and ...
East & Horn of Africa CoP (Ethiopia, Kenya, and Uganda) The E&HAf CoP aims to improve performance of farming systems primarily through support for crop diversification, for crop improvement and diversification, and an emphasis on management strategies that enhance crop access to scarce soil nutrients and water resources and reduce pest and ...
Agricultural extension is the application of scientific research and new knowledge to agricultural practices through farmer education.The field of 'extension' now encompasses a wider range of communication and learning activities organized for rural people by educators from different disciplines, including agriculture, agricultural marketing, health, and business studies.
Pala, A.O. Women’s access to land and their role in agriculture and decision-making on the farm: experiences of the Joluo of Kenya. 1983. Journal of Eastern African Research and Development Vol. 13, pg 69–85; Pitcher, M. Conflicts and cooperation: gendered roles and responsibilities within the cotton households in Northern Mozambique. 1996 ...
AGRA, formerly known as the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa is an African-led African-based organization that seeks to catalyse Agriculture Transformation in Africa. AGRA is focused on putting smallholder farmers at the centre of the continent's growing economy by transforming agriculture from a solitary struggle to survive into farming ...
The Africa Prize For Engineering Innovation is an award for excellence in engineering in Sub-Saharan Africa. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Eight months are set aside to help the contestants. [ 3 ] The winner is awarded £25,000, with the second, third and fourth runners-up gaining £10,000 each.
Agriculture in Burkina Faso has tremendous potential. [citation needed] Burkina Faso produced in 2018: 1.9 million tons of sorghum; 1.7 million tons of maize; 1.1 million tons of millet; 630 thousand tons of cowpea (3rd largest producer in the world, losing only to Niger and Nigeria); 490 thousand tons of sugar cane; 482 thousand tons of cotton;