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Advisory services

The visibility of rural advisory services (RAS) has in recent years increased on the global agenda, but there is still a need for enhanced individual and institutional capacity development within RAS and sharing of experience at local and regional levels. Worldwide, stakeholders in the rural advisory sector have expressed demand for a dynamic, proactive, and formal structure to assure a credible and clear voice for RAS. Recognizing this need GFAR was co-founder, and is a Steering Committee member, of the Global Forum on Rural Advisory Services (GF... more

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GFRAS Creative Competition: Youth in Rural Advisory Services and Agricultural Ex

GFRAS Creative Competition: Youth in Rural Advisory Services and Agricultural Extension

Background and Aims   Youth in Rural Advisory Services are crucial to develop and...
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Strategy Review 2015

It's time for a change   In 2015, GFRAS is going into its fifth year of...
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GFRAS Global Survey on Social Media for Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services

The ICT4RAS interest group of the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) is...
5th GFRAS Annual Meeting

5th GFRAS Annual Meeting

Co-founded and supported by the Global Forum (GFAR), to specifically strengthen...
Call for proposals to develop good practice notes

Global good practice initiative: Call for proposals to develop good practice notes

Recognizing the need to strengthen agricultural advisory services around the world, GFAR was co-...
Collaboration for innovation: Rural Advisory Services in Central Asia and Southern Caucasus

Collaboration for innovation: Rural Advisory Services in Central Asia and Southern Caucasus

The Central Asia and the Caucasus Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (CACAARI)...

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