Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education

SAA-IFPRI organized UNFSS Independent Dialogue: The Critical Role of Agricultural Extension in Advancing the 2030 Agenda: Lessons from the Field and Empirical Evidence
The Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) in collaboration with the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) convened United Nations Food System Summit (UNFSS) independent dialogue on August 6, 2021. The virtual event discussed how agricultural extension and advisory services can support the Sustainable Development Goals, drawing on lessons from the field and empirical evidence in Africa and elsewhere. Stakeholders shared their expert knowledge, engaged in group discussions to come up with recommendations on effective models of extension and advisory services to enhance sustainability and resilience, promote nutrition-sensitive agriculture, and foster market orientation among Food System actors. More on: https://www.saa-safe.org/news/news.php?nt=1&vid=253&lng=usa

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KSADP, Sasakawa train 275 farmers on crop protection, spraying techniques

The Kano State Agro-Pastoral Development Project (KSADP), in collaboration with Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA), had trained 275 farmers on crop protection and spraying techniques.

The KSADP Project Coordinator, Mr Ibrahim Garba-Muhammad, made the announcement at the closing of a 5-day training programme for young farmers in Kano, on Thursday

Garba-Muhammad said that the 275 youths were trained on crop protection, product knowledge, spraying techniques, safe handling and enterprise management in rice, maize, sorghum and millet value chain. More on... https://www.sunnewsonline.com/ksadp-sasakawa-train-275-farmers-on-crop-protection-spraying-techniques/

Sasakawa Africa Association President Dr. Makoto Kitanaka visits Makerere University. Here is the link to the full story https://news.mak.ac.ug/2021/06/sasakawa-africa-association-president-dr-makoto-kitanaka-visits-mak/

55 midcareer students of Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia presented their Supervised Enterprise Projects (SEPs)

ADDIS ABABA: Supervised Enterprise Projects (SEPs) is a unique aspect of SAFE program which requires the students to work on action-based research with an aim to solve problems encountered by farming communities.

The Department of Rural Development and Agricultural Extension under the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences of Bahir Dar University, a partner university with Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) organized the Supervised Enterprise Projects (SEPs) workshop for 55 final year students on the 11th & 12th of June 2021.

The workshop objective was to evaluate the action research projects report presented by the prospective graduates of third-year mid-career agricultural extension students. The students’ presentation is a prerequisite for them as partial fulfillment for their Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Extension.

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Mr. AKwora Ojang, 67 is from Alesi, Ikom Local Government in Cross River State. His group adopted the inter-cropping technology (Maize and Cassava) and demonstrated it on their plot. The group is called Okpaghatim Multi-Purpose Cooperative. It has 25 members of which 15 are women. The group started working with SAA-Nigeria in 2019.

Lancement Technique du projet ISSD/Sahel

25th of May, 2021 marks the Africa day. Image credit: google.com