7th GFRAS Annual Meeting

  • 04th October 2016
  • by secretary
Paepard

3 – 6 October 2016, Cameroon. This Annual Meeting on The Role of Rural Advisory Services for Inclusive Agripreneurship will gather participations from all regions, gender, ages, and sectors involved in agricultural and rural advisory services (RAS) to discuss, learn, exchange, and formulate recommendations on the roles and required capacities of RAS for supporting inclusive agripreneurship as important element of sustainable rural development.

Aside from this thematic discussions and related field trips on day 1 and 2, RAS networks and fora
will, on day 3, have the opportunity to learn from each other on how to strengthen their functioning to become stronger and more successful players in the agricultural innovation systems in their regions.

The meeting objectives are to:

  • Provide a comprehensive understanding of inclusive agripreneurship and its relevance for food security, poverty reduction, and sustainable development, and identify factors that influence inclusive agripreneurship.
  • Discuss the role of RAS and their capacities needed on the individual, organisational, and system level to strengthen inclusive agripreneurship, and provide recommendations on how those capacities can be strengthened.
  • Discuss capacity needs and define ways forward needed in general to strengthen RAS networks and fora for them to become successful players in agricultural innovation systems in their regions.
Extracts of the side events:


Source: PAEPARD FEED

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