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"Strengthening Agricultural Advisory Services (AAS)" Project, which is funded by the European Union and implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), invited the agronomist-expert to provide the farmers in Guba-Khachmaz and Ganja-Gazakh
Experience Capitalization
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Capitalizing on experiences for greater impact in rural development was a large-grant project, which was supported by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and agreed with CTA in March 2016. It was implemented together with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (IICA) with the intention of supporting the sustainable adoption of experience capitalization as an approach for continuous learning, improvement and scaling up.
Overview Experience capitalization refers to the process by which a specific project or programme (or an experience in general) is described and analysed in detail, and from which lessons are drawn, shared and used to improve development interventions. It is an approach that helps identify specific innovations and practices, and understand the reasons behind success or failure. One of the main benefits of an e
By Matabeleland North Correspondent
THE government-issued motorbikes, handed to Agricultural Extension (Agritex) workers, are proving to be dangerous instead of improving working conditions for the officers as over 72 have been involved in accidents countrywide.
Agritex has a national workforce of 5 000 extension employees and 505 supervisors countrywide while the veterinary department has 2 000.
The government early this year undertook to capacitate its agriculture support staff by issuing each with a motorbike and an ipad for use in their day-to-day duties.
This is part of the government’s efforts to transform agriculture from subsistence to a commercial business.
However, Agriculture Minister Anxious Masuka told House of Assembly members last week the decision to provide motorbikes to Agritex officers was proving costly as over 72 had been involved in accidents while riding the motorbikes.