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A high-level Agricultural Extension Coalition round-table policy dialogue was organized in Uganda by the Uganda Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (UFAAS) in collaboration with the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), under the theme “Agri-Food Innovation Systems: From Silos to Systems.”

The meeting convened senior government officials, academia, private sector actors, civil society, development partners, extension practitioners, and farmers, to reflect on the current status and future of agricultural extension and advisory services (AEAS) in Uganda.

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UGANDA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION COALITION DIALOGUE -UFAAS- AFAAS -AGRA

Prof. Hlami Ngwenya explains that "Wearing scientific goggles" simply means giving practitioners scientific lenses to begin to look at their work with a scientific eye. The assumption is that, when you do take this approach, you unleash the 'dopamine effect'.

About "Wearing Scientific Goggles" ~ Prof. Hlami Ngwenya

Video captured during the monitoring and learning event of the Global Programme for Small-scale Agroecology Producers and Sustainable Food Systems Transformation (GP-SAEP) Project in Soroti District, Eastern Uganda.

Alternative ways of organising agricultural extension work ~Dr Hlami Ngwenya, GP-SAEP Project, GFRAS

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“Agricultural extension must return to the field and find out what people need, not just transferring information that may not be needed"- Ms Jennifer Ayoru, @MAAIF_Uganda at the 🇺🇬 Agricultural Extension Coalition round-table policy dialogue

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