{"id":329,"date":"2023-04-02T10:17:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T10:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ufaas-ugandacf.org\/ugnaew2024\/?p=329"},"modified":"2023-05-20T14:07:13","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T14:07:13","slug":"call-for-abstracts-for-the-uganda-national-agricultural-extension-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ufaas-ugandacf.org\/ugnaew2026\/call-for-abstracts-for-the-uganda-national-agricultural-extension-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for abstracts for the Uganda National Agricultural Extension Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Uganda national agricultural extension week(NAEW) will take place on 23rd-26th May 2022 at Kabira Country Club in Bukoto Kampala, Uganda and virtually under the theme\u00a0\u201cUnveiling innovative pluralistic AEAS approaches: Actors\u2019 resilience and competitiveness for food security and commercialized agriculture\u201d<\/em>\u00a0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The technical committee of\u00a0NAEW<\/a>\u00a0invites abstracts for papers or posters responding to any of the five sub-themes below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

i. AEAS interventions and support mechanisms for addressing resilience and competitiveness
ii. Leveraging on and strengthening public programmes and projects.
iii. Viable Business development and support services for farmers and other users of AEAS services.
iv. Women and Youth engagement and opportunities in the agricultural value chain as actors and
beneficiaries.
v. Digitalized Agricultural Extension and Advisory services (AEAS) in Agriculture as a driver for agricultural growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guidelines for authors:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Submissions should be in English and will be accepted from academic institutions, civil society
    organizations\/Non-Governmental Originations, farmers\u2019 organizations, agro-industry experts, private sectors,\u00a0individuals, representatives of women and youth groups and the wider public.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Abstracts and summaries for oral, poster, or other presentations should be aligned to any of the sub-themes\u00a0of the conference and submitted in Times New Roman; font size 12 in single spacing, not exceeding 500\u00a0words.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The abstract or summary must clearly indicate the title, sub-theme, author(s), institutional affiliation, contact\u00a0details and the preferred mode of presentation; Oral (Physical, Virtual, recorded, video) or Poster. In addition,\u00a0abstract should include brief background, statement of the problem, objectives, methodology, key findings,\u00a0conclusion and recommendations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Students and youth extension actors are particularly encouraged to submit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. The editors reserve the right to reject papers deemed inconsistent with the guidelines outlined in this call for abstracts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Accepted abstracts\/summaries will be published in a book of abstracts, innovations\/case stories and peer-reviewed proceedings.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Deadline for submission is 15th April, 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Modalities for submission of abstracts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n