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PSTAD workshop in full swing

PSTAD workshop in full swing

PSTAD workshop participants at the Oak Plaza Hotel, Accra

Partners in the Promoting Science and Technology for Agricultural Development (PSTAD) project met at Accra on 24 January for a week-long workshop to share and discuss the final recommendations of the Mid-term Review (MTR) of the project that took place in June 2010. The meeting attracted 65 participants from over 30 countries.

FARA received a grant from the African Development Bank (AfDB) through the PSTAD project. This grant provides financial support to two of FARA’s regional initiatives based on the demands of its stakeholders, RAILS and DONATA. PSTAD has two overarching objectives:

  •  Build research knowledge management capacity within participating national systems of Africa
  • Establish pathways for dissemination of improved technologies and good agricultural practices across the continent

The goal is to increase agricultural production and thereby contribute to the achievement of food security and poverty reduction in the beneficiary countries and Africa as a whole. More...

published: 2011-01-24 | tagged: donata homepage rails

Dissemination of New Agricultural Technologies in Africa (DONATA)

Purpose

To strengthen the innovation capacity of stakeholders in African agricultural research and development to effectively and efficiently facilitate and or catalyse rapid and large scale dissemination and adoption of successful agricultural best bets in areas where they are needed but are not accessed and utilized.


Objectives

  (i)To identify the most profitable and environmentally beneficial African model crops, best bets, and other agricultural enterprises for scaling-up and out in areas where they are suited but where they are currently not accessed and utilised

  (ii) To analyse challenges and opportunities in value chain approach in scaling-up and out, agricultural best bets and disseminating success stories

  (iii) To develop toolkit(s) for disseminators that facilitates the targeting of best bets to where they fit the prevailing social, environmental and market conditions.

Support to DONATA:  Currently, the AfDB provides the main support to DONATA. The project is led by FARA, managed by the SROs, and implemented by the NARS