The FAO HIV/AIDS Programme has produced a series of fact sheets for extensionists and fieldworkers to support families in HIV/AIDS affected areas. These fact sheets answer common questions about HIV/AIDS and allow extension workers to provide advice on areas such as nutrition, small livestock production and labour-saving technologies.
Facing the challenge of an HIV/AIDS epidemic: agricultural extension services in sub-Saharan Africa
The very survival of rural human resources development aimed at improving agricultural production, both within the extension organization and among the clientele, is currently at stake due to the HIV/AIDS menace.
New publication: Extension through womens' community development groups: A case study of female extension assistants
Male migration in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir region of Pakistan has resulted in crop farming and livestock raising and management becoming increasingly women's domain.
From margin to mainstream: revitalization of agricultural extension curricula in universities and colleges in sub-Saharan Africa
This article discusses an innovative extension training initiative being implemented in selected universities and colleges in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors argue that African agricultural universities and colleges must strengthen their capacities to develop and deliver responsive extension training programmes in order to train extension staff to become critical thinkers and reflective practition... more
