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Caribbean Agricultural Extension Providers Network (CAEPNet) Country Forum Stakeholder's Meeting Presenter: Bissasar Chintamanie Country Focal Point/Representative Guyana March 16 th 2018 Background In the context of meeting the

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Caribbean Agricultural Extension Providers’ Network (CAEPNet)

Country Forum Stakeholder's’ Meeting Presenter: Bissasar Chintamanie Country Focal Point/Representative Guyana

March 16th 2018

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Background

  • In the context of meeting the holistic needs of

increasing agricultural production in a sustainable manner, agricultural extension has a crucial role to play.

  • Reforms in the system envisage an extension

service more broad-based and holistic in content and scope, thus beyond agricultural technology transfer.

  • Its normal task of transferring and disseminating

appropriate technologies and agronomic practices would not be sufficient.

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Background

  • Extension agencies, services providers and workers

will need to exercise a more proactive and participatory role, serve as knowledge/ information agents, initiating and facilitating mutually meaningful and equitable knowledge based transactions among agricultural researchers, trainers and primary producers.

  • All this needs to be done in an effective and cost

efficient manner and thus the need for a more

  • rganized agricultural extension services.

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Background

  • Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services impacts

(GFRAS) is about enhancing the performance of advisory services so that they can better serve farm families and rural producers, thus contributing to improved livelihoods in rural areas and the sustainable reduction

  • f hunger and poverty.
  • Rural advisory services help to empower farmers and

better integrate them in systems of agricultural innovation.

  • The GFRAS structure reaches smallholder farmers via the

regional rural advisory services networks, which are made up of national-level platforms.

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Background

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  • Abbreviations: African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services

(AFAAS); Agricultural Extension in South Asia (AESA); Asia-Pacific Islands Rural Advisory Services Network (APIRAS); Australasia- Pacific Extension Network (APEN); Caribbean Agricultural Extension Providers Network (CAEPNet); Central Asia and the Caucasus Forum for Rural Advisory Services (CAC-FRAS); European Forum for Farm and Rural Advisory Services (EUFRAS); Mekong Extension Learning Alliance (MELA); Middle East and North Africa Network (MENA); Pacific Islands Rural Advisory Services Network (PIRAS); Red Latinoamericana de Servicios de Extensión Rural/Latin American Network on Rural Extension Services (RELASER); Réseau des services de conseil agricole et rural d’Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre/West and Central Africa Network of Agricultural and Rural Advisory Services (RESCAR-AOC); Southern Africa Regional Forum

  • n Agricultural Advisory Services (SARFAAS); United States National

Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

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Background

  • The national platforms include actors from all sectors

working in rural advisory services, and work directly with smallholders.

  • National platforms help prioritise national-level issues

and formulate demands to be taken to the regional and global levels.

  • Work through these levels is guided by a steering

committee, which delegates operational functions to a secretariat.

  • Thematic working groups, which cut across the regions,

also contribute to GFRAS’ work to reach smallholders.

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Background

  • Initial meeting – Trinidad and Tobago Feb 28-

March 1, 2013

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Background

  • Officially launched at Caribbean Week of

Agriculture 2013 in Guyana

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Background

  • Registered non-profit in Trinidad and Tobago 2017
  • Membership open to all Caribbean countries
  • Current participating members - Antigua and

Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada Guyana, Saint Lucia, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Guadeloupe, Anguilla, and extensionists with Caribbean heritage based in US

  • Supported by GFRAS and FFA at the UWI, St.

Augustine Campus

  • Secretariat based at UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad

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Background

  • Vision: Extension rural advisory services (RAS)

effectively contributing to sustainable agricultural and rural development in the Caribbean through vibrant innovation systems.

  • Mission: Facilitation of knowledge sharing and

capacity building of agriculture and RAS providers, fostering an enabling policy and investment environment, in order to contribute to sustainable rural development in the Caribbean.

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Goal 1

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Facilitation and enhancement of effective and continuous knowledge and information sharing

  • Share extension and rural advisory service

experiences through all available, practical and sustainable networking mechanisms.

  • Supplement knowledge gaps on strategic

areas of rural advisory service provision.

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Goal 2

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Professionalization of rural advisory services

  • Motivate individual extension and rural service

providers to aspire to and practice the core values of the Network at all times.

  • Facilitate pluralistic extension and advisory

services as vital components of any national and rural and agricultural development system and strategy.

  • Identify, synthesize and share rural advisory

resources.

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Goal 3

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Advocacy and support for an enabling policy environment and appropriate investment in rural advisory services

  • Advocate for a functional, innovative, and demand-led

extension or rural advisory systems.

  • Advocate for the use of extension and rural advisory

services and systems through strategic partnerships with policy makers, programme implementers and rural and agricultural service providers.

  • Respond to demands for requests for support in revitalizing

national extension and rural advisory services.

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Current Activities

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  • Regular Skype or web-based meetings
  • Annual face-to-face meetings
  • Representation at GFRAS meetings
  • Facebook page
  • Establish country forums in Antigua and Barbuda,

Guyana, and Jamaica

  • Recognition of Regional Extension Officer of Excellence

(2017 winner – Rishal Ramsarran of Guyana)

  • Professional development for extension officers
  • Extension research
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Current Activities

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UWI, FFA, Visited Guyana – Facilitated by CAEPNet

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  • Dr. Norma Samuels interacting with Dr. Crossman and colleague at CAEPNet

Poster exhibition corner, CFCS meeting, St Thomas USV

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Current Activities

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Norma, Kuldip and Pamela representing CAEPNet and CAFAN at 5th GFRAS annual meeting

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CAEPNet Contingent with visitor to UWI Poster Exhibition at AIAEE Conference, Netherlands

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CAEPNet members meeting with CTA Executives, Netherlands

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Norma Samuel’s Outstanding Achievement Award from AIAEE for her efforts to strengthen extension in the Caribbean region

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  • Dr. Norma Samuel making the announcement at CFCS meeting
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  • Dr. Wayne Ganpat at CFCS meeting 2017
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Participants at CAEPNet Sessions CFCS meeting 2017- San Juan Puerto Rico

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CAEPNet Executive meeting 2017- San Juan Puerto Rico

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CAEPNet Sessions 2017- San Juan Puerto Rico

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CAEPNet Sessions 2017- San Juan Puerto Rico

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CAEPNet Sessions 2017- San Juan Puerto Rico

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CAEPNet Sessions 2017- San Juan Puerto Rico

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CAEPNet Sessions 2017- San Juan Puerto Rico

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CAEPNet Sessions 2017- San Juan Puerto Rico

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Future Activities

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  • Launch CAEPNet website
  • Establish country forums in other member countries
  • Provide professional development opportunities for

extension officers

– In conjunction with Caribbean Food Crops Society

  • July 8 – 13, 2018 in Belize
  • Recognize 2018 Extension Officer of Excellence
  • Secure funding to:

– Implement extension projects across the region – Conduct research

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Get Involve!

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  • Help spread the news of CAEPNet
  • Share ideas on how CAEPNet can help

strengthen extension in your country

  • Get involved in your country forum once

established

  • Share extension success stories
  • Like us on Facebook
  • Sign up to be on our email list
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Get Involve!

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  • Contact us at: caepnet@gmail.com
  • You can reach me directly at:

bchintamanie@gmail.com

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Get Involve!

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Thank You