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Republic of Rwanda Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources INTERNATIONAL LEARNING EVENT “Farmer to Farmer Extension” with the Rwandan Twigire Muhinzi Extension Model as case study Organizers Main organizers • Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources (MINAGRI) • Belgian Development Agency (BTC) Co Organizer • Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) In collaboration with • African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) • One Acre Fund Rwanda (TUBURA) Why Twigire Muhinzi as case study? Twigire Muhinzi is an exciting extension model because it combines two different kinds of Farmer to Farmer Extension approaches: Farmer Promoters (FP) with demonstration plots and Farmer Field Schools (FFS) with experimental plots. More than 1,000,000 farmers (>50% of all Rwandan Farmers) are already involved. The access to advisory services in Rwanda has increased from 32% in 2012 to 68% in 2015. The results are spectacular: Farmers produce more, increase their income significantly, save in groups, buy and sell in group and venture in all kinds of economic activities. Last but not least, the “FFS - The Plant is the Teacher program in Rwanda is among the 10 Finalists for the prestigious DAC Price for taking development 14 to 17 June 2016 Rwanda In conjunction with FARA Science Week & Agrishow Agenda Tuesday 14 June 2016 Lemigo Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda Opening TV Show & Debate Wed 15 & Thu 16 June 2016 Various locations in Rwanda 2 Day Interactive field Experience Friday 17 June Lemigo Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda Farmer to Farmer Extension Conference
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Republic of RwandaMinistry of Agriculture and Animal Resources
INTERNATIONAL LEARNING EVENT “Farmer to Farmer Extension”
with the Rwandan Twigire Muhinzi Extension Model as case study
Organizers
Main organizers • Ministry of Agriculture and
Animal Resources (MINAGRI) • Belgian Development Agency
(BTC)
Co Organizer • Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB)
In collaboration with • African Forum for Agricultural
Advisory Services (AFAAS) • One Acre Fund Rwanda (TUBURA)
Why Twigire Muhinzi as case study?
Twigire Muhinzi is an exciting extension model because it combines two different kinds of Farmer to Farmer Extension approaches: Farmer Promoters (FP) with demonstration plots and Farmer Field Schools (FFS) with experimental plots. More than 1,000,000 farmers (>50% of all Rwandan Farmers) are already involved. The access to advisory services in Rwanda has increased from 32% in 2012 to 68% in 2015. The results are spectacular: Farmers produce more, increase their income significantly, save in groups, buy and sell in group and venture in all kinds of economic activities. Last but not least, the “FFS - The Plant is the Teacher program in Rwanda is among the 10 Finalists for the prestigious DAC Price for taking development
14 to 17 June 2016 Rwanda In conjunction with FARA Science Week & Agrishow
Agenda
Tuesday 14 June 2016 Lemigo Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda Opening TV Show & Debate
Wed 15 & Thu 16 June 2016 Various locations in Rwanda 2 D a y I n t e r a c t i v e f i e l d Experience
Friday 17 June Lemigo Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda Farmer to Farmer Extension Conference
Who should participate? This learning event targets professionals who are actively involved in farmer to farmer extension systems. This includes extension agents, researcher on extension systems, coordinators of extension programs and others. A limited number of participants with no prior experience in farmer to farmer extension are welcome, but in order to get meaningful exchanges between participants, it is important that the majority has real experience in one way or another.
Come and present your experience ! We need you to bring your own experience! You might be invited to join the debate table during the opening TV show. Or you can present your approach or results at the conference. Submit your contribution online on www.twigire.com.
Registration Registration on www.twigire.com before 30 April is compulsory both for national and international participants. You can opt to attend all events or select the day(s) you want to join. Participants to the FARA Science week will be able to attend the opening show as well as the Conference. For questions or more information: [email protected]
Your organization would like to sponsor this event?
Great! Contact us on [email protected]
What to expect from this conference? Based on what you will see and experience, you will be triggered to join the discussions and share your view with others. This will not be a typical conference. We guarantee you in depth analysis, exciting discussions and eye opening experiences. The objective is to create opportunities to exchange ideas about various aspects of all kinds of farmer to farmer extension models.
Participation fee The participation in the event is free of charge, but participants are expected to cover their own international travel and accommodation expenses. A limited number of full sponsorships might be available through one of our partners. Submit your request for sponsorship on www.twigire.com.
