15th GFRAS Annual Meeting

The GFRAS Annual Meeting, originally scheduled for November 11-14, 2024, in Senegal, has been postponed to 2025 due to unforeseen circumstances in the host country. Senegal remains committed to hosting the event in 2025, with new dates and registration procedures to be announced in due time.

For 2024, GFRAS will organize a series of online events leading up to the 2025 face-to-face meeting. The program for these online events will be announced and updated on the GFRAS website.

The New
Extensionist
Learning Kit

The New Extensionist is a global view of extension and advisory services (EAS) that reinvents and clearly articulates the role of EAS in the rapidly-changing rural context.

Recent Activities and Publications

Latest Videos

GFRAS begins implementation of a new project with the goal to facilitate transformation of food systems towards agroecology. Learn more about it here.

Watch this video for an introduction to GFRAS and its priority areas for the 2021-2025 Operational Plan.

Learn more about GFRAS' Online Community of Practice, and how you can engage with peers in the extension and advisory services community.

About GFRAS

The Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services 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 of hunger and poverty. Rural advisory services help to empower farmers and better integrate them in systems of agricultural innovation.
Vision
Our vision is for rural advisory services to effectively contribute to agricultural innovation systems for sustainable development.
Mission
Our mission is to provide advocacy and leadership on pluralistic and demand-driven rural advisory services for sustainable development.

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