FARMING FIRST:
World Farmer Organisation,
International Council for Science (ICSU)
World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO)
International Fertilizer Industry Association
CropLife International

Best practices and technology can help sustainably increase productivity and leverage agriculture?s poverty reduction potential. But they need to be shared, deployed and adapted because every country, every farmer and every field are different. Knowledge sharing mechanisms, such as extension services, are essential for addressing existing implementation gaps, deploying new technologies and to ensure farmers around the world can use the tools most adapted to them.



However, knowledge sharing mechanisms such as extension services have often been neglected and suffered from budget cuts and a lack of attention to the sector. In the meantime, public support for agricultural support also declined, raising questions about how research can address the need of farmers in different geographies.



Scaling up best practices, deploying innovations, sharing knowledge, need to become priorities for the future agriculture agenda, with complementary role for public and private actors in achieving sustainable agriculture.

Best practices and technology can help sustainably increase productivity and leverage agriculture?s poverty reduction potential. But they need to be shared, deployed and adapted because every country, every farmer and every field are different. Knowledge sharing mechanisms, such as extension services, are essential for addressing existing implementation gaps, deploying new technologies and to ensure farmers around the world can use the tools most adapted to them.


However, knowledge sharing mechanisms such as extension services have often been neglected and suffered from budget cuts and a lack of attention to the sector. In the meantime, public support for agricultural support also declined, raising questions about how research can address the need of farmers in different geographies.

Scaling up best practices, deploying innovations, sharing knowledge, need to be priorities for the future agriculture agenda, with complementary role for public and private actors in achieving sustainable agriculture.

The event will focus on practical experiences in making technology and partnerships work for knowledge sharing and capacity building. Participants will discuss the complementary roles for public and private sector as well as for partnerships. Discussion will pay specific attention to the challenges and prospects for replicating/scaling up experiences.

Chair: Lindiwe Sibanda, FANRPAN

Possible speakers:
? Clyde Graham, Canadian Fertilizer Institute
? Adriana Brondani, Sustain Agro (Brazil)
? Anabela da Piedade Manhica, African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD)
? Rajeev Chauhan, India