Extension
Peasant, Family and Community Agriculture (CFCA) is the most important actor in rural development, covering 74% of agricultural units and producing about 70% of fresh food in Colombia. In order to reach its potential for economic, social and environmental transformation, the ACFC requires comprehensive and timely support that recognizes and enhances the value of its knowledge and practices. The relevance of this support must be based on methodologies and approaches that facilitate both the empowerment of farmers and their organizations, as well as the generation of innovation at the territorial scale [1]. In this context, the Sembrando Capacities project presents the results in terms of agricultural extension and innovation.
[1] FAO and IFAD. 2019. UNITED NATIONS DECADE FOR FAMILY FARMING 2019-2028. Global action plan. Rome.
Innovation
The Territorial Innovation Systems are practical spaces in which the processes of research, capacity building, technology transfer and agricultural extension, establish dynamics of institutional articulation and dialogue of knowledge that specify, promote and consolidate the processes of science, technology and innovation in the territories.
Sowing products
extension capabilities and
innovation
Primers
Extension tools and good practices for family farming: experiences from Brazil and Colombia
Territorial Systems of Agricultural Innovation: Experiences in Colombia
Documents
Technical document on extension tools and methodologies
Documentation of experiences of Territorial Systems of Agricultural Innovation in Colombia
Videos
Territorial Innovation Systems (STI)
Sowing Capacities Project
Events
Results- Territorial Systems of Agricultural Innovation: experiences in Colombia
Presentation of results: Good extension practices for family farming
Good practices in agricultural extension: tools to strengthen family farming
News
Primer brings together five experiences in Territorial Systems of Agricultural Innovation (STI) in Colombia
Primer gathers good practices in agricultural extension in Colombia and Brazil
Sowing Capacities promotes a workshop to present good extension practices for family farming
Exchange of experiences in territorial innovation and water governance between social organizations in Colombia and Brazil
‘The seed of knowledge’: podcasts bring information to family farmers in the Montes de María
The project seeded capacities, continues with the strengthening of the TISERE Policarpa
The Sembrando Capacities project strengthens knowledge about the Tahiti acid lime production and marketing system in Policarpa, Nariño
Extensionists, professionals from the rural sector and representatives of agrarian organizations from Brazil and Colombia exchanged experiences in rural agricultural extension
Sowing Capacities promotes virtual workshop for the exchange of experiences in agricultural extension
Public institutions and organizations from Brazil and Colombia discussed Technical Assistance and Rural Extension from the point of view of information technology