Agricultural Extension Training and Advisory Service
Strengthening agricultural knowledge, skills, technology adoption, and advisory support for farmers and communities.
Agricultural Extension Training and Advisory Service
Main Activities
At the regional level, it generates policy ideas, designs projects and programs, and conducts studies that help introduce new agricultural technologies and improved practices and bring about sustainable changes in behavior and attitudes. It also facilitates practical, action-oriented training that can improve knowledge, skills and attitudes.
It studies, designs and expands the agricultural extension system so that strengthened extension services can be provided to rural and urban areas, as well as to women and youth, identifies and shares effective best practices and technologies with all users, reviews the existing system based on farmers' needs so that it is aligned with current service requirements, establishes systems for strengthening farmer training centers, creates educated farmers who can easily adopt technology, and increases production and productivity by designing appropriate strategies for technology dissemination and creating the necessary conditions.
It coordinates training projects and programs that help provide agricultural extension training and competency assessment at different levels and competency units for professionals, all farmers, women and youth.
By studying and identifying training needs, it develops training programs, coordinates training for farmers at farmer training centers and through model farmers based on prepared training topics, and monitors and evaluates their implementation.
It works to fill the shortage of kebele development workers by enabling new professionals to enter colleges, graduate at the required level, obtain professional competency certification and be deployed accordingly.
It provides monitoring and support to ensure the effectiveness of training and advisory service delivery within agricultural structures at different levels.
It expands the use of modern information technology in agricultural extension service delivery, identifies improved practices and ensures that they are widely shared with other areas through mass media communication channels.
It develops, coordinates and monitors strategies that enable the delivery of video- and mobile-based (ICT-based) agricultural extension services.
Main Responsibilities
Prepare the section's plan in alignment with the Directorate's vision and mission and facilitate the necessary budget.
Ensure that activities are carried out according to the plan, monitor implementation, conduct evaluation and provide support, provide advice and build skills, and work in coordination with other development stakeholders.
Establish strong working relationships with agricultural structures at different levels, government and non-governmental organizations, private investors, institutions organized for agricultural development, research centers, universities, technical and vocational training colleges, and industries.
