Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE)
SAFE is a product of two development imperatives: (1) to bring African agricultural universities and colleges more fully into the agricultural and rural development process through the creation of new innovative continuing education programs and (2) to expand and strengthen the knowledge and skills of frontline agricultural and rural development advisory service providers to improve their capacity to more effectively serve the needs of smallholder farm families. >>
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SAFE Annual Report and SAA/SAFE News letters
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One of the innovative aspects of the Mid-Career Agriculture Extension BSc Program is the component that students plan, execute independent field-based projects called the Supervised Enterprise Projects (SEPs) with the main objective of narrowing the gap between theory and practice. SEPs have been very much commended by the graduates, instructors and employers and being reflected in the graduates performance, confidence and professionalism. >>
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Technology Village
Technology Village is a tract of land situated in or near of the SAFE training institutions. The purpose of Technology Village is to the develop/adapt and demonstrate improved technological innovations that are practical, affordable and sustainable to students, farmers and the general public. SAFE has established and strengthened technology villages in all program institutions. >>
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Alumni Associations
The SAFE Alumni Associations are established with the objective of putting the mid-career graduates under one umbrella for the purpose of sharing experiences, contributing to the improvement of agricultural extension and consequently to the development of agriculture at national level. The Alumni Associations promote the welfare of farmers by facilitating communication between agricultural extension professionals, researchers, academic staff, and policy-makers. >>
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