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    Scoping Report on Exchange Institutions for Knowledge Sharing
    (FARA, 2026-05) FARA, CSIR-STEPRI
    This scoping report examines the capacities, institutional structures, collaboration mechanisms, and knowledge-sharing practices of exchange institutions involved in the StEPPFoS consortium under the EU-AU Partnership on Sustainable Food Systems. The report contributes to Work Package 1 (WP1) of the StEPPFoS project, which seeks to generate evidence to support consortium activities and strengthen research-policy linkages within Africa’s food and nutrition ecosystems. Using an online rapid survey administered to all 16 consortium partner institutions across 11 countries, the study achieved a 100% response rate and mapped institutional roles, capacities, governance arrangements, knowledge-sharing platforms, and stakeholder engagement approaches. The findings reveal that participating institutions primarily focus on research, policy engagement, multi-stakeholder dialogue facilitation, capacity building, and digital platform development. Knowledge exchange activities are largely implemented through workshops, conferences, publications, digital hubs, and collaborative learning platforms. The report identifies several emerging trends shaping knowledge exchange, including digital transformation, artificial intelligence and machine learning, virtual collaboration, participatory design, crowdsourcing, and open-access knowledge systems. However, persistent barriers such as weak digital infrastructure, limited monitoring and evaluation systems, intellectual property concerns, data security limitations, stakeholder resistance to evidence uptake, and language and cultural barriers continue to constrain effective knowledge dissemination and policy influence. The study recommends strengthening institutional collaboration, enhancing digital infrastructure, promoting inclusive and equitable knowledge-sharing systems, expanding participatory and co-creation approaches, investing in evidence synthesis capacities, and developing robust monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems. It concludes that strengthening Africa’s knowledge exchange ecosystem requires sustained investment in partnerships, digital innovation, inclusive engagement, and adaptive knowledge systems capable of supporting evidence-informed policymaking and sustainable food systems transformation.
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    Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services Policy-Oriented Proceedings: Discussions and Recommendations – Enabling Private Sector-Led Agricultural Extension and Sustainable Last-Mile Service Delivery in Uganda
    (AFAAS, 2026) AFAAS, UFAAS
    This publication documents the proceedings, discussions, and policy recommendations emerging from the Uganda National Agricultural Extension Week 2026 (UGNAEW2026), held under the theme “Unlocking Uganda’s Agricultural Potential: Multi-actor Extension and Advisory Services for Resilient, Digital and Market-Oriented Food Systems.” The proceedings focus on strengthening Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services (AEAS) in Uganda through private sector-led approaches, digital transformation, agroecology, professionalization, and market-oriented service delivery. The report synthesizes keynote presentations, policy dialogues, thematic sessions, case studies, workshops, and stakeholder consultations involving government institutions, research organizations, extension practitioners, farmer organizations, development partners, and private sector actors. It identifies systemic challenges affecting Uganda’s extension ecosystem, including fragmented coordination, weak regulatory frameworks, inadequate professionalization, limited digital integration, insufficient market orientation, and low private sector incentives. The proceedings conclude with comprehensive policy recommendations aimed at repositioning extension systems as market-driven, digitally enabled, professionalized, and partnership-based systems capable of supporting resilient and competitive agrifood systems in Uganda.