Agricultural Extension in South Asia (AESA)

🌿 On #InternationalTeaDay2026, let’s reflect on the future of India’s small tea growers. In this blog, Swarup Upadhyaya discusses why rehabilitating ageing small tea gardens is critical 🍃🫖 Read here: aesanetwork.org/rehabilitating… @FAO @TeaBoardIndia #TeaSector #SmallTeaGrowers

🐄 Is organic livestock farming the future of animal husbandry? Dr. @MaheshIVRI shares his experience from the @ifoamorganics Animal Husbandry Alliance Conference 2026 on the AESA meeting note: aesanetwork.org/ifoam-animal-h… #IAHA2026 #OrganicAgriculture #Livestock #IFOAM

Big news! @afaasinfo is proud to join @GFRAS in launching the Global Strategy 2026–2035. We’re moving from isolated projects to connected systems to transform African agrifood systems. Read the strategy afaas-africa.org/aligning-for-i… #AEAS #Extension #Afaas

Youth #entrepreneurship, indigenous knowledge, and sustainable mountain #livelihoods took center stage at the 1st Johar Shauka Youth & Business Conclave 2026. Explore key insights from the AESA meeting note authored by Dr. Shikhakrati Negi. 👇 aesanetwork.org/1st-johar-shau…

New on AESA: “A 5P Model for Tea Replanting in Sri Lanka” Read the blog by Tharaka Jayasinghe: aesanetwork.org/5p-model-for-t… #AgriculturalExtension #TeaReplanting #SriLanka #AESA

On this International Labour Day 2026, @afaasinfo celebrates the dedication, resilience, and innovation of the people driving agricultural transformation across Africa.#Afaas #LabourDay2026

Can healthier soils improve human nutrition? AESA’s latest book review explores how soil degradation impacts crop quality—and why restoring soil health is key to tackling “hidden hunger” in India. Read: aesanetwork.org/healing-soils-… #SoilHealth #NutritionSecurity

New discussion paper alert! 'Rethinking Agricultural Extension' by Dr Ramoo, published by AESA & @CSAIndia, examines why India's extension system fails smallholders and what alternative models teach us about participation, inclusion & sustainability. aesanetwork.org/news/aesa-disc…

New course review Alert! "Knowledge Management for Young Professionals" — a must-read for early-career extension practitioners looking to build smarter, more impactful workflows. 🌾 Read the full review 👉 aesanetwork.org/knowledge-mana… #KnowledgeManagement #AgriculturalExtension

🐐 Gaddi goats walk 300+ km across Himalayan altitudes — naturally grazed, low-input, climate-smart. Yet pastoralists earn commodity prices. Dr Ankaj and others unpack the welfare, mobility & market gaps. 📖 aesanetwork.org/walking-for-su… #Pastoralism #IYRP2026 #LivestockExtension

A farmer asks a question from his village. A scientist answers live. He goes back to his field and tries it. That's Rythu Nestham — and it's reaching 20 lakh farmers in Telangana 🌾 Read how 👇 aesanetwork.org/reaching-farme… #RythuNestham #AgriExtension #Telangana

Kindly Check out my Course Review published in @AESA_Network aesanetwork.org/responsible-in…

Kinnakorai, a Nilgiris village of 2,000 growing organic tea by tradition, yet invisible to development systems for years. Dr P. Jaisridhar writes about one farmer's relentless mission to change that. Read here: aesanetwork.org/the-forgotten-… #Nilgiris #AgriculturalExtension #Tribal

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Fear → Frustration → Fury. That's the emotional journey of farmers living with daily wildlife damage. New AESA Blog #269 explores how conservation education can break this cycle 🐘🌿 👉 aesanetwork.org/how-conservati… #HumanWildlifeConflict #ConservationEducation #AESA

From farm to table, fruits & vegetables power nutrition, livelihoods, and sustainable agrifood systems. @FAO invites organizations worldwide to share innovations and proven solutions for a new global report. 📅 Deadline: 22 March 2026 🌐 buff.ly/rFMRKWx #AgInnovation

240 women. 18 enterprises. 283+ livelihoods touched. How Nepal's community forests became a vehicle for women's economic empowerment 🌿 New Good Practice note by @ForestActionNP on @AESA_Network ⬇️ aesanetwork.org/women-transfor… #CommunityForestry #Nepal #WomenEmpowerment

India has 4.4 lakh coffee smallholders. Most are invisible in the value chain. Canopy changes that — digital twins, hyperlocal advisories & blockchain traceability, built WITH growers. 📄 New #GoodPractice note on AESA: aesanetwork.org/canopy-digital… #DigitalExtension #IndianCoffee

Social media is now a key extension tool — but how good is the information being shared? 🤔🌾 Read more 👉 aesanetwork.org/why-and-how-ex… #Extension #Agriculture #SocialMedia #InformationQuality #AESA

Why does medical education create practitioners—while agriculture often doesn’t? 🤔🌾 @Alagu_Niranjan answers what agriculture can learn from medical training to bridge the theory–practice gap. Read more here: aesanetwork.org/why-medical-ed… #AgEducation #CapacityBuilding #AESA