The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) in collaboration with the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Directorate of the Southern African Development Community (SADC/FANR) is holding a workshop on Promotion of Science and Technology in Agriculture Development in Africa project (PSTAD) Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), Technical Backstopping of DONATA and Training of Trainers’ on eRAILS platform www.erails.net from 6-12th July 2011, in Pretoria, South Africa.
The objective of the workshop is to empower focal points of RAILS and DONATA from SADC/FANR RAILS on the project M&E, technical backstopping for Innovation Platform for Technology Adoption (IPTA) and country portal administration. Participants will receive lectures and hands-on exercises on the effective use and management of the eRAILS platform as a tool for information and knowledge sharing. These trainers will in turn train other stakeholders within their respective National Agriculture Research Systems (NARS).
Zambia is being represented by Dr. Medson Chisi and Mr. Davy Simumba who are DONATA and RAILS focal point persons, respectively. In the next few weeks Zambia will conduct a training workshop for members of the Learning Team established under the framework of ZAR4DIN based on the approved Annual Work-plan and Budget for PSTAD project.
