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The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) is an ACP-EU institution working in the field of information for development. We operate under the ACP-EU Cotonou Agreement and our headquarters are in The Netherlands. When it was set up, in 1984, CTA was given the challenging task of improving the flow of information among stakeholders in agricultural and rural development in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.
Our work focuses on three key areas:
- providing information products and services (e.g., publications, question-and-answer services and database services);
- promoting the integrated use of communication channels, old and new, to improve the flow of information (e.g., e-communities, web portals, seminars, and study visits);
- building ACP capacity in information and communication management (ICM), mainly through training and partnerships with ACP bodies.
At the core of all our activities are our partnerships with ACP national and regional bodies. We also work with a wide network of ACP-EU public and private sector bodies, as well as international organisations around the world.
Our overall aim – to better serve the ever-changing information needs of all stakeholders in ACP agricultural and rural development. Through our partners we are working with these stakeholders to achieve the goal shared by the whole development community – poverty alleviation and sustainable development.
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Displaying 96 - 100 of 161Soil Conservation in East Africa
Farmers perception of soil fertility. The role of farmers field schools in knowledge transfer.
Responding to drought in Malawi
A senior agricultural officer describes the steps being taken by the extension services in Malawi to enable farmers overcome the challenge of drought
Institutionnalisation de l'évaluation d'impact de la recherche agronomique en Afrique de l'Ouest et du Centre
L'atelier organisé par le CORAF/WECARD en relation avec le CTA et ECART s'inscrit dans une perspective d'institutionnalisation des études d'impact dans l'ensemble des institutions de recherche ou de formation des pays de la sous-région pour un dévelop
Conserving soils and water
A co-ordinator for Zambia?s Programme Against Malnutrition explains methods of conservation farming which can help to conserve both soil moisture and nutrients in areas experiencing dry spells.