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The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)¹⁾ offers the following Knowledge Management education and training opportunities:

Communities

Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Ex-Pillar IV Africa Regional and Sub-regional Organisations for Agricultural Research and Innovation Project Consortium (CAADP-XP4 Consortium)²⁾
- CAADP-XP4 Knowledge Management Working Group (aka CAADP-XP4 Consortium Knowledge Management Technical Working Group)
- Knowledge Management for Agricultural Development (KM4AgD) Community of Practice (aka KM4AgD Fellows)

Certification Training Courses

Knowledge Management for Agricultural Development (KM4AgD) Challenge (Certified Knowledge Manager for Sustainable Development, aka Certified CAAD-XP4 Knowledge Management for Agricultural Development Manager or Certified Knowledge Agent for Sustainable Development)
(Part of the Knowledge Management for Agricultural Development (KM4AgD) Agenda (Challenge & Conference)³⁾)

Conferences

Knowledge Management for Agricultural Development (KM4AgD) Conference**
(Part of the Knowledge Management for Agricultural Development (KM4AgD) Agenda (Challenge & Conference)³⁾)

Agenda topics:
2024: Scaling Up Successful Knowledge Management Models for Agricultural Development in Africa
2022: Strengthening the African Knowledge Ecosystem for Achieving & Sustaining the CAADP Malabo Targets 2025
2021: Strengthening the Knowledge Ecosystem for Improved Agricultural Productivity in Africa
KM4AgD @ Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW)

Webinars

KM4AgD Community of Practice bi-monthly Webinars

Dec 2025: #05 Making Knowledge Work: Mapping KM–MEL Pathways for Evidence-Driven Agricultural Development (POSTPONED)
Nov 2025: #04 Measuring the Impact of Knowledge Management in Agricultural Development
Sep 2025: #03 Bridging Knowledge Management, Research and Policy for Agricultural Transformation
Jun 2025: #02 Best Practices in Building and Sustaining Effective Knowledge Management Partnerships
MMM 2025: #01 n.a. (? Mar 2055: KM4AgD Community of Practice General Assembly)

KM4AgD Challenge Knowledge Cafe Webinars

2022: (Aug)
#1 Knowledge Management Framework for AR4D in Africa
#2 Partnerships, Awareness, Resource Mobilization and Monetization: Protection of knowledge
#3 Agricultural Knowledge Hub and Digitization
#4 Capturing Traditional Knowledge and Fake News
#5 Inclusivité des connaissances genre, handicap, et ruralité

2021: (Nov)
#1 Knowledge management awareness, Fake News and Misinformation
#2 Professionalise KM in institutions/ organisations and Knowledge Management Competence Centres
#3 Knowledge Inclusion and Adoption of business models
#4 Knowledge Processes and Hubs
#5 Knowledge Partnership and Knowledge Agenda (Knowledge Communities) and Knowledge infrastructure on the societal level

External Webinars

Jun 2024: Continental Knowledge Management Agenda for Africa Agriculture – The Knowledge Management for Agriculture Development (KM4AgD) Agenda for Africa (INTERFACES Project Public Lecture)

Events

Jun 2023: CAADP-X4P – CGIAR Knowledge Management Session: Acting on a collaborative agenda
(Side event @ Africa Agribusiness and Science Week (AASW8), Durban, South Africa)

KM4AgD Community of Practice General Assembly

Mar 2025: KM4AgD Community of Practice General Assembly

Web Channels

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Notes:

1) FARA is a technical branch of African Union Commission (AUC) on the issues of agriculture science, technology and innovation, co-mandated by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA).
2) Led by FARA, the CAADP-XP4 Consortium consists of the African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS), Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa (ASARECA), Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche et le Développement Agricoles (CORAF) and the Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA). The CAADP-XP4 is a funded by the Development Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture (DESIRA) initiative of the European Union (EU)
3) The KM4AgD Agenda is technically supported by the Knowledge for Development Partnership (K4DP) and KMA Knowledge Management Associates.

1-11 months, 1-6 days, English language, Face-to-face KMedu, French language, Ghana (GH), Offers from Communities, Offers from Conference Providers, Online KMedu, Training Providers: Certifications African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS), African Union (AU), African Union Commission (AUC), African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), agricultural development, artificial intelligence, Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa (ASARECA), Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa (CCARDESA), Certified CAAD-XP4 Knowledge Management for Agricultural Development Manager, Certified Knowledge Manager for Sustainable Development (CKM4D), community of practice, Conseil Ouest et Centre Africain pour la Recherche et le Developpement Agricoles (CORAF), Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, development aid, digitization, fake news, indigenous knowledge, KMA Knowledge Management Associates (KM Associates), knowledge ecosystem, Knowledge for Development Partnership (K4DP), knowledge hub, knowledge inclusion, knowledge management, Knowledge Management for Agricultural Development (KM4AgD) Community of Practice, knowledge protection, machine learning, misinformation, traditional knowledge

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