Subgroup: Extension and Rural Education -- This Farmer-to Farmer project draws directly from the high-priority constraints identified in the Rapid Rural Reconnaissance (RRR) project and focuses on strengthening dissemination channels and the actors who move agricultural production and consumer science information.

Colombia Agricultural Network Development Opportunity
Executive Summary/Description
The primary beneficiaries of the project are intended to be the small farmers in post conflict areas - beginning with the same areas where the RRR was carried out - as well as the NGOs that are providing technical information to these farmers. The project is being carried out in 2017-2018.
LGU Team Participants
New Mexico State University
Colombian Partners
Outcomes/deliverables
Expected outcomes include the design of a regional extension-type project that could serve as a model for a national network that connects agricultural research institutions throughout the country with the farmers and livestock raisers.
Project Funding
- Volunteers for Economic Growth Alliance (VEGA)
- USAID