APIRAS Sub-Regional Networks

Welcome to APIRAS

Asia-Pacific Islands Rural Advisory Services Network (APIRAS) was organized in 2011 to serve as a platform for networking, advocacy, and capacity building for agricultural extension and rural advisory services (RAS) professionals and institutions in the Asia-Pacific Islands Region.

Together with the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS), it has been organising RAS providers in the region through its sub-regional networks and country fora; promoting capacity development; and advocating for an appropriate enabling environment that allows smallholder farmers to access market-oriented advisory services.

APIRAS PUBLICATIONS

In 2022, the Rural Development Administration(RDA) of the Republic of Korea through its Asian Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative (AFACI)

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Agribusiness incubation plays a key role in creating and nurturing viable agricultural.

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The creation of Competitive Research Grants (CRGs) is globally recognized as an institutional

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Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) and short organic supply chains have emerged as promising solutions

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NEWS FROM REGION

Climate-smart irrigation reaps rewards for rural women

In a changing climate, many small-scale farmers can no longer depend on old ways of farming to produce enough food for their families and earn a good income. But by using climate-smart irrigation and sustainable farming techniques, rural women around the world are adapting to the new normal.

Nowhere to go but up: China’s farming drones take root as industry grows

Though some overseas governments are sceptical, China’s agricultural drones are blanketing countrysides as farmers begin to automate. When Wang Fei started his agricultural drone company five years ago, the distinctive whirr of the autonomous vehicles went practically....

Innovative seeds lead the way in Netherlands-VietNam agricultural cooperation

These Dutch-Vietnamese horticultural achievements are the culmination of years of collaborative efforts between the two countries, spanning all levels – from government to businesses and individuals.

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Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions(APAARI)
182 Larn Luang Road,
Khlong Mahanak Pomprab Sattrupai
Bangkok, 10100, Thailand

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Centre for Research on Innovation and Science Policy (CRISP)
H.No: 8-2-598/A/13, Opposite Vista Image, Road No.10, Banjara Hills,
Hyderabad– 500034, India

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