APIRAS- Asia-Pacific Islands Rural Advisory Services Network – Capacity Building- Networking- Policy Advocacy

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

Strengthening the Role of Public Extension and Advisory Services in Asia

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

Good Practice Notes On Institutional Innovations-6-Catalysing Grassroot Entrepreneurship Through Satellite Incubation Centres in India

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

Good Practice Notes on Institutional Innovations-5-Competitive Research Grants: Learning from Krishi Gobeshona Foundation, Bangladesh

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

Good Practice Notes on Institutional Innovations-4 Institutional Innovation to Facilitate Low-Cost Organic Certification – How Participatory Guarantee Systems (PSG) Work in Vietnam

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

Extension Support for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation

The Mekong Extension Learning Alliance (MELA)-Connect on WhatsApp Join Our Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Group in the Mekong region!

2025 APEN International Conference

Regional meetings ahead of the Global Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at IFAD

New Publications

Collaborative change: Towards inclusive rural communication services

Digital Agriculture in Asia and the Pacific Region: A synthesis of ongoing work

Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services in Support of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Crop diversification in Bangladesh: Public policy provisions, practices, and insights for future initiatives

NEWS FROM REGION

An opportunity for rubber producers in Malaysia: the new EU Regulation on Deforestation

Growing consumer demands as well as environmental regulations are making sustainably and ethically produced natural rubber an essential commodity in the global market. Having said that, the formation of GPSNR back in 2019 highlights the supply chain’s commitment towards sustainability

Biodiversity is fundamental to feed a hungry planet - IFAD at COP16 Colombia

The UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is urging global leaders at the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP16) taking place in Cali, Colombia, to direct greater focus and funding to small-scale farmers....

World Food Forum: Inclusive innovation takes centre stage at SIF 2024

Science and Innovation Forum discusses how to make cutting-edge technology available to all farmers. The Science and Innovation Forum (SIF 2024), one of the three pillars of the World Food Forum 2024, together with the Global Youth Forum and the Investment Forum....

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Host

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

Technical Support

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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