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Assemblée Permanente des Chambres d’Agriculture du Mali, APCAM

Assemblée Permanente des Chambres d’Agriculture du Mali - Permanent Assembly of Agricultural Chambers, APCAM, www.apcam.org

Address: Square Patrice Lumumba, Bamako, Mali

Tel: 223-20218925 Fax: 223-20218937
Head of Organization:
Mr. Bakary Togola, President, abdoulaye.djoliba@yahoo.fr

Type of Organization: Farmer Based Organization

Human Resources:

Major Categories of Extension Staff

Secondary school dip.

2-3 yr. Ag diploma

B.Sc. degree

M.Sc. /Ing. Agr. Deg.

Ph.D. degree

Gender

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

F

M

Senior Management Staff

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

8

 

 

Subject Matter Specialists (SMS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

2

 

 

Field-level Extension Staff

 

 

6

110

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information, Communications & Technology  (ICT) Support Staff

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In-Service Training Staff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Extension Staff:       144

 

 

21

110

 

 

3

10

 

 

Extension Groups and Activities / Organizational Resources / Support Services

Clientele Served/Targeted: Farmers growing cotton, Farmers growing rice, Small-scale subsistence farmers, Women farmers, Young (adult) farmers, Rural youth, Rural women (nutrition, health, hygiene),  Small/medium-scale commercial farmers

ICT Staff: 4 total, 3 in print and mass media, 1 in computer-based information technology, 30% have Internet access

Use of ICT: Information bulletins and fact sheets (CIKELA), TV programs (2 per month), radio programs (10 per month)

Training Institutions: agruculture schools, professional centers

Transportation Availability: office motorcycle

Institutional Framework, Linkages and Partnerships

Primary Responsibility for Program Planning: head office

Primary Linkages: Agricultural Research Organizations, Agricultural Universities, Agricultural Schools, Input Supply Firms, Markets or Exporters, NGOs involved in extension, Banks and micro-credit institutions

Farmer organizations have a role in: Influencing extension policy, Farmer-to-farmer extension activities, Assessing extension's performance, Helping set extension priorities, Specifying extension programs

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