{"id":1158,"date":"2025-07-03T18:50:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T17:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/?page_id=1158"},"modified":"2025-07-14T18:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T17:49:27","slug":"2025-workshop","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/?page_id=1158","title":{"rendered":"2025 Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Agricultural Extension and the Role of Higher Education: Lessons Learned, Current Situation, and Insights for Future Development<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This workshop, funded by the SSRP Impact Fund and organised in cooperation between Syrian Academic Expertise, the University of Sussex, the University of Aleppo, and the University of Idlib (Syria), was held on 30 April 2025, <\/strong>at the Creativity and Innovation Centre at the University of Aleppo. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forty participants attended the event, representing the faculties of agricultural engineering, directorates of agriculture, research centres, agricultural engineers’ associations, and several experts, researchers, and agrarian extensionists from the governorates of Aleppo and Idlib. The workshop aimed to assess the reality of agricultural extension in Syria and explore ways to develop it in line with current changes and future challenges. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Discussion Themes<\/th>Time<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Welcome and Introduction<\/strong><\/td>13:00-13:15<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Presentations:<\/strong><\/em>
1) SAE presentation on partnership projects with Sussex University.
Case study: Applying innovative digital tools in agricultural extension (Agricultural Voices Syria).
2) Participants’ presentations on their projects and experiences.<\/td>		13:15-14:45<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Coffee Break<\/em><\/td>14:45-15:00<\/em><\/td><\/tr>
Group discussion: Challenges and Opportunities<\/strong>
1) Current status of agricultural extension, key challenges, and future opportunities.\u00a0
2) The crucial role of higher education and research.<\/td>		15:00-16:00<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Group discussion:\u00a0Priorities and Recommendations<\/strong>
1) Priorities for achieving sustainable agricultural development.
2) Recommendations for the development of the agricultural extension system.<\/td>		16:00-17:00<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Lunch Break<\/em><\/td>17:00-18:00<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to access the report in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click here<\/a> to access the report in Arabic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Agricultural Extension and the Role of Higher Education: Lessons Learned, Current Situation, and Insights for Future Development This workshop, funded by the SSRP Impact Fund and organised in cooperation between Syrian Academic Expertise, the University of Sussex, the University of Aleppo, and the University of Idlib (Syria), was held on 30 April 2025, at the Creativity and Innovation Centre… Continue reading 2025 Workshop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1158","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1202,"href":"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1158\/revisions\/1202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agricultural-voices.sussex.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}