Soniia David
EFAT Project Director
Soniia (Sonii) David has 30 years of experience in international agriculture. She has served as a technical advisor, researcher and manager for the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, three CGIAR centers (IITA, CIAT and ICRAF) and Helen Keller International. A rural sociologist, Sonii’s expertise includes agricultural extension and advisory services and systems, women’s empowerment, developing efficient local seed systems and promoting urban and peri-urban agriculture.
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Radio is one of the most widely used information and communication technology tools used to disseminate agricultural information and services to smallholder producers in low-income countries. Radio is widely accessible by the majority of farmers, both men and women, and can be used not only to provide technical, market and climate information, but also to […]
Coordination of pluralistic agriculture extension and advisory services in Senegal
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This post was written by Winrock International’s Soniia David, project director of the USAID Enabling Farmers for Agricultural Transition project with Alphousseyni Diallo, EFAT Senegal country director; Nar Gade Alé Diang, EFAT extension and advisory services specialist; and Assane Sow, EFAT monitoring, evaluation and learning specialist. Agricultural extension and advisory services (EAS) provided by multiple […]
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“Agricultural extension and advisory services and systems is a topic that does not get much attention even though these services are critical for addressing the problem of low agricultural productivity, improving farmers’ livelihoods and helping them cope with shocks and mega crises such as climate change and COVID-19,” says Sonii David, project director of the […]