JICA Market-Oriented Agriculture Promotion -SHEP Approach- for Africa (English) (Administrator) (A)
May 14th – May 29th, 2026 *Training period
- Kenya
- Nigeria
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Rwanda
- South Sudan
- Ghana
- Ethiopia
- JICA Kansai
Fifteen participants from eight African countries—including project managers for the SHEP approach and government officials responsible for agricultural extension and guidance—took part in this training course. The program aims to deepen their understanding of the "SHEP approach" through lectures and field visits to learn about Japan's extension/agricultural guidance system and market distribution system with the goal of implementing it in their own countries.
JICA Market-Oriented Agriculture Promotion—SHEP Approach—for Africa (English) (Administrator) (B)
November 27th – December 12th, 2025 *Training period
- Liberia
- Uganda
- Barbados
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- South Sudan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- JICA Kansai
Following the SHEP Training (A), this session was attended by project managers and agricultural officials responsible for promoting the SHEP approach in their home countries. In addition to participants from African nations, two representatives from the Caribbean region (Barbados and Grenada)—where SHEP projects are planned for the future—also attended, further fostering mutual learning.
JICA Market-Oriented Agriculture Promotion—SHEP Approach—for Africa (English) (Administrator) (A)
May 29th – June 13th, 2025 *Training period
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- South Africa
- Eswatini
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Rwanda
- South Sudan
- Maldives
- Bhutan
- JICA Kansai
This training course was designed for government officials responsible for agricultural guidance and/or extension in African or Asian countries. Through lectures and on-site visits, participants learned about Japan’s agricultural guidance and extension system as well as its market distribution system. The course aimed to deepen participants’ understanding of the Market-Oriented Agricultural Extension/Promotion approach targeting small-scale farmers (the SHEP Approach*), enabling them to prepare action plans and implement related activities in their own countries based on those plans.
