{"id":2,"date":"2014-08-03T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-03T16:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/bacas\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T00:49:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T00:49:59","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.coa.sua.ac.tz\/bacas\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WELCOME<\/p>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Bureau for Agricultural Consultancy and Advisory Service (BACAS)<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0was established in 1991 by the then Faculty of Agriculture, as an\u00a0agency for consultancy and advisory services, short courses and contract research. BACAS serves as a link of CoA with other local and international institutions on various technical assignments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Objectives<\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><br \/>\nThe main objective of BACAS is to ensure that the expertise and resources of the College are fully utilized in offering high standard consultancy and advisory services as well as professional development training and research services in Tanzania and in the Eastern and Southern Africa region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">BACAS has full access to the extensive facilities and human resources of the College and the University in general. This ensures that fully qualified personnel, up-to-date information and techniques, and modern facilities are available to projects being implemented leading to well researched outputs which are produced expeditiously and efficiently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">This strength enables BACAS to undertake projects in in\u00a0agricultural,\u00a0rural development,\u00a0agribusiness\u00a0and\u00a0agro-industry that range from small-scale local enterprises to national and regional development programs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The strength of BACAS<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0also lies in its ability to collect and analyze information, and to provide training in, among other areas, agricultural development and conservation of the environment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WELCOME Bureau for Agricultural Consultancy and Advisory Service (BACAS)\u00a0was established in 1991 by the then Faculty of Agriculture, as an\u00a0agency for consultancy and advisory services, short courses and contract research. 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