Event: Establishing and Strengthening Farmer Organizations Course

Event: Establishing and Strengthening Farmer Organizations Course…(22-01-2018 to 26-01-2018)

Venue: Foscore Development Center, Nairobi, Kenya.

Introduction

Farmers’ organizations (FO) are effective channels of communication between the member-farmers. Without them, a situation of isolated voices would arise, that lack coordination and general power to affect the behavior of agricultural service providers. Formation of groups and farmer organizations is at times done without training them properly in theory and practice on the basic principles of community organizations. Majority of the farmers do not have many skills and experience in the process of establishing these organizations. However, many government agencies have developed national policies for rural development and designed policy framework to help rural people become organized so that delivery of services could be channeled through the various types of farmer organizations or groups. This course will help participant to establish issues surround the establishment and functioning of farmer organizations and the most effective way of solving them

Course Objective:

1. · Farmer organizations
2. · Establishing farmer organizations
3. · Establish the roles of extension services in farmer organizations
4. · Understanding the key issues influencing participation in farmer organizations
5. · Understanding the various strategies/empowerment methods that can be applied to farmer organizations
6. · Policy issues influencing establishment and strengthening of farmer organizations

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• Course Fee:KES:70000,USD:1000,EURO:900,POUND:800

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