Training on Establishing and Strengthening Farmer Organizations

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 behaviour 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 channelled 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:

o Farmer organizations

o Establishing farmer organizations

o Establish the roles of extension services in farmer organizations

o Understanding the key issues influencing participation in farmer organizations

o Understanding the various strategies/empowerment methods that can be applied to farmer organizations

o Policy issues influencing establishment and strengthening of farmer organizations

Duration

5 days

Who should attend?

Agriculture Extension, working with communities, in governments, funding agencies, Research organizations and non-government organizations among others for Agriculture support activities and other Development programmers.

Course content

o Introduction

o Agricultural development

o Farmer segmentation

o Empowerment

o Community-Organizing

o Human Resource Development

o Understanding the Village Community

o Leadership in the Community

o Cooperation from Other Agencies

o Community Meetings

o Developing an Organizational Structure

o Management through Education

o Selected Projects

o Community Gains

o Strengthening and Revitalizing Community

o Developing proposal

o Community Endorsement

Training Approach

This course will be delivered by our skilled trainers who have vast knowledge and experience as expert professionals in the fields. The course is taught in English and through a mix of theory, practical activities, group discussion and case studies. Course manuals and additional training materials will be provided to the participants upon completion of the training.

Tailor-Made Course

This course can also be tailor-made to meet organization requirement. For further inquiries, please contact us on: Email: [email protected] Tel: +254 721 331 808

Training Venue

The training will be held at our Upskill Training Centre. We also offer training for a group at requested location all over the world. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, and buffet lunch.

Visa application, travel expenses, airport transfers, dinners, accommodation, insurance, and other personal expenses are catered by the participant

Certification

Participants will be issued with Upskill certificate upon completion of this course.