- TypeTraining or Development Class
- Location Nairobi, kenya,Nairobi,Kenya
- Date 26-09-2022 - 30-09-2022
Education/Teaching/Training/Development
Research/Science
Business Development
Social Sciences
Course title: Training on Smallholder Producers Empowerment and Entrepreneurship Development
Training venue: Nairobi Kenya
Course dates:
26/09/2022 - 30/09/2022 : https://bit.ly/3ck8ZuU
14/11/2022 - 25/11/2022 : https://bit.ly/3IEqXnQ
Contact us through: Email: [email protected]; Tel: +254732776700 / +254759285295
INTRODUCTION
Agriculture is the major source of income and therefore livelihoods to most of the rural communities in Sub Saharan Africa. However, many producers go into production without systematic consideration of which enterprise to engage in, why and how to produce, market and where to access business development services including financial services. A majority of farmers in addition sell their produce and or purchase inputs individually and therefore fails to enjoy the economies of scale that are encountered in group marketing such as access to market information, low marketing costs and access to training which are expensive while accessed individually. This 5 days course aim to equip participants with skills including selection of the most profitable enterprise, development of business plan, group formation and linking farmers to business development services including financial services.
dURATION
5 Days
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the module the participants should be able to:
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
Module 1: Enterprise Selection (crop or livestock products)
Introduction to enterprise selection
Evaluating the enterprise
Module 2: Improving Production Efficiencies and Profitability
Module 3: Business planning
Overview of a business plan:
- Reasons for preparing a business plan
- Importance of a business plan
Activity 2: The components of a business plan
• An outline of the business plan
• Quality of a good business plan
• Visioning
• implementation of the business plans
Group work
1. Facilitate the formation of discussion groups depending on commodity/ business type/organization
2. Each group develops a business plan draft for its organization/ commodity/business using canvas business model
3. Each group will then report back to the plenary and each draft will be taken through a peer review process
4. Wrap up the session by reviewing the components of a quality business plan.
Module 4: formation of farmer producer organizations/cooperatives
Module 5: Linking farmers to markets and service provides including financial institutions
Conducting bulk marketing and purchase
Budgeting
Business management records
Savings