Training on Establishing and Strengthening Farmer Organizations

Overview

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

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

For booking contact our Training Coordinator through Email: [email protected], +254 721 331 808

What you will learn

Course Objective:

• Farmer organizations
• Establishing farmer organizations
• Establish the roles of extension services in farmer organizations
• Understanding the key issues influencing participation in farmer organizations
• Understanding the various strategies/empowerment methods that can be applied to farmer organizations
• Policy issues influencing establishment and strengthening of farmer organizations