Organisational and Business Awareness Training

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Faida MaLi training modules for farmer empowerment:

1.  Business Awareness Training (BAT):

• Traits of an entrepreneur

• Characteristics of an enterprising farmer

• The business environment

• Savings within a group context

• Basic Marketing Principles

2.   Contract Farming:

• Background to Contract  farming.

• The meaning of out-growers contract.

• Essential elements in an out-growers contract

• Opportunities and risks in contract farming

• Specification of roles of linkage partners (farmer, company, Government and linkage facilitator) in contract farming.

3.  Crop Production:

• Crop production planning.

• Crop cultivation techniques/technical expertise.

• Crop management till harvesting and quality control.

4.  Record Keeping:

The objective and importance of  keeping records.

• Different types of records.

• Keeping farm records.

• Income and cost projections in crop production.

• Selection of the right enterprise.   

5.     Farmers Producer Group Formation:

• The meaning of a producer group.

• Why work in groups.

• How to form producer groups.

• Qualities of a good producer group.

• Group services to it’s members.

• The advantages and disadvantages of working in producer groups.

• Leadership in producer groups.

• Savings mobilization in producer groups.

• Producer group constitution building.

• Selection of Institutional set up and Registration.