Establishing and Strengthening Farmer Organizations

• 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

CONTENT

• Introduction
• Agricultural development
• Farmer segmentation
• Empowerment
• Community-Organizing
• Human Resource Development
• Understanding the Village Community
• Leadership in the Community
• Cooperation from Other Agencies
• Community Meetings
• Developing an Organizational Structure
• Management through Education
• Selected Projects
• Community Gains
• Strengthening and Revitalizing Community
• Developing proposal
• Community Endorsement

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.

DATE:

1ST BATCH: 28th Feb – 2nd Mar, 2022

2ND BATCH: 4th – 6th July, 2022

3RD BATCH: 31st Oct – 2nd Nov, 2022