Entrepreneurship manual - Farmers Training - - Entrepreneurship training module for farmers

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Farmers Training Entrepreneurship Manual focuses on building smallholder farmers’ capacity in Conservation Agriculture With Trees (CAWT), integrating conservation agriculture and agroforestry to support sustainable livelihoods. The preface explains how CAWT was developed into a versatile training module by combining CAWT practices with entrepreneurship development methods. It emphasizes that effective learning depends on pre-training orientation and post-training facilitation. Case studies highlight behaviour changes such as punctuality, honesty, innovation, communication and customer courtesy to improve enterprise outcomes.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages76

Reading Time3 h 12 min

AccessFree to download

Preface

Introduction

Session 1: Understanding personal background as a prospective farmer Entrepreneur

Session 2: Fundamentals of a Successful Entrepreneur

Evaluating Success

Session 3: Personal Characteristics of an ENT

FARMERS TRAINING ENTREPRENEURSHIP MANUAL [www.herald.co.zw](www.herald.co.zw) Francis Luyayi, Esther Karanja, Elijah Ngocho, Judith Oduol, Jonathan Muriuki and Jeremias Mowo Published by the World Agroforestry centre United Nations Avenue, Gigiri P. O. Box 30677-00100 Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 20 7224000, Fax: +254 20 7224001 [Email: ](Email: worldagroforestry@cgiar.org)[worldagroforestry@cgiar.org](Email: worldagroforestry@cgiar.org) [Website: ](Website: www.worldagroforestry.org)[www.worldagroforestry.org](Website: www.worldagroforestry.org) © World Agroforestry Centre, 2014 ISBN: 978-92-9059-356-0 Articles appearing in this publication may be quoted or reproduced without charge, provided the source is acknowledged. No use of this publication may be made for resale or other commercial purposes All images remain sole property of their source and may not be used for any purpose without written permission of the source. The geographic designation employed and presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Agroforestry Centre concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Design and Layout: Odhiambo Danyell II PREFACE The unique initiative of identifying, motivating, training and facilitating farmers to take up Conservation Agriculture With Trees (CAWT) as a sustainable economic activity has been yielding good results. Continuous experimentation has enabled CAWT to evolve asa versatile training module by combining the result oriented practices of CAWT and the best aspects of entrepreneurship development modules practised in other fields in the backdrop of researches made by social scientists and entrepreneurship experts. Entrepreneurship among farmers is considered one of the key means of attaining the overall objective of the Evergreen Agriculture Project which is: to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers through promotion of evergreen agriculture practices while sustaining the resource base. Evergreen agriculture involves the promotion of conservation agriculture (CA) and Agroforestry (AF) practices. The entrepreneurship training presented in this manual is aimed at building the capacity of smallholder farmers in CA and AF thereby enhancing CGIAR’s Systems priority 3(Reducing rural poverty through agricultural diversification and emerging opportunities for high-value commodities and products) Priority 4 (Reducing extreme poverty and hunger) MDG 7 (Environmental sustainability and MDG 3 (Reducing the gender disparity) . The development of this training manual is based on our experience and the extensive feedback received from different segments of entrepreneurs and trainers. The methodologies suggested here are being practised successfully in many fields. Efforts have been made to provide some significant information on the contents of each session. However, in the ever-changing economic scenario and information explosion, it is inevitable for the trainee to build upon the skills, update, give value addition and use the information here-in effectively to achieve the objectives. Success lies not only in effective training but also in a combination of pre-training orientation and post-training facilitation. The training should definitely make a permanent impact on the participants so that the participants should consciously try to change their thoughts and behaviour patterns. The case studies of successful entrepreneurs has revealed that making small changes in their behaviour pattern/ activities/practices like punctuality, courtesy to customers, honesty, innovation, communication etc. after training, have made a big positive difference in their life and enterprise. The success rate and results of the committed work in the other aspects of the Evergreen Agriculture project has encouraged us to prepa

FAQs

What is the purpose of the entrepreneurship training manual for farmers?

It aims to build the capacity of smallholder farmers in conservation agriculture with trees (CAWT) by linking CA and agroforestry with entrepreneurship development.

How is CAWT described as a sustainable economic activity?

CAWT is presented as a versatile training module developed through experimentation, combining result-oriented CAWT practices and entrepreneurship training approaches.

Why does the manual stress pre-training orientation and post-training facilitation?

It argues that lasting impact requires guidance before training and continued support afterward, helping participants translate learning into consistent behaviour and enterprise improvements.

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