Event: Agro Entrepreneurship & Market Facilitation Course

Venue: Indepth Research Services, Nairobi, Kenya.

Event Date: 16th - 20th April 2018.

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INTRODUCTION
Markets are important for rural transformation and poverty alleviation. They provide the direct means through which the poor participate in an economic activity as producers (farmers, business groups); as employees (providers of labor); and as consumers (of goods and services).
Working with smallholder farmers to design and set up new income-generating enterprise opportunities, on the other hand, is complex. It requires taking time and dedication to ensure success. This training programme aims at building the agro-enterprise capacity of rural development practitioners to enable them to facilitate the market integration of the most vulnerable beneficiaries. The participants will be guided through participatory processes for identifying market opportunities and developing viable agro-enterprises that are sustainable and which are geared towards improving the incomes of rural farmers, processors, and traders.

DURATION
5 days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course is intended for various actors in the Agriculture Extension (Agricultural extension officers, senior agricultural officials and policy makers) working with communities, in governments, funding agencies, Research organizations and non-government organizations among others for Agriculture support activities and other Development programmes.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, participants will:
• Help farmers engage with markets.
• Apply skills in participatory methods for farmers in Market analysis and decision making.
• Guide in market identification and selection of attractive enterprise options, based on information gathered from the market and market chain.
• Build agro-enterprise skills within the community so that groups can continue to effectively engage with the marketplace in the future.
• Able to identify what the spirit of entrepreneurship is, who has it, how to identify it and how to harness this spirit to promote sound business development.
• Understand the tools for business planning.
• Able to identify tools for working with a community.

TOPICS TO BE COVERED
• Basic concepts in agro-entrepreneurship
• Overview of the participatory agro-enterprise development approach
• Developing an enterprise or intervention action plan
• Project site selection and evaluation
• The basics of marketing
• Market chain analysis
• Market opportunity identification
• Market research
• Collective marketing
• Product screening and market opportunity identification
• Tools for working with a community
• Management and partner selection
• Institutional preparation and planning
• Evaluating progress and scaling up
• Action planning for knowledge & skills application
• Application of data analysis in marketing
• Introduction GIS and RS for marketing
• ICT role in agro-based marketing

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How to participate
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For further inquiries, please contact us on Tel: +254 715 077 817, +254 (020) 211 3814, +254 731240802, +254 735331020.
Email outreach@indepthresearch.org

ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact the Training Officer. Email: outreach@indepthresearch.org Mob: +254 715 077 817 Tel: 020 211 3814

PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to IRES account through bank on or before C.O.B. 9th April 2018. Send proof of payment to outreach@indepthresearch.org