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18th to 22nd September 2023 Micro Finance for Rural Development
INTRODUCTION
Lack of knowledge, skills and appropriate capital are among the challenges that are faced by Small scale farmers in the rural areas in Africa. These rural farmers therefore lack the capacity to make their farming business as efficient as possible and hence suffer economically. Organizations and institutions including microfinance have come to solve farmers’ problems but still farmers experience the challenges because they have no voice in these organizations as well as in the interventions that are designed to solve their problems. To access finances, most microfinance institutions use farm records as collateral and individual farmers in a stable farmer group as granters. This 5 days course sought to empower participants with knowledge on process of accessing rural finance.

DURATION
5 days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
• Stakeholders in agriculture and agribusiness
• Farmer based groups;
• Food processors;
• Traders and intermediaries;
• Production Managers

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, participants will:
• Understand the special challenges of rural areas that are associated with rural and agricultural credit.
• Understand of the fundamental issues of rural finance.
• Be familiar with several innovative models and alternate ways of offering rural finance services.
• Gain skills in conducting seasonality analysis, preparing cash flows, assessing risk and appraising loans.
• Develop an understanding of new and innovative loan products and savings approaches for agriculture and rural areas.
• Gain awareness of sources and reference links to further information and support for addressing future challenges in the application of financial services in rural areas.
• Understand the importance of farm record keeping and farmer groups engagement to microfinance in the rural setting
• Understand the impact of smallholder agricultural marketing and the cost benefit analysis at farm level
• Appreciate the importance of crop and livestock insurance.

TOPICS TO BE COVERED
Module 1
• Rural financial services
• Requirements from microfinances for credit to farmers.
• Linking farm record keeping to microfinancing

Module 2
• Sustainable farmer groups with microfinancing
• Agriculture value chain financing
• Smallholder farm produce marketing.
• The role of markets in rural and agriculture financing.

Module 3
• The risk of financing farmers can be mitigated
• Bundling farm financing with other linked services.
• Crowding in key players in farm financing.

Module 4
• Evaluating a cost benefit analysis from farm productions.
• Harnessing the commercialization aspect among smallholder farmers.
• Tradeoff in farming.
• Agriculture insurance to cushion the farmer against crop yield loss

Module 5
• The impact of agriculture financing on poverty reduction and rural development.
• The effect of farm credit on increasing agricultural production and farm efficiency.
• Financial innovations to boost the uptake and use of farm credit.

TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
Cost:
In-person USD 1000
Online USD 900
Registration
September in-person/online

Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank account one week prior to the training date and proof of payment sent to training@fineresultsresearch.org
For any registration of 3 or more participants; we offer a discount of up to 10%.
This course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits for in-person training.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

CANCELLATION POLICY
• All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
• Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.
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17th to 28th July 2023 Managing, Analysing and Interpreting M&E Data for Development Programmes in Agriculture
16th to 27th October 2023 Managing, Analysing and Interpreting M&E Data for Development Programmes in Agriculture
4th to 15th December 2023 Managing, Analysing and Interpreting M&E Data for Development Programmes in Agriculture


INTRODUCTION
The key to success in implementation of any development programme relies on quality, reliable and timely data. More so, the progress in eradicating poverty and attaining zero hunger by 2030 as envisioned in Sustainable Development Goal one and two respectively relies on policies informed by reliable and timely data. This 10 days course aims at equipping the participants in the agricultural sector with adequate skills in developing data collection tools, designing questionnaire in Open Data Kit (ODK), exporting data to data analysis software such as SPSS and Stata, data management and analysis, monitoring and evaluation indicators and report writing.

DURATION
10 day

COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the training, the participants will be able to;
• Gain skills in research design, data management and analysis in agriculture and rural development.
• Understand monitoring and evaluation (M&E) for agricultural programs
• Design agricultural projects using logical framework analysis approach
• Define different projects indicators
• Track performance indicators over the life of the project
• Evaluate agricultural programs achievement against the pre-set objectives and targets
• Conduct impact evaluations of agricultural programs

COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Introduction to research
• Introduction to research
• Different types of research
• Quantitative Research Approaches
• Qualitative research approaches
• Sampling techniques
• Quantitative data collection methods
• Qualitative data collection
• Developing questionnaire
• Designing questionnaire in ODK
• Exporting data to SPSS and Stata

COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Fundamentals of Monitoring and Evaluation
• What is M&E?
• Significance of M&E
• Principles and concepts in M&E
• M&E and the programme lifecycle
• M&E in agriculture programme design
• Complementary roles of monitoring and evaluation

Module 2: M&E frameworks
• Basics of M&E frameworks for rural development programmes
• M&E in rural me development context
• Development and operationalization of M&E frameworks
• Link between M&E and indicators
• Using data
• Using logical frameworks in monitoring and evaluation of rural and agricultural programmes

Module 3: Demand for data use in Agriculture
• Data use frameworks and basic concepts
• Data demand
• Information availability
• Information use

Module 4: Introduction to Research approaches for M&E in Agriculture Development Programmes
• Basic statistics concepts
• Research designs
• Data collection techniques and tools advantages and disadvantages
• Descriptive analysis techniques
• Inferential analysis techniques

Module 5: Data Management
• Data management dimensions
• Data management
• Data quality

Module 6: Data Analysis
• Descriptive analysis
• Inferential analysis
• Interpretation of findings

Module 7: Evaluation of Agricultural Development programmes
• Determining evaluation points from results framework
• Components of evaluations, implementation and process evaluations
• Evaluation designs
• Performance evaluation process
• Evaluation findings, sharing, and dissemination

Module 8: Impact Assessment of Agricultural Development programmes
• Introduction to impact evaluation
• Impact assessment in design
• Attribution in impact evaluation
• Methods and approaches to assessing impact

Module 9: M&E Results Use
• Measuring results in agriculture and rural development
• Use of M&E results to improve and strengthen agricultural and rural development
• Use of M&E lessons learned and best practices

Module 10 M&E Results Dissemination
• M&E reporting
• Design, monitoring, and evaluation of resilience interventions
 
TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
Cost:
In-person USD 1600
Online USD 1440

Registration
October in-person/online
November in-person/online
December in-person/online

Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank account one week prior to the training date and proof of payment sent to training@fineresultsresearch.org
For any registration of 3 or more participants; we offer a discount of up to 10%.
This course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits for in-person training.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

 
PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

CANCELLATION POLICY
• All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
• Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.
Visit our website for more details
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FineResults Research Services would like to invite you to take part in our upcoming workshops on Agricultural courses at our FineResults Research Services training facilities in Nairobi, Kenya or online.

24th to 28th July 2023 Livelihoods Assessment and Analysis
25th to 29th September 2023 Livelihoods Assessment and Analysis
20th to 24th November 2023 Livelihoods Assessment and Analysis


INTRODUCTION
A means of making a living is called livelihood. It refers to people, their capabilities, their assets (both material and social), their income and activities required for a means of living such as food access in a household. Development agents are required to have proven skills in livelihood assessments in order for them to be able to identify the most appropriate livelihood interventions. Good skills on how to analyse livelihoods intervention is equally important. This training programme introduces the concept of livelihoods and provides guidance on assessing and analyzing livelihoods. The course would also deliver skills on selecting and interpreting livelihoods indicators.

DURATION
5 Days

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the training, the learner will be able to:
• Understand basic concepts in livelihood analysis.
• Understand the role of the market in livelihoods.
• Identify the livelihoods components in real examples.
• Recognize how assessing livelihoods improves the development intervention analysis.
• Understand how different livelihood assessments help to plan interventions in different development contexts.
• Understand the criteria for selecting and collecting livelihoods indicators.
• Understand the skills and knowledge required to select, collect and interpret livelihood indicators.

COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1:
Introduction to Livelihoods
• Basic concepts
• Components of livelihoods
• Role of Markets in livelihoods
Module 2: Assessing Livelihoods
• Livelihoods assessment principles
• Supporting livelihoods in different contexts
• Stages in livelihoods assessment
Module 3: Livelihoods Assessment Approaches
• Household and Livelihoods Security Approach(HLS)
• Livelihoods Approach to Emergency Food Security Assessments
• Household Economy Approach (HEA)
• Economic Security Analysis Approach
• Early warning Approaching Food Security Analysis
• Food and Health Analysis of Food Insecurity
• Vulnerable Group Profiling
• Integrated Food Security Analysis System
• Livelihood Interventions
Module 4: Livelihood Indicators
• What are livelihood indicators
• Context of livelihoods indicators
• Skills and knowledge required to select, collect and interpret livelihood indicators
• Criteria for selecting livelihood indicators

Livelihood Analysis
• Social capital
• Human capital
• Natural capital
• Physical capital
• Financial capital
• Market analysis
• Using BEEM and SWOT analysis to make livelihood strategies
Module 5: Cross-Cutting Issues in Livelihood Assessment
• Integration of GIS and RS in livelihood analysis
• Integration of ICT in livelihood assessment and analysis
• Monitoring and evaluation in livelihoods
• Integration of gender issues

TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.
TRAINING FEE
Cost:
In-person USD 1000
Online USD 900
Registration
July in-person/online
September in-person/online
November in-person/online

Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank account one week prior to the training date and proof of payment sent to training@fineresultsresearch.org
For any registration of 3 or more participants; we offer a discount of up to 10%.
This course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits for in-person training.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

CANCELLATION POLICY
• All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
• Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.
Visit our website for more details
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FineResults Research Services would like to invite you to take part in our upcoming workshops on Agricultural courses at our FineResults Research Services training facilities in Nairobi, Kenya or online.
24th to 28th July 2023 Integrated Soil Health and Fertility Management for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security
23rd to 27th October 2023 Integrated Soil Health and Fertility Management for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security
4th to 8th December 2023 Integrated Soil Health and Fertility Management for Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security
INTRODUCTION
Healthy soils increase the capacity of crops to withstand weather variability, including short term extreme precipitation events and intra-seasonal drought. Following the rapid increase in population growth in the universe, wide spread land degradation through deforestation and pressure on limited pieces of land, soil health and management is vital in ensuring sustainable crops growth and enhancing food security and nutrition. This 5 days training course aim to guide participants on how to retain soil fertility, reduce land degradation and restore the soil productivity hence ensuring sustainable productivity of the soil.

DURATION
5 days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
• Agriculture Extension
• Policy makers
• Research organizations and non-government organizations among others for Agriculture support activities and other development programmes.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
• Understand designing and implementing effective ISHFM programs
• Understand soil fertility concepts and factors that make a soil fertile and productive.
• Gain knowledge on how to identify soil nutrient problems and opportunities.
• Understand soil fertility enhancing strategies that maximize profits and agronomic use efficiency.
• Understand the methodologies and tools to assess suitability, economic feasibility, and impacts of ISHFM on agricultural production, soil fertility, and the environment.
• Understand how to promote ISHFM to farmers and other stakeholders.

TOPICS TO BE COVERED
Module 1: Introduction to ISHFM and basic concepts
• Soil Fertility and soil health
• Physical, chemical and agronomic characteristics of soils
• Problem Soils (Saline, sodic, saline-sodic, and acid sulfate soils)
• Remedial measures and management techniques for selected problem soils

Module 2: Soil Fertility Management
• Overview of nutrition and plant growth
• Diagnosis of nutrient deficiencies and corrective measures
• Organic and inorganic fertilizers
• Livestock integration
• Criteria for fertilizer recommendations
• Roles of organic matter and its maintenance
• Integrated plant nutrition systems

Module 3: Soil Conservation
• Mechanics of soil erosion
• Soil erosivity and erodibility
• Maximizing on-farm recycling of nutrients
• Mechanical and biological measures for erosion control
• Tillage management
• Crop management practices

Module 4: ISHFM Strategies to Maximize Profits and Agronomic Use Efficiency
• Reducing nutrient losses - blocking nutrient flows from leaving the farm
• Better management of available resources - managing internal flows of nutrients
• Improving the efficiency of nutrient uptake
• Economic considerations
• Computer-based decision support tools

Module 5: Extension Techniques
• Overview of agricultural extension approaches
• Conceptual framework for agricultural extension campaign
• Extension program planning and implementation
• Farmer training
Non Agronomic Soil Components
• Support for rural credit systems
• Market-oriented institutional changes
• Improving linkages between research and extension support institutions

TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
Cost:
In-person USD 1000
Online USD 900

Registration
July in-person/online
October in-person/online
December in-person/online

Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank account one week prior to the training date and proof of payment sent to training@fineresultsresearch.org
For any registration of 3 or more participants; we offer a discount of up to 10%.
This course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits for in-person training.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

CANCELLATION POLICY
• All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
• Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.
Visit our website for more details
View Other Agricultural courses
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FineResults Research Services would like to invite you to take part in our upcoming workshops on Agricultural courses at our FineResults Research Services training facilities in Nairobi, Kenya or online.

20th to 31st March 2023 Food and Nutrition Security Analysis
19th to 30th June 2023 Food and Nutrition Security Analysis
11th to 22nd September 2023 Food and Nutrition Security Analysis
13th to 24th November 2023 Food and Nutrition Security Analysis

INTRODUCTION
Before any intervention on food and nutrition security, development agents start by analyzing the status of food and nutrition security. A number of tools are available for this type of analysis. In addition, technologies such as Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS), satellite imagery, mobile applications and statistical data analysis software are employed. This training course will equip participants with the knowledge and skills to analyze the food and nutrition security.

DURATION
10 Days

COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course the participants will be able to understand:
• Key concepts of food and nutrition security
• Various approaches to food and nutrition security interventions
• Important tools used to analyze food and nutrition security
• How to carry out food and nutrition security assessment at community level.
• Key policies associated to food security
• How to analyze food security via GIS and remote sensing
• Food and nutrition security programming monitoring and evaluation

COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1:
Introduction to food security
• Meaning of food security
• Concepts of food security
• Food indicators
• Food security causes and combating food insecurities

Module 2:
Approaches of food security analysis
• Assessment of food security
• Analyzing food security using Food Security Monitoring System (FSMS)
• Food Security Contributing and Non-Food Security Contributing Factors
• Targeting of the poorest groups and various other target groups
• Approaches, methods and tools used by humanitarian agencies to measure livelihoods, food insecurity and vulnerability (Vulnerability Mapping for Food Security)

Module 3:
Assessment of Food Security
• Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA)
• Emergency Food Security Assessment (EFSA)
• Joint Assessment Missions (JAM)
• Crop and Food Supply Missions (CFSAM)

Module 4:
Tools of Food Security Analysis
• Food policy analysis tools.
• Agricultural commodity market tools
• Agricultural input prices
• Food security indicator & policy analysis tool

Module 5:
Introduction to GIS and R.S concepts in the context of food security.
• GIS project design and setup
• Sources of GIS data for food security
• Basic use of GIS Software
• Integrating data from different sources into a GIS
• Using handheld GPS for field data collection

Module 6:
Geospatial analysis for agriculture and food security
• Mapping areas of food insecurity
• Introduction to Remote sensing
• Remote Sensing in agriculture and food security.
• Use of remote sensing and image analysis software
• Image interpretation
• Image classification
• Change detection

Module 7:
Assessment using GIS and RS
• The use of satellite imagery for food insecurity detection and recovery
• Visualization of vulnerability information
• Assessing food insecurity impact

Module 8:
Food Security Data Collection and Analysis
• Household collection of data
• Food security indicators
• Indicators calculation
• Indicators utilization for food security

Module 9:
Gender integration in Food Security
• Gender-differentiated roles in agriculture and food security.
• Gender-differentiated impacts in agriculture and food security.
• Gender gaps in the agricultural sector.
• Appropriate responses to close the gender gap in the agricultural sector in order to achieve food security.
• Integrating of gender perspectives into agricultural and food security policies.
• How to minimize gender barriers in the food industry.

Module 10:
Food Security Monitoring and Evaluation
• Monitoring and evaluation concepts
• Purpose of monitoring and evaluation
• Approaches and methods
• Evaluation criteria
• Setting up an FSP monitoring and evaluation system
• Linking M & E and food security information to other policy spheres

TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
Cost:
In-person USD 1900
Online USD 1710

Registration
March in-person/online
June in-person/online
September in-person/online
November in-person/online


Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank account one week prior to the training date and proof of payment sent to training@fineresultsresearch.org
For any registration of 3 or more participants; we offer a discount of up to 10%.
This course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits for in-person training.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

CANCELLATION POLICY
• All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
• Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.
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FineResults Research Services would like to invite you to take part in our upcoming workshops on Agricultural courses at our FineResults Research Services training facilities in Nairobi, Kenya or online.
20th to 24th February 2023 Feeds formulation and milling technology for increased milk quantity and quality
15th to 19th May 2023 Feeds formulation and milling technology for increased milk quantity and quality
24th to 28th July 2023 Feeds formulation and milling technology for increased milk quantity and quality
13th to 17th November 2023 Feeds formulation and milling technology for increased milk quantity and quality
Introduction
Dairy production is a tool to poverty alleviation and promoting food security due to its nature of providing regular income to households through sale of milk. Dairying is however faced with various challenges including feed shortage and low quality of feeds that limit dairy production, high costs of concentrates which are also of poor quality, high costs of feeds and inadequate advice on dairy cattle feeding and feed formulations for the farms and limited knowledge on best feeding practices among other challenges. As a result of these challenges, dairy farmers end up making losses or stagnant in their production which is contrary to their goal of making profit. Understanding how to formulate feeds can go a long way in improving feeding of dairy animals and in reducing feeds costs. In addition, a good livestock diet can boost profitability on the farms, as well-fed animals are healthier, more productive.
This 5 day course will empower participants with skills and knowledge including hands-on training in the use of excel in feed formulation, optimization of diet formulation by the use of linear programming techniques, learn feed milling technology, feedstuff sourcing and least cost formulation of feeds among others.


Duration
5 Days
Who should attend?
• Field technicians and agricultural extension staff
• Farmers
• Representatives of cooperative societies
• Individuals who would like to venture into feed formulation and manufacturing.
• Agricultural Extension officers
• Representatives of NGOs
• Private organizations
Course objectives
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
• To use spreadsheets in formulating feeds for different classes of animals
• Understand the principles of feed formulation and its preconditions
• Understand feed milling management capability
• Understand various ingredient for processing methods
• Understand economic benefits of feed mill
• Learn safety regulations pertaining to feed manufacture
• Use both manual and computer software to formulate simple feeds

Course outline
Module 1: Introduction to animal foods
• Basics of animal nutrition
• Groups of Foods (Food components; carbohydrates and fats, proteins, minerals, and trace elements)
• Food Processing Terms
• Feed ingredients
• Water
• Feed analysis
• Feeding standards and ration formulation (using computer software)
Module 2: Calculating rations
• The Object of Rationing
• Nutritional Requirements of the Animal
• Calculating a Maintenance Ration
• Cattle at Pasture
• Working Out Rations for a Herd
• Nutrient Requirements for a Dairy Cow
• Working Out the Total Requirements
• Feeding a Ration to Meet Nutrient Needs
• The Dairy Ration
• Ready Mix Feeds
• Using Protein Contents
• A Summary of Rationing
• Further Considerations in Rationing
Module 3: Animal feed production, quality assurance, and regulation
• Feed mill establishment and operation
• Feed milling machine designs, components and maintenance operations
• Feed Mill Accessories
• Feed stuff sourcing
• Feedstuff storage
• Feedstuff processing (Plant origin)
• Feedstuff processing (Animal byproducts) and utilization
• Standardization and quality control in Animal Feeds
• Finished Feed quality and handling
• Principles and Techniques of manual formulation
• Pearson’s Square Method
• Simultaneous Equation Method
• More Complex diets (Trial and Error Method)
• Computerized Feed Formulation and Practical formulation using the spreadsheets and other available software
Module 4
• Formulating to produce concentrates/supplements
• Feed Production
• Economics and management of feed mill operations
• Safety regulations pertaining to feed manufacture.

Module 5: Field Visit

TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
Cost:
In-person USD 1000
Online USD 900

Registration
February in-person/online
May in-person/online
July in-person/online
November in-person/online


Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank account one week prior to the training date and proof of payment sent to training@fineresultsresearch.org
For any registration of 3 or more participants; we offer a discount of up to 10%.
This course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits for in-person training.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

CANCELLATION POLICY
• All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
• Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.
Visit our website for more details
View Other Agricultural courses
Visit our face book page
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FineResults Research Services would like to invite you to take part in our upcoming workshops on Agricultural courses at our FineResults Research Services training facilities in Nairobi, Kenya or online.
20th to 24th March 2023 Evaluation of Agribusiness Firms for risk management and Potential for Financial Lending
26th to 30th June 2023 Evaluation of Agribusiness Firms for risk management and Potential for Financial Lending
21st to 25th August 2023 Evaluation of Agribusiness Firms for risk management and Potential for Financial Lending
16th to 20th October 2023 Evaluation of Agribusiness Firms for risk management and Potential for Financial Lending
Introduction
Despite the importance of Agribusiness opportunities in accelerating nation’s agricultural sector development and addressing poverty, entrepreneurs are constrained by limited access to finances, knowledge and skills to make their businesses as efficient as possible. Access to finance and risk mitigation in particular are important aspects in ensuring the sustainability of agribusiness ventures. This 5 days course aim to equip participants with knowledge on establishing a viable agribusiness enterprise, how to manage risk and acquire finances to sustain the agribusiness.
Duration
5 days

Who should attend?
• Agricultural extension officers,
• Policy makers
• Staffs from funding agencies
• Staffs from research institutions and staff from non-governmental institutions
• Staffs from private institutions
Course objectives
After this course participants will be able to:
• Gain skills in agribusiness investment and agribusiness finance
• Gains skills in agribusiness lending.
• Learn major agricultural credit risks alongside the other agribusiness risks
• Apply a value chain approach in analysing agribusiness firms and their market environment.
• Identify the steps for building healthy engagement between lenders and agribusiness firms
• Analyse agribusiness firms using a variety of tools and steps, identifying their constraints and opportunities as well as their suitability for financing.
• Understand different business models and how they relates with strategy
• Set up an effective monitoring and evaluation plan for effective loan recovery.
• Understand the do’s and don’ts of lenders in value chain
Course outline
Module 1: Introduction
• Understanding the Agribusiness firms
• Key differences between agribusiness firms and other firms
• Industry trends in major agricultural sub-sectors in the participant’s country.
• Importance of agribusiness financial viability in financial lending
• Value chain approach in analyzing agribusiness firms and their market environment.
• Building healthy engagement between lenders and agribusiness firms.
• Case study: Industry dynamics in the enterprise of interest e.g dairy, poultry and horticulture sectors in the participant’s country.

Module 2: Micro Context Analysis
• Analysis of an agribusiness firm with respect to its management and ownership
• Importance of sound management in agribusinesses
• Key characteristics and features of management styles that have been proven to work
• The power of “management presence” in agribusinesses
• Influence of management and ownership on agribusiness firms success
Analysis with respect to the nature of firm’s strategies.
• Evaluation of firm’s set plans for achievement of goals.
• Analysis of strategic thinking and planning
• Analysis of mechanisms put in place for implementation of strategic plans
• Evaluation of strength and health of business models with respect to strategy
Analysis with respect to the nature of product/services offer.
• Determination of competitiveness of a product
• Product life-cycle theory
Analysis with respect to other internal factors.
• Employees
• Organizational culture
• Economies of scale
Module 3: Macro Context Analysis
• Analyzing market and market development
• Introduction to market analysis
• Supply, demand and price setting
• Standards and certification
• Analysis and evaluation of agribusinesses target market segment strategy
• Analysis and evaluation of channels of distribution
• Analysis and evaluation of effect of consumer buying patterns
• Market share, trends and growth potential

Analyzing competition
• Analyzing competitiveness of an agribusiness firm
• Tools and models for analysising and mapping the firms position in the industry with respect to its competitors.
Module 4: PESTLE Analysis
• Mapping a firm’s context with respect to macro-factors
• Political environment analysis
• Economic environment analysis (economic sustainability, costs, revenue, profit margin, value added, value share …)
• Socio-cultural environment analysis
• Technological environment analysis
• Legal environment analysis
Analysis of strength and health of advocacy efforts
• Determination of influence of advocacy on macro environment

Exercise
• Analysis of economic sustainability of selected value chains players in key agricultural sectors in Kenya.
Module 5: Monitoring /Evaluation and Competence/lenders roles
• Effective Monitoring and Evaluation
• Introduction; concepts and terminology;
• Development of indicators and selection of analytical tools for effective monitoring and evaluation
Competencies and Roles of value chain financiers (lenders)
• Roles of financiers (lenders) in chain development
• The do’s and don’ts of financiers (lenders);
• Key competencies of financiers (lenders)
Conclusion
• Action planning
• Course evaluation
TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
Cost:
In-person USD 1000
Online USD 900

Registration
March in-person/online
June in-person/online
August in-person/online
October in-person/online

Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank account one week prior to the training date and proof of payment sent to training@fineresultsresearch.org
For any registration of 3 or more participants; we offer a discount of up to 10%.
This course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits for in-person training.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

CANCELLATION POLICY
• All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
• Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.
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Course title: Agro-Entrepreneurship and Market Facilitation
Dates and registration links:
06/03/2023 to 10/03/2023: http:///3JmuFVF
22/05/2023 to 26/05/2023: http:///3Y01sUI
07/08/2023 to 11/08/2023: http:///3wCi9JY
06/11/2023 to 10/11/2023: http:///3wCGr6E
INTRODUCTION
Agriculture is central to hunger and poverty eradication. Many countries have tried numerous strategies to improve production and consequent food security status. Although increased agricultural production is essential, it is not sufficient to reduce hunger and poverty. There is need for promoting the entire agricultural value chain through collaborative efforts among the stakeholders. This course is intended for various actors working with communities, governments, funding agencies, research organizations, non-government organizations, civil society organizations, among others for agriculture and rural development intervention programmes.

DURATION
5 Days
COURSE OBECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, participants will:
• Understand the concept of agro entrepreneurship and market facilitation.
• Understand the agribusiness environment and how to make it inclusive
• Understand how to overcome pitfalls in agriculture-based businesses
• Understand importance of collective marketing
• Understand importance of record keeping

TOPICS TO BE COVERED
• Farming as a business
• Agro-entrepreneurship
• Collaborations in agricultural based businesses
• Value addition of agribusiness
• Market and market operations
• Record keeping
• Financing agribusiness
• Sources of finance for agribusinesses
• Market linkages
• Field trip

Workshop Title: Agriculture Best Extension Practices
20/03/2023 to 24/03/2023: http:///3whQj5D
24/07/2023 to 28/07/2023: http:///3J7cUJI
18/09/2023 to 22/09/2023: http:///3wfxwI6
20/11/2023 to 24/11/2023: http:///3kp8pjj
INTRODUCTION
A policy is a course of action adopted or proposed by government, party, business, or individual. Policies outline what a government, a party, business or an individual aims to achieve for society as a whole. In agriculture, policies set the framework for action and thus provide guidance to the whole system. Policies are generated from laws of the country. Agricultural policies are largely on financing, production, marketing and provision of extension services all aimed at enhancing development and sustainability of agricultural sector. This 5 Days course aim to equip participants with an understanding of the agricultural policy environment, the policy formulation process, and the role, rationale and economic consequences of government intervention in agriculture.

DURATION
5 days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course is intended for various actors in the Agriculture Extension (Agricultural extension officers, senior agricultural officials, and policymakers) working with communities, in governments, funding agencies, Research organizations, non-government organizations, small and medium enterprises for agricultural development, and anyone who wants to learn more about policy formulation and implementation in agriculture.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the training, participants will:
• Demonstrate practical applications of policy analysis related to agricultural sector
• Discuss the economic and political feasibility of policy changes and instruments in the agriculture value chain.
• Develop the ability to think critically about the need for policies and policy reforms in agriculture
• Identify and analyze how public policy and firm decisions affect delivery of services in agriculture, agribusiness, market, and society
• Recognize policy related problems and anticipate opportunities available in the market
• Write concise summaries of policies affecting the agricultural and food sectors, and argue orally its implications
• Conduct a cost benefit analysis using various policy instruments and programs.
 
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
Module 1: Introduction to agricultural policies
• Introduction to different types of policies in agriculture
• Why interest in agricultural policies
• Policy formulation process

Module 2. Structure of Agriculture and Agricultural Policies
• Models for Policy Analysis
• Tools for policy Analysis
• Current issues in agricultural policy.

Module 3
• Agricultural policy instruments.
• Domestic market policies.
• Developed and developing countries agricultural policies

Module 4
• Human health and nutrition policies.
• Policy regulation of cash crops
• Policy for quality and standards of agricultural produce

Module 5: Analysis of various agricultural policy documents
• Conducting cost benefit analyses using various policy instruments and programs
• Practical activity on analyzing the objective of policies and crucial areas of policies that have impact on the intended beneficiaries

Course Title: Agricultural Value Chain Development and Market Linkages
Dates and registrations links:
16/01/2023 to 27/01/2023 https:///3gWYKio
03/04/2023 to 14/04/2023 https:///3ztHeZy
17/07/2023 to 28/07/2023 https:///3WeOzWC
06/11/2023 to 17/11/2023 https:///3Njhp47
INTRODUCTION
A value chain involves all activities that are required to bring a product or service from production to final consumers. The activities include design, production, marketing, distribution and support services leading up to consumption. There is also an element of value addition to the preliminary products across the chain as the product passes through the stages of the value chain. For smallholder farmers who are dominant in crop and livestock production in Africa to realize the benefit of participating in the value chain including linkage to input suppliers, traders and output market, there is need for them to have a strong position in the chain in terms of influencing their benefits. This 10 day training course aims to equip stakeholders working with farmers in rural, urban and peri-urban areas to strengthen their position in value chains.
DURATION
10 Days
COURSE OBJECTIVES
After this course participants will be able to:
• Explain the Value Chain, its concepts, principles and approaches and its role in sustainable economic development
• Explain Value Chain Development and Actor Empowerment (VCD&AE)
• Analyse the Value Chain using a variety of tools and steps, identifying constraints and opportunities for innovation
• Identify the steps for building engagement among and between chain actors
• Set up an effective monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment plan for a VCD&AE process
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Introducing the value chain
• Formal definition of a value chain
• Traditional Selling Systems Compared with a Value Chain Marketing System
• Value Chain Marketing System
• Value Chain Framework
• The “new” framework for Chain Empowerment
• Chain Empowerment
• Case studies and group work
Module 2:
Value chain mapping and analysis
• Value chain development process
• Value chain selection
• Chain mapping and assessment
• Introduction to Value Chain selection process
• Building Engagement and Chain Development/Upgrading
• Chain Monitoring and Evaluation
Module 3:
Analysing market and market development
• Introduction to market analysis
• Supply, demand and price setting
• Standards and certification
• Analysing competition
• Group Exercise
Module 4:
Economic Sustainability
• Analysing Economic Sustainability of Value Chains
• Introduction, calculating costs, revenue, profit margin, value added, value share …
• Group work - the economic sustainability of selected value chains
Module 5:
Value chain relations and governance
• Analysing value chain relations and governance
• Intro-Importance of VC relations and governance
• analysis of value chain relations and governance
• Group work, presentation and discussion
Module 6:
Business Services and Finance
• The role of chain supporters; Business development services and Value Chain financing
• Group work – Role of VCD facilitator in enhancing availability of BDS to small holder farmers
Module 7:
Chain Context: Macro-environment
• The components of the macro- environment and their impact on value chain development
• Advocacy :- influencing the macro environment; Group work – PESTLE analysis of selected value chain
Module 8:
Developing Strategies for Chain Empowerment
• Introducing chain empowerment strategies
• Group work/case study on chain empowerment
Building Engagement and Chain Development
• Building engagement: obtaining “buy-in” from stakeholders
• Introduction to strategy development
Module 9:
Chain Monitoring and Evaluation
• Introduction; reiteration of concepts and terminology;
• Development of indicators and selection of analytical tools
Module 10:
Chain Learning and Innovation
• Introduction and examples
Competencies and Roles of chain development facilitator’s and support agencies
• Roles of chain development facilitator’s, and support agencies
• The do’s and don’ts of facilitators; Key competencies of VCD facilitators
• Action planning
• Course evaluation

Course title: Agricultural Innovation for Sustainable Development
Dates and registrations links:
13/03/2023 to 17/03/2023: http:///3Hkf7is
13/03/2023 to 17/03/2023: http:///3HKjG7i
12/06/2023 to 16/06/2023: http:///3YdsF6q
21/08/2023 to 25/08/2023: http:///3JpMt2b
23/10/2023 to 27/10/2023: http:///3Jteiqd
INTRODUCTION
Agricultural innovations defined as a process whereby individuals or organizations bring new or existing products, processes or ways of organization into use for the first, are capable of improving household food security status, ensuring sustainable natural resource management, create employments and reduce poverty. In agriculture, innovations and technologies aim to increase effectiveness, competitiveness, resilience to shocks or environmental sustainability. Following the dynamic nature of technologies and innovations and the importance of agriculture in contributing to rural population livelihoods, Information Communication Technology presents an opportunity for rural farmers in increasing their productivity. This 5 days course will equip the participants with knowledge on use of ICT in agriculture to enhance productivity and increase effectiveness and efficiency across the agricultural value chain.
DURATION
5 days
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
• Agricultural extension officers,
• Research organizations
• Non-government organizations
• Agriculture support activities and other Development programmes.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
• Identify different ICT technologies applied in agriculture
• Gain basic skills in ICT in agriculture.
• Understand importance of integration of ICT in agribusiness
• Identify current ICT trends in relation to agriculture
• Understand current trends in ICTs as they pertain to agriculture and the contributions that ICT can make to enhance agricultural strategies and their implementation.
• Analyze both the opportunities and the pitfalls that emerge when working with technology to improve agricultural outcomes
• Understand the application of ICT in farm production, inventory management, and marketing and in extension services.
• Gain knowledge on gender equitable skills in ICT development in agriculture which is a major player towards rural development.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
Module 1: Introduction to ICT in agricultural development
• Mobile devices and services and their impact on agriculture and rural development
• Gender-equitable, ICT-enabled agricultural development
• Increasing crop, livestock, and fishery productivity through ICT
Module 2: ICTs as enablers of agricultural innovation systems
• Broadening smallholders’ access to financial services through ICT
• ICT application in farmer organizations
• ICT enabled agricultural extension
Module 3: Strengthening agricultural marketing with ICT
• ICT applications for smallholder inclusion in agribusiness supply chains
• ICT applications for agricultural risk management
• Improving food safety and traceability while empowering smallholders through ICT
Module 4:
• ICT for land administration and management
• Inventory management with ICT
• GIS and RS application in agriculture

Course title: Agricultural carbon credit markets course
Dates and registrations links:
20/02/2023 to 24/02/2023:http:///3Rh1Zzi
24/04/2023 to 28/04/2023:http:///3HGPkT5
14/08/2023 to 18/08/2023: https:///3XO7R5q
23/10/2023 to 27/10/2023: http:///3DsoHib
Agricultural carbon credit markets course
INTRODUCTION
Both livestock and crops farmers receive the lowest gross margin across the value chains. This is because of lack of access to markets, high costs of inputs as well as implements, high labour costs and selling their produce in raw forms without adding value. The situation is worsened by the effects of climate change, leading to low income in farming enterprise and loses of livelihoods. Interventions that may lead to increasing farmers’ income and improving their sustainability are therefore essential in boosting any farming business. One of these interventions is selling of carbon credit, which can generate additional income to farmers and at the same time improve their sustainability as a result of farmers adopting climate smart technologies at their farms. Agricultural carbon markets exist through privately and publicly owned companies with an objective to lessen carbon emissions through trade of carbon units sequestered at the farm level. This 5-days training aims to equip the participants with the knowledge on carbon credit business in order to support sustainable livelihoods and economically empower farmers.
Target Participants
This course targets participants working in rural development and agriculture projects, government institutions, NGO staff, private and research institutions.
Duration
5 Days
Course objectives
By the end of this training the participants will learn:
• What carbon credit business entails
• Explore markets for carbon credit
• Approaches that are there for entering a carbon marketplace
• How to register in carbon credit market
• How to develop technical documents
Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to carbon credit markets
• Introduction to carbon credit markets
• Voluntary carbon credit markets
• What approaches are there for entering a carbon marketplace?
• Using an aggregator
• Through data manager
• Voluntary climate change agreements
• UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)
• Kyoto Protocol (1997)
• Paris Agreement (2015)
Module 2: Carbon sequestration
• Main types of carbon sequestration: geologic and biologic
• Climate-friendly strategies to pull carbon dioxide into the soil and capture emissions
• Determining the amount of carbon credits that can be produced by each farmer
• How to register for carbon credit selling
Module 3: Preparation of necessary documents
• Proposal development
• Preparation of technical documents
• Participatory rural appraisal
• Where and how to engage farmers
• About share certificates
Module 4: Carbon sequestration practices and breakeven prices
• About Payment of Ecosystem (PES) agreement
• Project designs
• Exploring Agroforestry systems

FineResults Research Services would like to invite you to take part in our upcoming workshops on Agricultural courses at our FineResults Research Services training facilities in Nairobi, Kenya or online.
20th to 24th February 2023 Establishing and Strengthening Farmer Organizations
15th to 19th May 2023 Establishing and Strengthening Farmer Organizations
28th to 1st September 2023 Establishing and Strengthening Farmer Organizations
27th to 1st December 2023 Establishing and Strengthening Farmer Organizations


INTRODUCTION
Knowledge, skills and appropriate capital are the most key resources that rural famers in developing countries require to make their farming profitable. With the support that these farmers have been receiving from their respective governments alongside its stakeholders to solve these problems, farmers still experience more challenges because they have no voice in the interventions designed to solve their problems. Farmer organizations are institutions that gives farmers a fair voice to negotiate for any engagement targeting them. Additional benefits of these organizations include access to markets and reduced transaction costs. This training course targets various actors working with farmers among them agricultural extension officers, government officials, policy makers and community workers working in development programmes.

DURATION
5 Days

COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, learners will:
• Gained practical knowledge on various types of farmer organizations
• Understand the key steps in establishing farmer organizations
• Appreciate the roles of extension services in farmer organizations
• Understand key issues influencing participation in farmer organizations
• Understand various empowerment methods that can be applied to farmer organizations
• Understand factors influencing farmer organizations’ effectiveness
• Understand policy issues influencing establishment and strengthening of farmer organizations

COURSE OUTLINE
• Establishing farmer organizations
• Strengthening existing farmer organizations
• Roles of extension services in farmer organizations
• Issues influencing participation in farmer organizations
• Empowerment methods to farmer organizations
• Fundraising for farmer organizations
• Factors influencing farmer organizations’ effectiveness/success
• The dynamics of collaboration between research and farmers' organizations
• Policy issues influencing establishment and strengthening of farmer organizations
TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
Cost:
In-person USD 1000
Online USD 900

Registration
February in-person/online
May in-person/online
August in-person/online
November in-person/online

Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank account one week prior to the training date and proof of payment sent to training@fineresultsresearch.org
For any registration of 3 or more participants; we offer a discount of up to 10%.
This course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits for in-person training.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

CANCELLATION POLICY
• All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
• Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.
Visit our website for more details
View Other Agricultural courses
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FineResults Research Services would like to invite you to take part in our upcoming workshops on Agricultural courses at our FineResults Research Services training facilities in Nairobi, Kenya or online.

17th to 21st April 2023 Enhancing Economic opportunities for resilient pastoral livelihoods
10th to 14th July 2023 Enhancing Economic opportunities for resilient pastoral livelihoods
9th to 13th October 2023 Enhancing Economic opportunities for resilient pastoral livelihoods
11th to 15th December 2023 Enhancing Economic opportunities for resilient pastoral livelihoods

Introduction
Pastoral livestock production is practiced in an estimated area of 43% percent of Africa land mass in different regions of Africa by an estimate of 268 million pastoralists. Pastoralism plays an important role in the national and regional economies of Africa in terms of export of animals to both domestic and international markets. Furthermore, pastoralism contributes a percentage of 10 to 44 of the gross domestic product (GDP) of African countries. Despite the significant impact of pastoralism to livelihoods, economy of Africa’s drylands, GDP and exports sector, pastoralists are faced with various challenges including climate change and climate variability, increasing risk of animal and zoonotic diseases, insecure land rights and natural resource management, violence, displacement and militarisation of pastoral livelihood systems and neglect and exclusion of pastoralist communities among other challenges. One of the key intervention to ensure sustainable livelihoods of pastoralist is focus on building resilience to mitigate effects of climate change. Resilience is being understood in terms of building different types of capacity within communities and social-ecological systems. Building resilience of vulnerable communities to the vagaries of climate change calls for more transformative approaches that can organically evolve to suit the dynamic and unique needs of different farming systems. This 5-days course aim to equip participants with knowledge of empowering pastoralist in building resilience to mitigate effects of climate change.
Duration
5 days
Who should attend?
• Field technicians and agricultural extension staff
• Governmental and nongovernmental organizations implementing adaptation projects
• Agricultural extension officers
• Representatives of NGOs
• Private organizations
Course objectives
By the end of the training participants will be able to:
• Learn how to increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises
• Understand Livelihood approaches in fragile contexts
• Learn the links between resilience and livelihoods
• Understand resilience pathways and outcomes
• To identify and analyse the key premises underpinning dryland policies, generate arguments and alternative policy options

Course content
Module 1: Understanding context of pastoralism
• The dynamics of pastoral systems
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relevant to pastoralism
• The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) 2015–2030
• The Paris Climate Agreement.
• Institutions in the country mandated with building resilience of pastoralists and their interventions
• Mitigation strategies and financing mechanisms for pastoralists (e.g livestock take off, livestock insurance etc)
• Four key elements of transformative change in resilience building
Module 2: The policy challenges and options for pastoralism
• Past policy and current reforms and their drivers e.g wildlife, water and range management.
• The national poverty reduction strategies,
• Constraints and opportunities brought by the policy to pastoralists
• identify and analyse the key premises underpinning dryland policies, generate arguments and alternative policy options
Module 3: Resilience dimension measurement
• Wealth index
• Household food insecurity access prevalence (HFIAP)
• Community network/Social capital
• Psychosocial distress
• Livestock
• Infrastructure and social services
• Human capital
• Environment
Livelihood approaches in fragile contexts
• How to increase the resilience of livelihoods to threats and crises
• The links between resilience and livelihoods
Module 4: Advocating for change
• Identifying key actors, their roles, the policymaking cycle and crucial issues when advocating for change.
• Actors and stakeholders, and their roles in resilience-building
• Resilience pathways and outcomes (community and livelihood resilience).
• Enabling environments’: internal and external factors enabling or obstructing progress.
• Beneficiaries, equity and inclusion.
• Synergies between adaptation, mitigation, food security and development
• Planning for community-based adaptation to climate change in agriculture
 Building resilience.
 Supplying humanitarian assistance.
 Improving livelihoods and increasing local and national stakeholders’ learning, capacity and knowledge around resilience
 The theory of change
Module 5: Determinants of successful adaptation by pastoralists
• Knowledge on impacts and vulnerabilities
• Knowledge on natural resources and socioeconomics and Adaptation options
• Sustained policy support
Community-based adaptation: Underlying principles
• Essential steps of community based adaptation
• Assessment of current vulnerability, risks and local livelihoods of population
• Source of information of climate change (indigenous knowledge and conventional knowledge)


TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
Cost:
In-person USD 1000
Online USD 900

Registration
April in-person/online
July in-person/online
October in-person/online
December in-person/online
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank account one week prior to the training date and proof of payment sent to training@fineresultsresearch.org
For any registration of 3 or more participants; we offer a discount of up to 10%.
This course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits for in-person training.

ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

CANCELLATION POLICY
• All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
• Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.
Visit our website for more details
View Other Agricultural courses
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17th to 21st April 2023 Data Management Analysis and Visualization for Agriculture and Rural Development Programmes

24th to 28th July 2023 Data Management Analysis and Visualization for Agriculture and Rural Development Programmes

2nd to 6th October 2023 Data Management Analysis and Visualization for Agriculture and Rural Development Programmes
4th to 8th December 2023 Data Management Analysis and Visualization for Agriculture and Rural Development Programmes

Introduction
Agriculture sector have impact on number of sectors in the economy including manufacturing, health, education, wholesale and retail, transport, financial services among others. As a result, the agriculture data can go along way beyond the data requirements of the immediate agriculture sector. For farmers, data such as weather data, market price data, and agricultural inputs data can improve farmer productivity by addressing key constraints, providing knowledge and access to appropriate inputs, extension advice, weather warnings and market prices. Data on quantity of produce, seasonal variation in production and varieties of crops grown can inform other actors in other sectors such as manufacturing in planning on expected quantity of produce supply. It is therefore important to collect accurate and timely data from agriculture sector which will inform decision making in interlinked sectors. This 5 days course aims at equipping participants in data collection, management, analysis and interpretation of data in agriculture for decision making.
Duration
5 days
Who can attend?
• Project managers
• Staff managing projects
• Staff in non-government organizations
• Donors
• government officials,
• CBO operatives, NGO employees,
• Anyone involved in project management activities
Course objectives
By the end of the training, the participants will be able to;
• Gain skills in research design, data management and analysis in agriculture and rural development
• Learn how to develop a logical framework
• Identify the right research designs based on indicators in the logical framework
• Learn how to collect, analyse and visualize data for impact assessment
Course outline
Module 1: Understanding monitoring and Evaluation principles
• Definition of monitoring and Evaluation
• Monitoring and Evaluation strategy
• Qualitative and quantitative data sources collection and use
• Relating Monitoring and evaluation to your project cycle
• Including M&E in agriculture and rural development programme design
Monitoring and evaluation strategy
• Developing and operationalising M&E frameworks
• Linking M&E frameworks to indicators
• Logical framework approach to the monitoring and evaluation of agricultural and rural development projects
Module 2: Performance monitoring
• Tracking inputs and outputs
• Tools for monitoring inputs and outputs
Measuring results in Agriculture and RD programmes
• Interpreting and communicating results for M&E
• Communication and reporting for M&E
Module 3: Data collection, management and data quality
• Data collection methods: How to undertake data collection (quantitative and qualitative) using NVIVO and SPSS
• Data collection, cleaning and analysis
• Descriptive analysis techniques
• Inferential analysis techniques
Module 4: Introduction to qualitative data Analysis
• Planning for qualitative data analysis
• Reviewing the data
• Organizing your data
• Coding the data
• Introduction to using a qualitative data analysis software (NVivo)
Module 5: Quantitative data Analysis using SPSS or Stata or R
• Planning for quantitative data analysis
• Comparison of Data analysis packages
• Basics for statistical analysis
• Choosing the correct statistical test
• Tests of statistical significance (Parametric and non-parametric tests)
• Interpreting the data
• Report writing
TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
Cost:
In-person USD 1000
Online USD 900

Registration
April in-person/online
July in-person/online
October in-person/online
December in-person/online
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank account one week prior to the training date and proof of payment sent to training@fineresultsresearch.org
For any registration of 3 or more participants; we offer a discount of up to 10%.
This course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits for in-person training.
 
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

CANCELLATION POLICY
• All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
• Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.
Visit our website for more details
View Other Agricultural courses
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FineResults Research Services would like to invite you to take part in our upcoming workshops on Agricultural courses at our FineResults Research Services training facilities in Nairobi, Kenya or online.

1st to 5th May 2023 Dairy cow feeding and management for improved milk quantity and enhanced milk quality
14th to 18th August 2023 Dairy cow feeding and management for improved milk quantity and enhanced milk quality
20th to 24th November 2023 Dairy cow feeding and management for improved milk quantity and enhanced milk quality
Introduction
In Africa, the dairy sector is crucial for rural development, poverty reduction and food and nutrition security. The sector is mainly dominated by smallholder dairy farmers. The Africa’s dairy industry is however faced with a number of challenges, including low productivity per cow, fluctuating milk production, inconsistent milk quality, the high cost of production, inefficiencies along the value chain and a large informal sector dominance in milk sale. As a result of these challenges, dairy farmers are characterized by low milk output and low milk quality leading to low income from sale of milk. With the anticipated increase in demand of dairy products following population growth, urbanisation and improved purchasing power, there is need for dairy farmers to embrace interventions that may lead to increased milk productivity and enhanced milk quality. This 5-days course will equip participants with hands on skills on feed types, quality and quantity, feed storage and preservation, housing of a dairy cow, dairy cow management and record keeping among others.
Duration
5 days
Who should attend?
• Agricultural extension officers
• Representatives of NGOs
• Private organizations
• Individuals who are interested in dairy farming
• Field technicians and agricultural extension staff, representatives of cooperative societies
• Individuals willing to start a dairy enterprise
Course objectives
At the end of the training, participants will be able to:
• Select appropriate dairy breeds for different farming situations.
• Develop a business plan for the management of a dairy property.
• Describe the different characteristics, including their nature and scope, of dairy products.
• Explain the management of the lactation cycle in dairy cattle, on a farm property.
• Manage general husbandry operations for the dairy cow.
• Manage the wellbeing of a dairy cow, including consideration of its health and vigour, to optimise quality and quantity of production.
• Explain the significance of animal breeding programs for milk production.
• Explain the management of the facilities, including buildings and machinery, at a farm dairy.
• Explain how milk composition can affect its use for different purposes.
• List the farm husbandry factors which can influence the lactation cycle.
• Prepare a plan for a feed flow program to support milk production on a specified property.
Module 1: How to run a dairy farm as a successful business
• Selecting a breeding stock (buy young cow)
• Characteristics considered in selecting a young cow
• Dairy Business Planning
• Dairy Breeds
• Dairy Products
• The Lactation Cycle
Module 2: How to feed your cattle for maximum milk production
• Different feed types
• Quantity (rations of feeds)
• What is a balanced ration and how does this ensure maximum production
• Feeding and nutrition of dairy cows
• Napier grass management
Module3: How to care for your dairy cows for maximum production
• Calf rearing
• Ensuring the cow is healthy (Deworming, Vaccination, spraying or taking a cow to cattle dip)
• Parasites & Diseases of Dairy Cattle ( Mastitis’s control, East Coast Fever, calf mortality, pneumonia etc)
• How to build a dairy facility to provide the best care for your dairy cows (Housing of dairy cows)
• Milk hygiene and milk technique
• Health of dairy cows, with submodules on mastitis, tick fever, worms, vaccinations and pneumonia
• Fertility and breeding
• Farm record keeping
Module 4: Crop Production – what crops to grow and how to grow them effectively
• Growing of forages and fodder
• How to turn your harvest into Silage and hay
• Importance of feed conservation
Module 5: Field visit

TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
Cost:
In-person USD 1000
Online USD 900

Registration
May in-person/online
August in-person/online
November in-person/online
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank account one week prior to the training date and proof of payment sent to training@fineresultsresearch.org
For any registration of 3 or more participants; we offer a discount of up to 10%.
This course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits for in-person training.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

CANCELLATION POLICY
• All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
• Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.
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10th to 21st April 2023 Crop Biotechnology for Food Security and Nutrition
17th to 28th July 2023 Crop Biotechnology for Food Security and Nutrition
16th to 27th October 2023 Crop Biotechnology for Food Security and Nutrition
4th to 15th December 2023 Crop Biotechnology for Food Security and Nutrition
INTRODUCTION
The level of hunger globally remains high, with 795 million people still facing hunger, roughly one in four children affected by stunting, and 8 percent of children affected by wasting. Of the many strategies that have been suggested to address the issues of global poverty, hunger and environmental degradation, crop biotechnology is seen as a viable contribution to the solution. Biotechnology is any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use. Some of the potential benefits of biotechnology includes but not limited to environmental conservation, improved food security and reduced malnutrition, use of biofuel to complement the non-renewable energy and source of raw materials used in industries.

DURATION
10 days.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
Public sector scientists, government officials responsible for driving biotechnology, and regulators, managers of biotechnology projects, company personnel who desire a comprehensive understanding of biotechnology, Civil society groups wanting to understand the technology.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
• Understand what biotechnology is
• Learn crop management of biotechnology crops
• Understand laws, policies and authorities that regulate crop biotechnology
• Learn how to prepare records and importance of record keeping

TOPIC TO BE COVERED
Module 1: Integrated Pest Management
• Introduction/meaning
• Techniques in IPM
• Benefits of IPM

Module 2: Integrated soil health and fertility management
• Soil structure and texture
• Soil health
• Macro and micro nutrients
• Fertilizers
• Manures
• Other soil amendments
• Soil PH

Module 3: Regulatory and research compliance
• Protocol, National policies, laws and authorizes to regulate crop biotechnology
• Guidelines for Inspection and Monitoring GMOs

Module 4: Crop management
• Establishments/proposals
• Crop nutrition
• Cultural practices
• Pest and disease control

Module 6: Plant production techniques
• Controlled environment
• Open field
• Irrigation vs rain fed
• Crop rotation

Module 7: Cost management and crop budgets
• Crop production plan
• Crop budgets/production cost

Module 8: Record keeping
• Types of crop records
• What are records
• Why keep records/importance
• Examples of crop records

Module 9: Biotechnology
• Micro- propagation
• Molecular Plant Breeding through Biotechnology

 
TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
Cost:
In-person USD 1900
Online USD 1710

Registration
April in-person/online
July in-person/online
October in-person/online
December in-person/online
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank account one week prior to the training date and proof of payment sent to training@fineresultsresearch.org
For any registration of 3 or more participants; we offer a discount of up to 10%.
This course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits for in-person training.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

CANCELLATION POLICY
• All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
• Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.
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13th to 17th March 2023 Climate Smart Agriculture to Build Resilience in Mitigating Effects of Climate Change
22nd to 26th May 2023 Climate Smart Agriculture to Build Resilience in Mitigating Effects of Climate Change
21st to 25th August 2023 Climate Smart Agriculture to Build Resilience in Mitigating Effects of Climate Change
9th to 13th October 2023 Climate Smart Agriculture to Build Resilience in Mitigating Effects of Climate Change
INTRODUCTION
Climate-Smart Agriculture is agriculture that sustainably increases productivity, resilience, reduces or removes Green House Gases (GHGs) and enhances achievement of national food security and development goals. Following the unpredictable recurring climate change in Sub Saharan Africa leading to negative effects on crop and livestock production, climate smart agriculture can be a solution in ensuring that smallholder farmers who are the most affected by impact of climate change are food secure. Furthermore, climate smart agriculture practices sustainably increase agricultural productivity, support equitable increases in farm incomes, food security and development.

DURATION
5 days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
• Policy makers
• Development practitioners and programme managers
• Sectoral specialists and academics
• Trainers and extension agents
• Anyone who wants to learn more about modern food production, farming and environmental challenges.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the training, participants will:
• Have an understanding of effects of climate change on agriculture productivity.
• Have enhanced their knowledge and understanding of the concepts and principles of climate smart agriculture.
• Be knowledgeable on climate smart agriculture practices in crop and livestock production
• Have an understanding of improved sustainability approaches in agriculture production,
• Understand that climate smart agriculture practices make agricultural and food security systems adapt and become resilient to climate change and remove greenhouse gases.
• Identify climate smart agriculture Strategies on Climate Change adaptation.
• Learn on ways of increasing the current production levels to meet the consumption demands without having a negative impact on the environment.
• Have an understanding of the climate finance
• Gain knowledge on crop and livestock insurance.
• Identify the needed collaboration efforts among stakeholders on climate smart agriculture and Climate Change Adaptation and devise on how the collaboration can be strengthened

TOPICS TO BE COVERED
Module 1: Impacts of climate change on agriculture and food security
• Climate Change
• Agriculture, Climate Change and Food Security
• Climate-Smart Agriculture Concept
• Farmers becoming resilient to climate change shocks and stresses when they adapt climate smart agriculture practices

Module 2: Basics of adaption and mitigation in the agricultural sector
• Climate-Smart Agriculture Solutions
• Removing Barriers and Enabling the Environment for Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture
• Crop and livestock insurance
• Climate financing
• Gender in climate smart agriculture
• The Lead Farmer Concept in climate smart agriculture

Module 3: Incorporating climate change considerations into agricultural investment programmes
• Gender in climate-smart agriculture
• Gender and Climate Change Research in Agriculture and Food Security for Rural Development
• Climate Change and Food Security
• Barriers to adopting CSA
• Interactions between climate change and agriculture, including basic facts about the effects of climate change and the most important greenhouse gases.

Module 4: Describe the principles of climate smart agriculture, in particular the three pillars of mitigation, adaptation and productivity.
• Discuss the complexity of food production systems, why it can be difficult to implement climate smart agriculture and other forms of sustainable farming, and how the effects can be measured.
• Reflect on how consumer behaviour, policies and regulations, and financial aspects influence the adoption of climate smart and other sustainable practices.

Module 5: Field visit to farms practicing Climate Smart Agriculture


TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
Cost:
In-person USD 1000
Online USD 900

Registration
March in-person/online
May in-person/online
August in-person/online
October in-person/online

Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Services bank account one week prior to the training date and proof of payment sent to training@fineresultsresearch.org
For any registration of 3 or more participants; we offer a discount of up to 10%.
This course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits for in-person training.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: (+254 759 285 295) or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

PAYMENT
Payment should be transferred to FineResults Research Limited bank before commencement of training. Send proof of payment through the email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

CANCELLATION POLICY
• All requests for cancellations must be received in writing.
• Changes will become effective on the date of written confirmation being received.
Visit our website for more details
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Course title: Result for Analysis of Qualitative Data using NVivo
Training venue: Nairobi Kenya
Course dates:
22/08/2022 - 26/08/2022 : https:///3yjjEgA
17/10/2022 -21/10/2022 : https:///3NJgMPL
12/12/2022 - 16/12/2022 : https:///3yNlPe0

Contact us through: E: training@fineresultsresearch.org; T: +254732776700 / +254759285295

INTRODUCTION
Managing and analyzing qualitative data can be a trying experience. Qualitative data is multifaceted, rich in nature, unstructured and at times can be overwhelming where the researcher will be provided with information beyond the scope of the study. Combining a qualitative research data management and data analysis with technology is frown by some qualitative researchers. Qualitative researchers now have the option to apply technology tools in their approach for data management and data analysis to ease the complexity of the research process. This course aims to build the capacity of qualitative researchers in qualitative data management and analysis using NVivo qualitative software. This software has many features that can assist to simplify the whole process of doing qualitative research.

DURATION
5 Days

COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course the learner should be able to:
• Understand qualitative analysis approaches
• Understand different qualitative data collection methods
• Set up a project in NVivo
• Create a framework for qualitative data analysis using NVivo
• Carry out qualitative data analysis using NVivo
• Write a qualitative report

COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Introduction
Introduction to Qualitative Research
• What is qualitative research?
• Dimensions of qualitative methods
• Qualitative research approaches
• Qualitative data collection methods
• Qualitative research study design

Preliminaries of Qualitative data Analysis
• What is qualitative data analysis
• Approaches in Qualitative data analysis; deductive and inductive approach
• Points of focus in analysis of text data
• Principles of Qualitative data analysis
• Process of Qualitative data analysis

Introduction to NVivo
• NVivo Key terms
• NVivo interface
• NVivo workspace
• Use of NVivo ribbon

Module 2: Project Management
NVivo Projects
• Creating new projects
• Merging, importing and exporting projects
• Managing projects
• Working with different data sources

Nodes in NVivo
• Theme codes
• Case nodes
• Relationships nodes
• Node matrices

Classifications
• Source classifications
• Case classifications
• Node classifications

Module 3: Coding and Analysis Coding
• Data-driven vs theory-driven coding
• Analytic coding
• Descriptive coding
• Thematic coding
• Tree coding

Thematic Analysis using NVivo
• Organize, store and retrieve data
• Cluster sources based on the words they contain
• Text searches and word counts through word frequency queries.
• Examine themes and structure in your content

Memos Annotations and Links
• Linked memos
• Adding annotation to selected content
• See also link

Queries using NVivo
• Queries for textual analysis
• Queries for exploring coding

Module 4: Analysis, interpretation and visualization Building on the Analysis
• Content Analysis; Descriptive, interpretative
• Narrative Analysis
• Discourse Analysis
• Grounded Theory

Qualitative Analysis Results Interpretation
• Comparing analysis results with research questions
• Summarizing finding under major categories
• Drawing conclusions and lessons learned

Visualizing NVivo project
• Display data in charts
• Creating models and graphs to visualize connections
• Tree maps and cluster analysis diagrams

Module 5: Triangulation of Data Sources and Reporting
Triangulation of Data Sources
• Triangulating with quantitative data
• Using different participatory techniques to measure the same indicator
• Comparing analysis from different data sources
• Checking the consistency on respondent on similar topic

Qualitative Report Writing
• Qualitative report format
• Reporting qualitative research
• Reporting content
• Interpretation

Introduction
With the aim of attaining the Sustainable Goal 5 on gender equality and empower all women and girls and in particular target 1 and 2 to end all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere and eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, there is need for organizations and institutions involved in implementing projects to ensure that the projects are socially inclusive and all genders are protected against sexual and gender based violence. This 5 days course will equip participants with knowledge on how to increase social inclusion and discover gender based violence in the organizations and institutions.

Duration: 5 days
Venue: Fahari Palace Apartments, along Church Road, Nairobi Kenya
Course dates: 11/04/2022 to 15/04/2022
13/06/2022 to 17/06/2022
15/08/2022 to 19/08/2022
24/10/2022 to 28/10/2022
26/12/2022 to 30/12/2022

Who can attend?
• Project managers
• Staff managing projects
• Staff in non-government organizations
• Donors
• Government officials,
• CBO operatives, NGO employees,
• Anyone involved in project management activities
• Humanitarian organizations,
• Development partners,
• Social Worker
• Community Counsellor
• Researchers
• Other institutions focused on gender equality

Course objectives
At the end of the training participants will be:
• Understand the meaning of Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV)
• Learn different forms of SGBV
• Understand how to prevent SGBV
• Understand how to respond to SGBV
• Learn various reporting mechanisms, and how to develop a programmatic response for SGBV.

Course Outline
Module 1: Introduction to Gender-Based Violence
• Defining Sexual and Gender-Based Violence its Forms and Consequences
• Causes and Contributing Factors of GBV
• Types of SGBV
• Human Rights

Preventing Gender-Based Violence
• Outlining Prevention Interventions
• Reducing Risks and Vulnerabilities
• Designing Prevention Interventions
• Ending Impunity

Module 2: Responding to Gender-Based Violence
• Survivor-centred Response
• Survivor-centred Health Care
• Psychosocial and Mental Health

Module 3: GBV and Law
• Sexual Offences Act (Country specific)
• Domestic Violence Act (Country specific)
• Child Rights Act (Country Specific)
• The pathway to formal justice

Module 4: Action against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
• Multisectoral Action
• Interagency, Multisectoral Coordination
• Existing national and institutional action to combat gender-based violence
• Gender-based Violence Assistance Organisations

Module 5: Monitoring and Evaluation in Gender-Based Violence Interventions
• Design of SMART GBV project results
• GBV indicators
• Stakeholders engagement in GBV projects
• Evaluation of GBV projects
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TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700/+254759285295 or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
• Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
• The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

ACCOMMODATION
• Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through
• Mobile: +254732776700 / 254759285295
or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

Introduction
Data gathered during monitoring and evaluation reveals the success or failure of a project. Moreover, captured data also helps in guiding strategic planning, to design and implement programs and projects, and to allocate, and reallocate resources in efficient ways. What's more, monitoring, and evaluation helps with identifying the most valuable and efficient use of resources. This 10 days course will equip participants with knowledge in capturing quantitative and qualitative data learn how to design a Monitoring and Evaluation system, gain practical and participatory Monitoring and Evaluation methodologies and tools to boost their program and organizational accountability, decision-making, and learning practices.

Duration: 10 days
Venue: Fahari Palace Apartments, along Church Road, Nairobi Kenya
Course dates: 16/05/2022 to 27/05/2022
18/07/2022 to 29/07/2022
19/09/2022 to 30/09/2022
14/11/2022 to 25/11/2022

Who should attend?
• Project managers
• Staff managing projects
• Staff in non-government organizations
• Donors
• Government officials,
• CBO operatives, NGO employees,
• Anyone involved in project management activities

Course objective
At the end of the training participants will learn:
• The main terms and concepts associated with the processes of monitoring and evaluating projects and programmes.
• The major tools and best practices involved in Project Monitoring Evaluation Accountability and Learning
• What results-based M&E is
• How to capture qualitative and quantitative data, analyse and communicate results to relevant stakeholders.
• How to design and use key performance indicators and collect monitoring data.
• Get familiar with the evaluation process, the criteria and the role of the different players involved.
• How to turn monitoring and evaluation into a participative and systematic learning practice.

Course Content
Module 1: Introduction Monitoring & Evaluation
• M&E and the project/programme cycle
• Importance of M&E
• Purposes and uses of M&E
• Identifying gaps in M&E
• Barriers to effective M&E

Project Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning PMEAL overview
• Introduction to PMEAL
• PMEAL Components
• Purposes and functions of PMEAL
• PMEAL approach
• How PMEAL changes M&E
• Challenges to PMEAL

Module 2: Frameworks and PMEAL Cycle
• Frameworks and approaches informing PMEAL
• The language used in PMEAL
• The PMEAL cycle
• Exploring key elements of a PMEAL plan
• Defining indicators
• Designing, implementation and management of a PMEAL framework

Module 3: PMEAL Planning and Budgeting
PMEAL planning
• Planning and budgeting of PMEAL
• Planning and Budgeting relationship.
• Tools for planned monitoring and evaluation activities
• How do I get started?- Practical’s and application
• Identifying project/programme goals.
• Identifying project/programme indicators and targets.
• Selecting data collection methods and data sources for prioritized indicators in your PMEAL plan
• Decide upon your data analysis, quality assurance/validation, and management strategy.
o Identify your strategy for reporting and disseminating data.

PMEAL Budgeting
• Activities based PMEAL budgeting
• Components of the Budget
• Exercise: PMEAL Plan and corresponding budget

Module 4: Accountability and Learning
• Meaning of accountability mean in practice
• Aspects of accountability.
• Importance of Accountability
• Information sharing
• Participation
• Handling Complaints
• Learning and its role
• Exercise: Incorporating Accountability and Learning in Projects

Module 5: Baseline and evaluation design and management
• The purpose and use of baselines and evaluations
• Purpose and use of needs assessments, situation analysis,
• Baselines, evaluations and real-time reviews
• Importance of baseline for monitoring and evaluation
• Steps in planning and undertaking baselines and evaluations

Module 6: Survey Planning and Implementation Types of surveys
• The survey design and process
• Methods of survey sampling and determining the Sample size
• Data collection techniques and tools
• Designing survey questionnaires
• Pretesting research tools for Validity and Reliability
• Conducting the survey
• After the survey
• Exercise: Planning for a survey

Module 7: PMEAL Data Collection: Mobile Based Data Collection (ODK)
• Introduction to mobile phone data collection
• Advantages and challenges of Mobile Applications
• Components of Open Data Kit (ODK)
• Install ODK Collect into mobile devices
• Designing and creating Forms
• ODK Aggregate Server
• Exercise: Mobile Based Data Collection using ODK

Module 8: Data Quality Management, Tabulation and graphical presentation of data (SPSS/Stata/R)
Data quality management
• Types of variables (Numerical, discrete variables, dummy variables,
• Entering categorical and continuous data
• Defining and labeling variables
• Validation and Sorting variables
• Transforming, recording and computing variables

Tabulation and graphical presentation of data
• Descriptive Statistics
• Frequency Tables
• Tables for categorical data
• Graphs and charts
• Exercise: Data Management, Graphing, and Tabulations

Module 9: Data analysis and interpretation and use (SPSS/Stata/R)
• Hypothesis testing
• Comparing Means.
• Regression and Correlation analysis
• Interpreting the data
• Introduction to analyzing qualitative data and qualitative data analysis software
• Exercise: Data Analysis and interpretation

Module 10: Project reporting through PMEAL
• Use of PMEAL data in Reporting
• Communication activities to partners and stakeholders
• Lessons learned
• Decisions making
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TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700/+254759285295 or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
• Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
• The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

ACCOMMODATION
• Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through
• Mobile: +254732776700 / +254759285295
or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

INTRODUCTION
Training on Project Proposal and Report Writing is an important concept in the project management arena. This is because without the skills the project managers cannot be in a position to request for grants from the funders/donors of a project. It is thus paramount for the project managers and other stakeholders to train on this course to be better placed when managing projects. A good proposal that addresses a real need will attract a donor. Organizations require personnel well equipped with an understanding of the proposal development process. This is a highly practical and participative workshop that will provide organizations with staff grounded in knowledge and skills for developing marketable project proposals.

DURATION: 5 Days
VENUE: Fahari Palace Apartments, along Church Road, Nairobi Kenya
COURSE DATES: 23/05/2022 to 27/05/2022
25/07/2022 to 29/07/2022
19/09/2022 to 23/09/2022
21/11/2022 to 25/11/2022

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of the training, participants will be able to:
• Explain the basic concepts that are applied in writing of project proposals and reports
• To introduce participants to problem identification, understanding the cause-effect, and means-ends relationships for identifying a meaningful
• Explain the important skills of writing that are required to generate quality proposals

COURSE OUTLINE
For detailed course outline, contact us through Mobile: +254732776700
or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

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TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700 or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: +254732776700
or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

INTRODUCTION
This training course will demonstrate how a survey collects information from or about people to describe, compare, or explain their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour. Contrary to a census, a survey usually collects data from a representative sample, from which researchers generalize about the whole population.

DURATION: 5 Days
VENUE: Fahari Palace Apartments, along Church Road, Nairobi Kenya
COURSE DATES: 16/05/2022 to 20/05/2022
18/07/2022 to 22/07/2022
12/09/2022 to 16/09/2022
21/11/2022 to 25/11/2022

COURSE OBJECTIVES
• To learn how to develop a Monitoring & Evaluation system for designing and conducting surveys
• To set objectives for data collection with credibility and precision
• To gain hands on experience in real case studies approach

COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1
Introduction to Survey
• What is a survey
• Types of surveys
• Setting objectives for information collection
• Designing the study

Module 2
Choosing the appropriate evaluation design
• Mixed-methods designs
• Attribution, contribution and the importance of the counterfactual
• Equity-focused evaluation at the policy level
• Equity-focused evaluation at the project and programme levels
• Feasibility analysis

Module 3
Why and when is a survey used?
• When and how should a survey be used?
• Pre-conditions of the survey for its use in evaluation?
• Why use a survey in evaluations?

Module 4
Controlling the quality of the survey
• Different stages of quality control?
• Key issues to control?
• Sample size determination

Module 5
How is a survey carried out?
• Preparing a reliable and valid survey instrument
• How to development and design questioners
• How to use questioner design software
• How is desk-based survey techniques carried out?
• Sampling strategies
• How are samples designed?
• Conducting pilot survey
• Implementing the survey
• How are the findings analysed and treated?
• Managing and analyzing survey data
• Report writing and presentation of the results

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TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location. For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700 or +254 759 285 295. You can also email us on: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700/+254 759 285 295 or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

INTRODUCTION
Evidenced based policies for sustainable development and better lives call for better data. Improving the capacity of people involved in data collection, analysis and report writing in ensuring quality data is of significance. Following the changing data environment from use of paper in capturing data to use of digital innovation, there is need to train actors involved in data collection to help them adapt to the upcoming innovations and technologies. Some of the data that are collected through the new technologies include geospatial data, mobile phone, administrative data and citizen-generated data among others. This 10 days course will equip participants with knowledge on research design, designing data collection tools in mobile data collection enabled software, GIS and remote sensing, exporting data to various data collection software, data analysis and interpretation.

DURATION: 10 days
VENUE: Fahari Palace Apartments, along Church Road, Nairobi Kenya
COURSE DATES: 16/05/2022 to 27/05/2022
18/07/2022 to 29/07/2022
19/09/2022 to 30/09/2022
14/11/2022 to 25/11/2022

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of training participants will:
• Understand various data collection techniques and data processing methods
• Design data collection tools in google phone/ ODK/CTO/ CSpro (participants’ choice)
• Learn how to use mobile phones in data collection (Open data Kit/CTO/CSpro)
• Learn how to integrate socio economic data with GPS coordinates
• Learn how to draw maps using ArcGIS among other software
• Learn how to analyze and visualize data with the aid of GIS techniques

Module 1: Statistical Concepts
• Types of data
• Data Structures and types of variables
• Overviews of software used to digitize paper data collection tools (ODK/CTO/)
• Comparative analysis of various softwares used to digitize paper data collection tools (ODK/CTO)

Module 2: Mobile Data gathering
• Benefits of Mobile Applications
• Data and types of Data
• Introduction to common mobile based data collection platforms

Module 3: Managing devices
• Challenges of Data Collection
• Data aggregation, storage and dissemination
• Questionnaire Design

Module 4: Getting started in ODK/CTO
• Types of questions
• Data types for each question
• Types of questionnaire or Form logic
• Extended data types geoid, image and multimedia

Survey Authoring and Preparation of mobile phone for data collection
• Survey Authoring
• ODK Collect applications: Installing, Configuring the device (Mobile Phones) and uploading the form into the mobile devices

Module 5: Designing forms and advanced survey authoring
• Introduction to XLS forms syntax
• New data types
• Notes and dates
• Multiple choice Questions
• Multiple Language Support
• Hints and Metadata

Advanced survey Authoring
• Conditional Survey Branching
• Required questions
• Constraining responses
• Skip: Asking relevant questions
• The specify other
• Grouping questions
• Skipping many questions at once (Skipping a section)
• Repeating a set of questions
• Special formatting
• Making dynamic calculations

Hosting survey data (Online)
• ODK Aggregate
• Uploading the questionnaire to the server

Module 6: Introduction to concepts of GIS and remote sensing
• Spatial data collection techniques
• Using GPS
• Using GPS utility software for managing and downloading and managing data
• Working with data from different sources

Module7: Attributes manipulation in GIS
• GIS software
• GIS system installation and setup
• GIS Data sources and types
• Using Mobile Phones for GIS data collection (ODK and KoBoToolbox
• Importing GPS data to Quantum GIS

Module 8: Visualizing data
• Understand map layers in GIS
• Composing a GIS layout from GIS layers
• Difference between a map and a layout
• Navigate maps

Module 9: Bringing tabular/spreadsheet data into a GIS (Excel, SPSS, Access )
• Connecting visual map features and tabular data
• Selecting subsets of map features from geo processing
• Finding map features
• Use data sorting records and labeling features to produce information
• Key elements of a map
• Composing a map

Module 10: Data interpretation and report writing
• Different research outputs
• Writing different research outputs from analysed data (case studies, success stories, policy briefs, evidence briefs, journal articles e.t.c)

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TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700/+254759285295 or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
• Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
• The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

ACCOMMODATION
• Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through telephones: +254732776700 / +254759285295 or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

INTRODUCTION
Many Community Development projects and initiatives fail not because of a lack of effort or intention on the part of those involved, but because of a deficiency in skills and understanding relating to the diverse roles and responsibilities required of project managers and over-seers. To maximise the likelihood of success therefore, those with responsibility for community development initiatives require theoretical and practical capacity in project planning, management and evaluation. The skills involved in effective communication with stakeholders, regulatory bodies and various levels of government; financial planning and management; and foreseeing and addressing complex problems and barriers, are particularly important.

DURATION: 5 Days
VENUE: Fahari Palace Apartments, along Church Road, Nairobi Kenya
TRAINNG DATES:
18/07/2022 to 22/07/2022
26/09/2022 to 30/09/2022
21/11/2022 to 25/11/2022

COURSE OBJECTIVES
On completion of this unit students will have provided evidence that they have:
1. Understood and analysed a number of different types of community development organisations and approaches to project management;
2. Developed and evaluated a comprehensive plan relating to an actual community development project;
3. Applied important ethical and Christian worldview-based values and principles to community development project management;
4. Utilised the skills and principles of reflective practice to help ensure ongoing professional growth and development relating to project management and associated activities;
5. Written at an appropriate tertiary standard with special attention to correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, usage, sentence structure, logical relations, style, referencing and presentation.

COURSE OUTLINE
The following topics would be covered in this course:
1. Common characteristics of community development organizations
2. Types of community development organizations and how they are structured
3. How community development and Christian worldview values and principles undergird community development project management
4. Characterizing community development organization and projects – customers, products and services, location, delivery, time-frame
5. Understanding the external environment – Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, Legal requirements (PESTEL)
6. Understanding the internal environment (Porter’s Five Forces)
7. External competition – threats and opportunities
8. Organisational structure, management of the business, governance
9. Financial matters – Grants and funding
10. Financial matters – Planning, accounting and reporting
11. Human resources – staff and volunteers
12. Logistical issues
13. Planning for the future – the principles and skills of reflective practice
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TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700 or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: +254732776700
or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

INTRODUCTION
Many Community Development projects and initiatives fail not because of a lack of effort or intention on the part of those involved, but because of a deficiency in skills and understanding relating to the diverse roles and responsibilities required of project managers and over-seers. To maximise the likelihood of success therefore, those with responsibility for community development initiatives require theoretical and practical capacity in project planning, management and evaluation. The skills involved in effective communication with stakeholders, regulatory bodies and various levels of government; financial planning and management; and foreseeing and addressing complex problems and barriers, are particularly important.

DURATION: 5 Days
VENUE: Fahari Palace Apartments, along Church Road, Nairobi Kenya
DATES: 23/05/2022 to 27/05/2022


COURSE OBJECTIVES
On completion of this unit students will have provided evidence that they have:
1. Understood and analysed a number of different types of community development organisations and approaches to project management;
2. Developed and evaluated a comprehensive plan relating to an actual community development project;
3. Applied important ethical and Christian worldview-based values and principles to community development project management;
4. Utilised the skills and principles of reflective practice to help ensure ongoing professional growth and development relating to project management and associated activities;
5. Written at an appropriate tertiary standard with special attention to correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, usage, sentence structure, logical relations, style, referencing and presentation.

COURSE OUTLINE
The following topics would be covered in this course:
1. Common characteristics of community development organizations
2. Types of community development organizations and how they are structured
3. How community development and Christian worldview values and principles undergird community development project management
4. Characterizing community development organization and projects – customers, products and services, location, delivery, time-frame
5. Understanding the external environment – Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, Legal requirements (PESTEL)
6. Understanding the internal environment (Porter’s Five Forces)
7. External competition – threats and opportunities
8. Organisational structure, management of the business, governance
9. Financial matters – Grants and funding
10. Financial matters – Planning, accounting and reporting
11. Human resources – staff and volunteers
12. Logistical issues
13. Planning for the future – the principles and skills of reflective practice
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TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700 or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: +254732776700
or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

Introduction
Collaboration is a process through which parties who see different aspects of a problematic situation can explore their differences and search for solutions collectively. Collaborative learning is essential in solving problems affecting different stakeholders. Collaborating, exchanging and combining knowledge and experiences, different actors together are more likely to achieve relevant outcomes than each of them alone. Moreover, project's professional use stakeholders perspectives, interests and attitudes to guide project implementation. This 5 days course will equip participants with knowledge in identifying relevant stakeholders for the projects and sustaining them during project implementation.

Duration: 5 days
Dates: 14/11/2022 to 18/11/2022
Venue: Fahari Palace Apartments, along Church Road, Nairobi Kenya

Course Objectives
By the end of the training, the participants will be able to;
• Understand stakeholder needs
• Understand how stakeholders impact your project
• Know how to deal with multiple stakeholders with divergent interests
• Understand how to manage stakeholder expectations, including quality and performance expectations
• Understand the need to communicate your strategy to the project team, the customer, and other project stakeholders
• Resolve conflict and competing priorities
• Manage project public relations and organisational politics
• Contain expectations through effective status reporting and progress meetings

Who can attend?
• Project managers
• Staff managing projects
• Staff in non-government organizations
• Donors
• Government officials,
• CBO operatives, NGO employees,
• Anyone involved in project management activities

Course outline
Module 1: Identification of relevant stakeholders
• Methods for identifying actors and establishing a system of collaboration
• Network analysis,
• Iterative stakeholder analysis,
• Concept maps
• Net-maps,
• Interviews
• Identification and categorization of stakeholders
• Understanding stakeholder expectations
• The role of management in the stakeholder environment
• Evaluation and prioritization of interests
• Visualizing the stakeholder community
• Stakeholder requirements analysis
• Collaborative learning approaches
• Collaboration
• Dialogue
• Discovery
• Applying knowledge

Module 2: Managing Competing Stakeholders Expectations
• Stakeholder mapping
• How committed are they to the project?
• Aligning stakeholder requirements to project objectives
• Prioritising stakeholder requirements and expectation
• Selling the project
• Maintaining the commitment
• Working with resistance for positive outcomes

Module 3: Relationship Building with the Stakeholders
• Various methods of effective communication
• How to handle project’s politics
• Selecting communication methodologies to get your messages across
• Managing difficult stakeholders
• Managing expectations that can’t be met
• Resolving conflict

Module 4: Strategies for Persuading and Negotiating with Stakeholders
• Who to influence?
• The Elements of Influence
• Different types of influencing strategies
• Push and pull type behaviours
• Tools, skills and behaviours of effective influencing
• Engage stakeholders: building the relationship
• Stakeholder participation and engagement
• Road map to successful influencing

Module 5: Stakeholders Rapport Management and Maintaining Execution Harmony
• Use of position, knowledge, or personal power
• Developing rapport
• Personality preferences
• Achieving and maintaining commitment
• Recognising manipulation and taking positive action
• Establishing and maintaining trust
• Dealing with Challenging Behaviours
• Converting confrontation into cooperation
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TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700/+254759285295 or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
• Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
• The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

ACCOMMODATION
• Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through
• Mobile: +254732776700 / +254759285295
or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

Introduction
Collaboration is a process through which parties who see different aspects of a problematic situation can explore their differences and search for solutions collectively. Collaborative learning is essential in solving problems affecting different stakeholders. Collaborating, exchanging and combining knowledge and experiences, different actors together are more likely to achieve relevant outcomes than each of them alone. Moreover, project's professional use stakeholders perspectives, interests and attitudes to guide project implementation. This 5 days course will equip participants with knowledge in identifying relevant stakeholders for the projects and sustaining them during project implementation.

Duration: 5 days
Dates:18/07/2022 to 18/11/2022

Course Objectives
By the end of the training, the participants will be able to;
• Understand stakeholder needs
• Understand how stakeholders impact your project
• Know how to deal with multiple stakeholders with divergent interests
• Understand how to manage stakeholder expectations, including quality and performance expectations
• Understand the need to communicate your strategy to the project team, the customer, and other project stakeholders
• Resolve conflict and competing priorities
• Manage project public relations and organisational politics
• Contain expectations through effective status reporting and progress meetings

Who can attend?
• Project managers
• Staff managing projects
• Staff in non-government organizations
• Donors
• Government officials,
• CBO operatives, NGO employees,
• Anyone involved in project management activities

Course outline
Module 1: Identification of relevant stakeholders
• Methods for identifying actors and establishing a system of collaboration
• Network analysis,
• Iterative stakeholder analysis,
• Concept maps
• Net-maps,
• Interviews
• Identification and categorization of stakeholders
• Understanding stakeholder expectations
• The role of management in the stakeholder environment
• Evaluation and prioritization of interests
• Visualizing the stakeholder community
• Stakeholder requirements analysis
• Collaborative learning approaches
• Collaboration
• Dialogue
• Discovery
• Applying knowledge

Module 2: Managing Competing Stakeholders Expectations
• Stakeholder mapping
• How committed are they to the project?
• Aligning stakeholder requirements to project objectives
• Prioritising stakeholder requirements and expectation
• Selling the project
• Maintaining the commitment
• Working with resistance for positive outcomes

Module 3: Relationship Building with the Stakeholders
• Various methods of effective communication
• How to handle project’s politics
• Selecting communication methodologies to get your messages across
• Managing difficult stakeholders
• Managing expectations that can’t be met
• Resolving conflict

Module 4: Strategies for Persuading and Negotiating with Stakeholders
• Who to influence?
• The Elements of Influence
• Different types of influencing strategies
• Push and pull type behaviours
• Tools, skills and behaviours of effective influencing
• Engage stakeholders: building the relationship
• Stakeholder participation and engagement
• Road map to successful influencing

Module 5: Stakeholders Rapport Management and Maintaining Execution Harmony
• Use of position, knowledge, or personal power
• Developing rapport
• Personality preferences
• Achieving and maintaining commitment
• Recognising manipulation and taking positive action
• Establishing and maintaining trust
• Dealing with Challenging Behaviours
• Converting confrontation into cooperation
***************************
TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700/+254759285295 or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
• Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
• The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

ACCOMMODATION
• Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through
• Mobile: +254732776700 / +254759285295
or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

Introduction
Collaboration is a process through which parties who see different aspects of a problematic situation can explore their differences and search for solutions collectively. Collaborative learning is essential in solving problems affecting different stakeholders. Collaborating, exchanging and combining knowledge and experiences, different actors together are more likely to achieve relevant outcomes than each of them alone. Moreover, project's professional use stakeholders perspectives, interests and attitudes to guide project implementation. This 5 days course will equip participants with knowledge in identifying relevant stakeholders for the projects and sustaining them during project implementation.

Duration: 5 days

Course Objectives
By the end of the training, the participants will be able to;
• Understand stakeholder needs
• Understand how stakeholders impact your project
• Know how to deal with multiple stakeholders with divergent interests
• Understand how to manage stakeholder expectations, including quality and performance expectations
• Understand the need to communicate your strategy to the project team, the customer, and other project stakeholders
• Resolve conflict and competing priorities
• Manage project public relations and organisational politics
• Contain expectations through effective status reporting and progress meetings

Who can attend?
• Project managers
• Staff managing projects
• Staff in non-government organizations
• Donors
• Government officials,
• CBO operatives, NGO employees,
• Anyone involved in project management activities

Course outline
Module 1: Identification of relevant stakeholders
• Methods for identifying actors and establishing a system of collaboration
• Network analysis,
• Iterative stakeholder analysis,
• Concept maps
• Net-maps,
• Interviews
• Identification and categorization of stakeholders
• Understanding stakeholder expectations
• The role of management in the stakeholder environment
• Evaluation and prioritization of interests
• Visualizing the stakeholder community
• Stakeholder requirements analysis
• Collaborative learning approaches
• Collaboration
• Dialogue
• Discovery
• Applying knowledge

Module 2: Managing Competing Stakeholders Expectations
• Stakeholder mapping
• How committed are they to the project?
• Aligning stakeholder requirements to project objectives
• Prioritising stakeholder requirements and expectation
• Selling the project
• Maintaining the commitment
• Working with resistance for positive outcomes

Module 3: Relationship Building with the Stakeholders
• Various methods of effective communication
• How to handle project’s politics
• Selecting communication methodologies to get your messages across
• Managing difficult stakeholders
• Managing expectations that can’t be met
• Resolving conflict

Module 4: Strategies for Persuading and Negotiating with Stakeholders
• Who to influence?
• The Elements of Influence
• Different types of influencing strategies
• Push and pull type behaviours
• Tools, skills and behaviours of effective influencing
• Engage stakeholders: building the relationship
• Stakeholder participation and engagement
• Road map to successful influencing

Module 5: Stakeholders Rapport Management and Maintaining Execution Harmony
• Use of position, knowledge, or personal power
• Developing rapport
• Personality preferences
• Achieving and maintaining commitment
• Recognising manipulation and taking positive action
• Establishing and maintaining trust
• Dealing with Challenging Behaviours
• Converting confrontation into cooperation
***************************
TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700/+254759285295 or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
• Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
• The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

ACCOMMODATION
• Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through
• Mobile: +254732776700 / +254759285295
or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

INTRODUCTION
Managing and analyzing qualitative data can be a trying experience. Qualitative data is multifaceted, rich in nature, unstructured and at times can be overwhelming where the researcher will be provided with information beyond the scope of the study. Combining a qualitative research data management and data analysis with technology is frown by some qualitative researchers. Qualitative researchers now have the option to apply technology tools in their approach for data management and data analysis to ease the complexity of the research process.
This course aims to build the capacity of qualitative researchers in qualitative data management and analysis using NVivo qualitative software. This software has many features that can assist to simplify the whole process of doing qualitative research.

DURATION
5 Days

COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of the course the learner should be able to:
• Understand qualitative analysis approaches
• Understand different qualitative data collection methods
• Set up a project in NVivo
• Create a framework for qualitative data analysis using NVivo
• Carry out qualitative data analysis using NVivo
• Write a qualitative report

COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1: Introduction
Introduction to Qualitative Research
• What is qualitative research?
• Dimensions of qualitative methods
• Qualitative research approaches
• Qualitative data collection methods
• Qualitative research study design

Preliminaries of Qualitative data Analysis
• What is qualitative data analysis
• Approaches in Qualitative data analysis; deductive and inductive approach
• Points of focus in analysis of text data
• Principles of Qualitative data analysis
• Process of Qualitative data analysis

Introduction to NVivo
• NVivo Key terms
• NVivo interface
• NVivo workspace
• Use of NVivo ribbons

Module 2: Project Management
NVivo Projects
• Creating new projects
• Merging, importing and exporting projects
• Managing projects
• Working with different data sources

Nodes in NVivo
• Theme codes
• Case nodes
• Relationships nodes
• Node matrices

Classifications
• Source classifications
• Case classifications
• Node classifications

Module 3: Coding and Analysis
Coding
• Data-driven vs theory-driven coding
• Analytic coding
• Descriptive coding
• Thematic coding
• Tree coding

Thematic Analysis using NVivo
• Organize, store and retrieve data
• Cluster sources based on the words they contain
• Text searches and word counts through word frequency queries.
• Examine themes and structure in your content

Memos Annotations and Links
• Linked memos
• Adding annotation to selected content
• See also link

Queries using NVivo
• Queries for textual analysis
• Queries for exploring coding

Module 4: Analysis, interpretation and visualization
Building on the Analysis
• Content Analysis; Descriptive, interpretative
• Narrative Analysis
• Discourse Analysis
• Grounded Theory

Qualitative Analysis Results Interpretation
• Comparing analysis results with research questions
• Summarizing finding under major categories
• Drawing conclusions and lessons learned

Visualizing NVivo project
• Display data in charts
• Creating models and graphs to visualize connections
• Tree maps and cluster analysis diagrams

Module 5: Triangulation of Data Sources and Reporting
Triangulation of Data Sources
• Triangulating with quantitative data
• Using different participatory techniques to measure the same indicator
• Comparing analysis from different data sources
• Checking the consistency on respondent on similar topic

Qualitative Report Writing
• Qualitative report format
• Reporting qualitative research
• Reporting content
• Interpretation
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TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700 or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700 or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

INTRODUCTION
Standard courses on statistical analysis assume that survey data arise from a simple random sample of the target population. Little attention is given to characteristics often associated with survey data, including missing data, unequal probabilities of selection, stratified multistage sample designs, and measurement errors. Most standard statistical procedures in software packages commonly used for data analysis do not allow the analyst to take these properties of survey data into account unless specialized survey procedures are used. Failure to do so can have an important impact on the results of all types of analyses, ranging from simple descriptive statistics to estimates of parameters of multivariate models. This course provides an introduction to specialized software procedures that have been developed for the analysis of complex sample survey data including testing for between-group differences in means and proportions, regression analysis, logistic regression and multilevel modeling. We will also consider the consequences of non-response and missing data on survey analysis and methods for dealing with missing data. Specialized procedures for survey data analysis from the Stata systems for data management and analysis will be used to develop course examples and exercises

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the training, participant will understand:
• Descriptive and inferential statistics
• Various data collection techniques and data processing methods e.g. open data Kit (ODK)
• How to create and manipulate graphs and figures in STATA
• How to use STATA effectively for manipulating and analysing data.

DURATION
5 Days

COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1:
Introduction to Statistics, Data Collection, Processing and STATA
• Introduction to Statistics Concepts
• Data Processing and Management with STATA
• Concepts and Software and technologies for Data Collection and Processing
• Data Processing and Management with STATA

STATA Basics
• Data Structures and Types of Variables
• Data Management using STATA
• Output management and tabulating data with STATA
• Output Management
• Basics of STATA programming
• Tabulating data with STATA

Module 2:
Survey estimation and inference for complex designs
• Complex sample designs, survey estimation and inference
• Multi-stage designs, stratification, cluster sampling, weighting, item missing data, finite population corrections
• Models and assumptions for inference from complex sample survey data
• Sampling distributions, confidence intervals
• Design effects.

Module 3:
Basic STATA Graphics
• Basics of graphing
• Graphing quantitative
• Graphing qualitative data
• Advanced graphing

Statistical Inference
• Tests of Association
• Tests of Difference
• Hypothesis testing

Regression Analysis using STATA
• Linear Regression
• Multiple Regressions
• Binary regression
• Logistic Regression
• GLM Model
• The Problems with regression

Module 4:
Advanced analysis of complex survey data
• Introduction to survey data
• Bayesian Analysis of Complex Sample Survey Data
• Generalized Linear Mixed Models (GLMMs) in Survey Data Analysis
• Fitting Structural Equation Models to Complex Sample Survey Data
• Small Area Estimation and Complex Sample Survey Data
• Nonparametric Methods for Complex Sample Survey Data

Panel data analysis
• Introduction to panel data analysis
• Advanced longitudinal/panel data analysis

Module 5:
Time series Analysis
• Basic elements of time-series analysis
• Managing and summarizing time-series data
• Univariate models
• Introduction to forecasting in STATA
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TRAINING CUSTOMIZATION
This training can also be customized for your institution upon request. You can also have it delivered your preferred location.
For further inquiries, please contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700 or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org

REQUIREMENTS
Participants should be reasonably proficient in English. During the trainings, participants should come with their own laptops.

TRAINING FEE
The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments, lunch, and study visits.

ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation is arranged upon request. For reservations contact us through Mobile: +254 732 776 700 or Email: training@fineresultsresearch.org