This manual aims to guide TOT on FFS on coffee production; a yearlong FFS curriculum is foreseen. Various group diagnostics are introduced such as voting, spider web, problem periodization and ballot box and a sample AESA sheet is provided on coffee as well as information on the distribution of trees to be observed; observations and record making on the shade distribution of coffee and other trees on the plots. The appendix covers special topics on shade analysis, determining soil moisture, pruning, identifying life in the soil, plan of commercialization based on cash flow, and “daily activity clock” related to gender to sensitize family members on their roles and their contribution to daily productive and reproductive activities. The manual presents an example of a yearlong training curriculum on shaded coffee as well as examples of curricula for bean, banana and maize crops.
This report make an analysis of Sorghum value chain in Uganda. Based on that, innovation opportunities in Uganda that can influence expansion of sorghum Value Chain and enhance socio-economic gains of all the actors are identified. Some of the identified opportunities among others...
This report synthesizes findings from seven country scoping studies on gender‐responsive approaches to rural advisory services (RAS) in Africa. The studies, which were conducted in Benin, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Sudan, and Uganda, were meant to identify existing policies, programmes,...
This report on the International Meeting is not a recording of the meeting’s proceedings, but instead it is a workshop report communicating the presentations and outcomes of the discussions in a reader-friendly and usable format. In creating a report that...
As the name suggests, the original aim of the Rural Knowledge Network (RKN) was to make more information available specifically about markets, to smallholder farmers. The core idea was to provide information to farmers and traders about current market prices in different markets...
2015 a été une année marquante pour l’avenir de la planète et donc pour l’avenir de chaque femme, chaque homme, chaque enfant, fille ou garçon, aux quatre coins du monde. Deux événements importants – le Sommet des Nations Unies sur...
