This is the empowerment of communities through a systematically and annually planned training programme.
The following topics are covered during training sessions:
- Leadership and team building
- Gender and project development
- Farming as a business
- Organic farming
- Crop production
- Soil and water conservation
- Record keeping
- Marketing
Problem identification during extension visits.
Extension services
- This is the delivery of researched agricultural technologies to the farmers, it also includes monitoring and evaluation of farmers activities.
- In addition field demonstrations are performed at the project sites.
- Advice is also provided to farmers depending on their situation.
Monitoring visits
Field demonstration during extension visits (rice planting)