Farmer-to-farmer training adopted by 86 organizations serving 352,000 farmers in Eastern Africa improves dairy farmers' knowledge, productivity and revenues

Since 2012, FTA and PIM have supported efforts by ICRAF and partners to implement the volunteer farmer trainer approach in Eastern Africa. As of 2018, 86 organizations across Eastern Africa have adopted the volunteer farmer trainer approach. These organizations work with 17,600 volunteer farmer trai...

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Autor principal: CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121473
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description Since 2012, FTA and PIM have supported efforts by ICRAF and partners to implement the volunteer farmer trainer approach in Eastern Africa. As of 2018, 86 organizations across Eastern Africa have adopted the volunteer farmer trainer approach. These organizations work with 17,600 volunteer farmer trainers and serve 352,000 farmers. An impact evaluation found that the use of this approach improved farmers? knowledge of dairy practices as well as dairy productivity and revenues in Uganda's Busoga region.
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spelling CGSpace1214732023-03-14T13:24:21Z Farmer-to-farmer training adopted by 86 organizations serving 352,000 farmers in Eastern Africa improves dairy farmers' knowledge, productivity and revenues CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry farmers productivity evaluation training organizations africa knowledge icraf case studies agrifood systems rural development Since 2012, FTA and PIM have supported efforts by ICRAF and partners to implement the volunteer farmer trainer approach in Eastern Africa. As of 2018, 86 organizations across Eastern Africa have adopted the volunteer farmer trainer approach. These organizations work with 17,600 volunteer farmer trainers and serve 352,000 farmers. An impact evaluation found that the use of this approach improved farmers? knowledge of dairy practices as well as dairy productivity and revenues in Uganda's Busoga region. 2020-12-31 2022-09-12T11:58:16Z 2022-09-12T11:58:16Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121473 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry. 2020. Farmer-to-farmer training adopted by 86 organizations serving 352,000 farmers in Eastern Africa improves dairy farmers' knowledge, productivity and revenues. Reported in Forests, Trees and Agroforestry Annual Report 2020. Outcome Impact Case Report.
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CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
Farmer-to-farmer training adopted by 86 organizations serving 352,000 farmers in Eastern Africa improves dairy farmers' knowledge, productivity and revenues
title Farmer-to-farmer training adopted by 86 organizations serving 352,000 farmers in Eastern Africa improves dairy farmers' knowledge, productivity and revenues
title_full Farmer-to-farmer training adopted by 86 organizations serving 352,000 farmers in Eastern Africa improves dairy farmers' knowledge, productivity and revenues
title_fullStr Farmer-to-farmer training adopted by 86 organizations serving 352,000 farmers in Eastern Africa improves dairy farmers' knowledge, productivity and revenues
title_full_unstemmed Farmer-to-farmer training adopted by 86 organizations serving 352,000 farmers in Eastern Africa improves dairy farmers' knowledge, productivity and revenues
title_short Farmer-to-farmer training adopted by 86 organizations serving 352,000 farmers in Eastern Africa improves dairy farmers' knowledge, productivity and revenues
title_sort farmer to farmer training adopted by 86 organizations serving 352 000 farmers in eastern africa improves dairy farmers knowledge productivity and revenues
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rural development
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