Volunteer Farmer Trainer program reaching 352,000 dairy farmers in Uganda increases knowledge and productivity

Since 2012, PIM has 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...

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Autor principal: CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets
Formato: Case Study
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121676
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description Since 2012, PIM has 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 CGSpace1216762023-03-14T13:44:25Z Volunteer Farmer Trainer program reaching 352,000 dairy farmers in Uganda increases knowledge and productivity CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets farmers productivity evaluation organizations africa knowledge icraf programmes case studies agrifood systems rural development Since 2012, PIM has 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 2022-09-12T12:02:18Z 2022-09-12T12:02:18Z Case Study https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121676 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets. 2020. Volunteer Farmer Trainer program reaching 352,000 dairy farmers in Uganda increases knowledge and productivity. Reported in Policies, Institutions, and Markets Annual Report 2020. Outcome Impact Case Report.
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CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets
Volunteer Farmer Trainer program reaching 352,000 dairy farmers in Uganda increases knowledge and productivity
title Volunteer Farmer Trainer program reaching 352,000 dairy farmers in Uganda increases knowledge and productivity
title_full Volunteer Farmer Trainer program reaching 352,000 dairy farmers in Uganda increases knowledge and productivity
title_fullStr Volunteer Farmer Trainer program reaching 352,000 dairy farmers in Uganda increases knowledge and productivity
title_full_unstemmed Volunteer Farmer Trainer program reaching 352,000 dairy farmers in Uganda increases knowledge and productivity
title_short Volunteer Farmer Trainer program reaching 352,000 dairy farmers in Uganda increases knowledge and productivity
title_sort volunteer farmer trainer program reaching 352 000 dairy farmers in uganda increases knowledge and productivity
topic farmers
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case studies
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rural development
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