Training for rural development: Agricultural and enterprise skills for women smallholders
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Agricultural and Enterprise Skills for Women Smallholders
Training for Rural Development
Why did CSD do this research?
Aim: to provide practical recommendations for: Enhancing social and economic prosperity by Empowering rural women with Agricultural and enterprise skills to Adapt to changes in market and climate
What did we do?
Literature review: major challenges women face in accessing and applying training
Review of practice: analysed international projects’ strategies to address challenges
Case studies: practical look at how four projects made their strategies work
Six Key Findings
To help women smallholders access appropriate training:
To help women smallholders apply appropriate training:
Enterprise training
- for year round income
Understand women’s situations
e.g. literacy, domestic duties
Engage the whole community in
the training
Deliver training through groups
Use training to help influence available
technology
Reduce risks (e.g. land / capital
ownership, rural infrastructure)
Year round income reduces susceptibility to crisis
Access to market and market linkages key
Training in groups helps women start enterprises
Business management & marketing training linked to production
Enterprise Training
Recommendations
Long-term engagement Using the power of the community Introducing change in manageable steps Working with local government