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TRAINING PROGRAM

The aim is to conduct the modules grouped into the following workshops in sequences of three months::
- Animal Production. Species: Grasscutters (African giant bushrat), sheep, goats, cattle, turkey, quail, layers, geese, broilers. For each species, both its production cycle and its husbandry management must be mastered on the technical and economic levels.
- Fish farming. Species: Carp, tilapia, catfish. The technical and economic management of one fish-farming unit must be mastered.
- Feed Mill: Food industry processing, agricultural mechanics, marketing of agricultural products, and human development.
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TRAINING COURSES

Apart from the training of young farmers, the following types of training courses are also available to the public:

TYPE 1: Execution of Agricultural and Para-agricultural activities.

Understanding the mechanism of execution and management of agricultural and para-agricultural activities and adapting them on the field (file on business creation).

Sequence 1
Sequence 2
Sequence 3
Sequence 4
Sequence 5
Sequence 6

Plant Production (market gardening, fertilization, farming on small plots).
Renewable energy.

Craft industry (soap making, bag weaving, cloth dyeing, etc)
Plant Production (farming in the rural areas, mechanized extensive farming, ox-driven plowing, agricultural mechanics).

Poultry farming (turkey, broilers, layers, quails)

Animal feeds (feed milling, formulation of rations for all species of animals)
Marketing and supply
Fish farming (raising catfish, tilapia, etc).

Raising mammals (grasscutters, pigs, sheep, goats)
Small animals
 ( snails, ducks, pigeons, local chickens, maggots, etc)

Processing of agricultural food products (making yogurt, fruit juices, soya milk, delicatessen, etc).
African cooking.

Duration: Each of the proposed sequences lasts 3 months, with the possibility of choosing specific activities.

TYPE 2: Research and application

 

 

  • Embarking upon research with the aim of writing a thesis or report, and testing theoretical knowledge through practical fieldwork.
  • Developing the ability to analyze the dynamics of an activity, theme, or operation within the agricultural or para-agricultural sector.

Duration: Ranges from 2 weeks minimum to 3 months maximum.

TYPE 3: Development entrepreneurs

  • Acquiring the ability to mobilize knowledge, skill, and appropriate behavior in the entrepreneurial sector so as to participate in the development of rural communities (project writing, team management, leadership, accounting system, organizing, etc.).
THEMATIC SESSIONS
Becoming an entrepreneur
Becoming a program manager
Becoming an agent of development
  • How to start a business
  • Mastering the techniques of agricultural production and processing
  • Mastering the marketing of agricultural products.
  • How to run an economic operation
  • Organizing and executing activities.
  • Recruitment and management of personnel.
  • Developing a training program.
  • Evaluating and executing training activities.
  • Stimulating group activities.
  • Thinking clearly about development
  • Creating a strategy for development.
  • Acting as a team leader.
  • Developing one's own creativity.

Duration: 15 days per training session
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