Agshare Toolkit
The AgShare Toolkit provides resources that can be used and referred to by trainers, faculty, staff, and graduate students to assure that the outputs developed for research and farm communities will follow best practices. more
Household Food Security. Module 6 - Food Resource Management
Students accredited with Module 6 will be able to utilize a range of facilitation and participatory skills to identify and mobilize households for improved household food security. Upon successful completion of this module you will be able to confidently say that you should be able to facilitate the development of household food resources management strategies to improve household food... more
Household Food Security. Module 5 - Optimising Houshold Food Production
In this module your main task is to link everything you have learnt in previous modules and done with households so far, to get the bigger picture and implement a homestead food garden together with households. You will plan and carry out a set of sustainable, low-input activities with selected households in the area to help them finalize the design plans for their homestead food gardens.... more
Household Food Security. Module 4 - Food Behaviour and Nutrition
In Module 4 you are revising the important concepts from Module 1 such as food security, food insecurity, nutrition security and livelihood security. We add nutrition for the vulnerable, food behaviour, food choices, dietary patterns and diet diversity, as well as the role played by different stakeholders involved in food security. Together with the households you will gain knowledge on... more
Household Food Security. Module 3 - Sustainable Natural Resources Use
In this module your main task is to plan and carry out a set of activities with selected households in the community to help them gain a good understanding of their current and possible future use of natural resources in their area. more
Household Food Security. Module 1 - Introduction to Household Food Security
In Module 1 you are introduced to concepts such as food security, food insecurity, nutrition security, livelihood security, food policies and programmes and the role played by different stakeholders involved in food security. more
AgShare Planning and Pilot Project Impact Study
The aim of the AgShare Planning and Pilot Project is to create a scalable and sustainable collaboration of existing organizations for African publishing, localizing, and sharing of teaching and learning materials that fill critical resource gaps in African MSc agriculture curriculum. This Impact Study focussed on assessing AgShare impact on the three layers of the project, namely: teaching... more
Perspectives of Agricultural Extension
The Perspectives of Agricultural Extension aims at providing Agricultural Information and Communication Management (AICM) students with an understanding of the perspectives of agricultural extension. Specifically, the module aims to: * Enable student understanding of agricultural extension perspectives in the current changing scenario of agriculture * Enhance students’ understanding... more
Agricultural Marketing Management Module
The main objective of this module is to develop your understanding and skills to successfully manage the marketing of agricultural and food products in a global, ever-changing, competitive and sometimes even in a hostile environment. The module specifically aims at: * Acquainting you with the generic concepts of Marketing Management. * Providing you with an overview of marketing of... more
Farmer's Agribusiness Training Course: Module 5 - Agribusiness Management for Farmer Organisations. Lesson 5: Closing the Loop
This Farmers' Agribusiness training course has been developed to help both farmers and farmer organisations. Its intention is to provide access to provide access to additional skills and knowledge that will allow farmers to move from a 'farm' to a 'firm'. This lesson provides guidance of how to transform a farm into a firm. Hindering and enabling factors are expected to be explored in the... more
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