Course Organised farmers as partners in agribusiness (fellowship opportunity) 14-25 September 2015 Centre for Development Innovation, Wageningen UR, The Netherlands Small farmers not only constitute the majority of the worlds poor, they are also the majority of the worlds small and medium enterprises. Through collective action of their organisations, farmers can improve their performance and income. Facilitators, equipped with the right approaches and tools, can do more to support the farmers’ business organisations in their entrepreneurial endeavours. This course perceives farmers as autonomous entrepreneurs, not as target groups or beneficiaries. In this light, farmers’ organisations become business supporters. The central question is how farmers, through collective action of their organizations, can better access credit, remunerative markets, and improve their production and yields. The course is highly interactive: participants have the opportunity to learn from the broad international experience of the trainers, but also from other participants. For more information and online registration: wageningenur.nl/en/Expertise-Services/Research-Institutes/centre-for-development-innovation/short-courses/show/cdicourse_oppo_2015.htm
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