MVIWATA Manyara, a middle level network under the support from Farm Concern International (FCI) conducted a training sessions to Agriculture Marketing Cooperative Societies (AMCOS) found in Kiteto, Mbulu and Babati in Manyara region. The training sessions were focused on sustainable farming practices, marketing skills, and book-keeping skills.
Throughout the trainings sessions group discussions and presentations were highly practiced as a smooth way of understanding the concepts. About twenty-seven (27) AMCOS were reached which has a total number of 189 smallholder farmers in this training.
Each AMCOS had enthusiastic participants who voiced their interest and concerns and shared their ideas and experiences. Smallholder farmers were theoretically better equipped and together they formed a strategic feedback and evaluation plans for follow-up of the field practices when they get back home.
The training was facilitated by Donald Laiser a field officer MVIWATA middle level network in Manyara region, officers from cooperatives who showed huge support and collaborations and shared their skills, ideas and experiences to smallholder farmers.
The trained smallholder farmers were urged to share these theoretical skills and knowledge obtained during the training to fellow smallholder farmers in their groups and networks and follow-ups will be made to monitor and evaluate the impacts of the training conducted.
