Last spring, they sat in a classroom staring bemused at a blackboard scribbled with profit and loss calculations. These young farmers, ranging in age from 18 to 30, were far from their fields getting their first exposure to advanced agricultural practices and agribusiness. As Cairn Agri Fellows, or CAFs, the young men and women were a pioneer group of 21 students participating in a 15-month course to increase agricultural knowledge and improve livelihoods in the community.
One year later, certificates in hand and a spring in their step, the graduates are putting their newly acquired knowledge and skills into practice at their family farms and launching their own enterprises. They have blended their traditional knowledge with formal classroom learning and field training.
- See more at: http://www.technoserve.org/blog/new-opportunities-for-enterprising-rural-youth-in-india#sthash.MAcTCnQE.dpuf
CAF is a component of Barmer Unnati, a local economic development program implemented by TechnoServe in partnership with Cairn India Limited in the desert district of Barmer in Rajasthan, India. As part of their CAF journey, the young farmers received 10 weeks of agronomic training at the Institute of Agri Business Management at Bikaner. Back at their villages, they participated in 12 months of field training and intensive apprenticeship with TechnoServe, and attended one week of business management training.
The young farmers learned about setting up their own enterprises and chose one of several specializations: commercial dairy farming, goat farming, mushroom cultivation, horticulture (date palm and pomegranate), or an input shop business. They received further practical training at field units located in different parts of the country – the first time many of the CAFs had traveled out of their home district.
Today, the CAFs are well on their way to becoming successful farmers, entrepreneurs and community leaders.
- See more at: http://www.technoserve.org/blog/new-opportunities-for-enterprising-rural-youth-in-india#sthash.MAcTCnQE.dpuf
One year later, certificates in hand and a spring in their step, the graduates are putting their newly acquired knowledge and skills into practice at their family farms and launching their own enterprises. They have blended their traditional knowledge with formal classroom learning and field training.
- See more at: http://www.technoserve.org/blog/new-opportunities-for-enterprising-rural-youth-in-india#sthash.MAcTCnQE.dpuf
CAF is a component of Barmer Unnati, a local economic development program implemented by TechnoServe in partnership with Cairn India Limited in the desert district of Barmer in Rajasthan, India. As part of their CAF journey, the young farmers received 10 weeks of agronomic training at the Institute of Agri Business Management at Bikaner. Back at their villages, they participated in 12 months of field training and intensive apprenticeship with TechnoServe, and attended one week of business management training.
The young farmers learned about setting up their own enterprises and chose one of several specializations: commercial dairy farming, goat farming, mushroom cultivation, horticulture (date palm and pomegranate), or an input shop business. They received further practical training at field units located in different parts of the country – the first time many of the CAFs had traveled out of their home district.
Today, the CAFs are well on their way to becoming successful farmers, entrepreneurs and community leaders.
- See more at: http://www.technoserve.org/blog/new-opportunities-for-enterprising-rural-youth-in-india#sthash.MAcTCnQE.dpuf
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