Modalities of cascading Training in Livestock Technologies to farmers in Uganda
FAO-ILRI Regional Training Workshop on proven Livestock Technologies
ILRI, Addis Ababa, 3-5 December 2018
Bakwe Jovia (Uganda National Farmers Federation) and Ivan Asiimwe
(Uganda Cooperatives Alliance)

Training transfer activities
Training of group/ cooperative leaders at National level
Training of trainers (TOTs) and or community based facilitators
Develop training manuals for the TOTs and CBFs
Mobilization of farmers into groups/cooperatives and or supporting
existing groups to recruit more membership
Conduct trainings at farmer level
Identification of demonstration farms for practical skilling of farmers
Organize short course/refresher training programs
Organize business to business meetings
Monitoring and evaluation

Key stakeholders
Cooperative/group leaders and technical teams
Farmers
Youth and women groups and associations
Agricultural extension workers
Policy makers
Researchers
Local government employees
Development partners
The academia

Tools for training
Mentorships
Training workshops
Focus group discussions
Business to business meetings
 Community group meetings
Experience sharing moments
Learning visits/Exchange programs
Media programs

Training opportunities at association level
Available group structures for cascading trainings
down wards
Organized farmers into groups and cooperatives
Support from development partners like researchers,
donors
Enabling environment that allows our interventions
Quick buy-ins by farmers

Training opportunities at public sector level
Existence of enabling legal and policy framework for
operations
Availability of infrastructure to enable our movements
and activities
Local government extension workers to support
Existence of development partners to support our
activities
 Existence of training institutions

Training institutions
Cooperative colleges of Kigumba and Tororo
Agriculture training institutions
Agricultural research institutions like the National and
regional Agricultural research institutes
Agricultural demonstration institutes
Model farmers sites
Agricultural bazars and exhibitions

Private sector partners
Buyers
Aggregators like cooperatives and District farmer
associations
Processors
Media practitioners like the monitor farm clinic
Input suppliers
Breeders
Training institutions like colleges and universities

Awareness creation/ methodology
UNFFE/UCA
DFAs and Cooperative
Unions
DFAs and Cooperative
Unions
Sub county/Area
Cooperative enterprises
Sub county/Area
Cooperative enterprises
Parish and Primary
cooperatives
Farmers
Parish and Primary
cooperatives

Benefits to farmers and Farmer organizations
Improved animal breeds
Increased production and productivity at farmers level
Strengthened farmer organizations in membership,
equity base etc.
Added advantage to government programs/ vision
2040 for Agricultural modernization.