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Title: CAPACITY BUILDING FOR FARMERS AND EXTENSIONI WORKERS IN THE EASTERN HIGHLAND DISTRICTS OF MBALE AND SIRONKO

Date Published: May 2003
Author/s: Clet Wandui MASIGA, Hillary AGABA, Gerald Ongodia
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Affiliation: Forestry Resources Research Institute FORRI, NARO
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Abstract:

The goal of the training was to build capacity of agro-forestry farmers to grow and mange trees for
commercial purposes on farmers' gardens. The purposes for which the training was organized
included the following:
• Build capacity of the farmers to mobilize the community members for agro-forestry skills
• Build capacity of farmers to work in groups
• Build the capacity of farmers in the importance of gender in agro-forestry research and
development activies
• Build capacity of farmers in the contribution of trees to food security and the economy
• Build capacity of farmers in seed collection and processing
• Build capacity of farmers in tree nursery establishment and management
• Build capacity of farmersin_On-farm tree management