Outreach and support activities Sample Clauses

Outreach and support activities. ERA rolled out two significant interventions in the area of outreach and support. These were:  A capacity building workshop for 100 women food producers within the Ziguinchor region on the subject of production and processing techniques of local fruits and vegetables. The workshop, which was implemented through Collaborative partnership between the University of Ziguinchor and ITA, focused on provide practical know-how to the women who are involved in food transformation. Topics included: o Processing of fruits, vegetables, and local cereals o Organizational management to help the women in attendance in formalizing their structures to facilitate their access to grants and credits o Marketing o Fruit and Vegetables Seminar, which provided a background on the science that is behind cereals; Emphasis was thus placed on grain structure and biochemical composition  Support for farmers in the valley of Ndinderling of Kaolack. This intervention is being undertaken in joint collaboration with Xxxx Xxxxx. Following several meetings and field visits that took place with the producers of the Valley, USAID/ERA identified the following need and focus for this engagement: o Training of the producers to provide them with good cultural practices, the availability of resistant varieties, the availability of agricultural machinery for sloughing, harvesting and threshing the improvement of crop legume, etc. SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS Activities Realization Reference to PMP