WID - TRAINING OF FARMER WOMEN FOR INCREASED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION - CHAD

FEMALE TRAINING BRANCHES WILL CONCENTRATE ON AGR PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES THAT ARE RUN ONLY BY WOMEN FARMERS, AS WELL AS PROVIDE TRAINING IN NUTRITION, HYGIENE, LITERACY, SEWING, COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT, AND MARKETING. DURING THE SECOND YEAR, DISCUSSION GROUPS AND AWARENESS SESSIONS WILL HELP WOMEN TO TAKE PART IN DECISION MAKING. THE FIVE CENTERS WILL OPERATE NINE TO TEN MONTHS A YEAR. DURING AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF EACH YEAR, PARTICIPANTS WILL RETURN TO THEIR VILLAGES, LOOK AFTER THEIR OWN FARMS, AND DISSEMINATE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE. THE TWO MONITRICES FROM EACH CFPA REGULARLY WILL SET UP DEMONSTRATIONS AND ADVISE ON HOW BEST TO SHARE CFPA TRAINING WITH THE VILLAGES. TRAINEES WILL GROW THEIR OWN FOOD FOR SUBSISTENCE AND SELL SURPLUS, CREATING FOR THEMSELVES FUNDS TO BUY AGR TOOLS AT THE END OF TRAINING. MONITRICES WILL BE TRAINED BY SPECIALISTS FROM UPPER VOLTA, AND THE SALARIES OF THESE MONITRICES WILL BE PAID FROM PROJECT FUNDS. ALSO, THE FEMALE DIRECTOR OF TRAINING PROGRAMS AT THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE DIVISION OF EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING(DEFPA) WILL BE SENT UNDER AN AID-FUNDED GENERAL PARTICIPANT TRAINING PROGRAM(AMDP) FOR A THREE-MONTH AGR TRNG COURSE IN UPPER VOLTA EARLY IN THE PROJECT. ONE PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER WILL BE ASSIGNED TO EACH CFPA TO ASSIST MONITRICES. AID-SUPPLIED EQUIPMENT WILL BE USED BY CFPA"S TO OBTAIN INCOME, BUT CFPA"S WILL CONCENTRATE ON TRAINING WOMEN IN EQUIPMENT USE. AID WILL ALSO PROVIDE AUDIO-VISUAL AND OTHER TRAINING AIDS. VILLAGES NEAR EACH CFPA WILL SELECT COUPLES TO BE TRAINED, AND 200 WOMEN SHOULD BE TRAINED ANNUALLY. A MULTIPLIER EFFECT IS EXPECTED SINCE DAUGHTERS LEARN FROM THEIR MOTHERS. PRACTICAL & THEORETICAL TRAINING WILL BE CONDUCTED SIX HOURS A DAY.