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Dissemination of Knowledge and Best Practices on Sustainable Dairy Farming

Project goal:

Enhance institutional and training capacity of a training institution – Demonstration Farm. Increase the income of farmers through training on improved approaches to family farming.

Timeframes of project implementation:

July 2015 – June 2017

Project budget ($):

$ 3 293 327

Project implementation area:

Poltava Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Kherson Oblast, Cherkasy Oblast, Lviv Oblast

Project donors:

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Expected project outcomes

Improved farmer education

Develop the training curricula needed, with individual training modules and guidance notes on sustainable dairy farming
Conduct ToT for an existing staff of Demonstration Farm and trainers to establish mobile training units;
Develop a training quality assurance scheme and follow up monitoring system in line with EU standards.
Provide beginner, intermediate and advanced level training for farmers on site at the Demonstration Farm. Target of 100 trainees,
Organise training course at the Demonstration Farm for farmers from CIS r countries;
Organise 10 workshops on select working dairy farms in select milk producing regions. Target 200 participants;

Improved rural youth education

Develop an effective and sustainable inclusion mechanism that will help improve employment prospects of students of agricultural colleges and universities
Organise five dedicated training for students on site at the Demonstration Farm. Target – 100 students;

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Project results and achievements

Inception report (including results of relevant assessments, training needs, recommendations and training schedule.)
Training events for farmers from CIS countries