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Operational Manual, Farmer Marketing Schools. A facilitator’s guide (ADRA 2019)  (ADRA 2017, revised version 2019, 52 pages ) It is a comprehensive training manual that sets out the FMS objectives, provides a detailed description of the content of FMS facilitators training, and an operationalized step-by-step practical guide for setting up FMS .  Facilitator training comprises four stages: (i) preparatory activities; (ii) theoretical understanding of a market value chain (covering six technical themes); (iii) a practical interactive module where participants, through discovery learning, learn about the market; and (iv) monitoring learning loops. To be engaged with the market requires much more than just removing the middleman, actually not necessarily a good idea, because the middleman has a function in the value chain by bringing goods from A to B, without which the chain would not function. The farmer needs market skills, must be market ready, before s/he can maneuver and b...

5 to 9 November 2018 . Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Seminar for Food and Nutrition Security Coordination of the EU Delegations in Eastern and Southern Africa (CODESA) “Capitalising on experiences and lessons learned and looking forward to the next programming cycle” . Extracts of the programme “Agriculture, food ad Jobs: the future of rural youth” Alexandre Kolev (HoU – Social Cohesion OECD  “Tracking Progress in the Implementation of AU’s Agricultural Transformation Agenda” Ernest Ruzindaza and SImplice Nouala. (AU)  “The transformative potential of the agrifood sector” Francesco Rampa (ECDPM)  “The contribution of the Agri-food Sector to Rural Transformation and sustainable growth” Khalid Bomba, (Agricultural Transformation Agency Ethiopia)  “Conditions to invests in agricultural value chains; an investor perspective” Tigist ARAYA (East Africa Gate)  “Applying science in development: Where do we stand with DESIRA?” Patrick Herlant (C1)  “Knowledge & In...