Human Capacity Development (HCD)/Scaling

The project builds resilience in the cashew value chain to contribute to job and income creation in implementing countries and beyond. We advise and promote agribusiness training approaches, offering guidance on strategy implementation, training material adaptation, sustainable roll-out, and scalability. All our trainings are developed for a face-to-face format. In our new blended learning approach, we combine the face-to-face trainings with e-learning modules. Our program enhances both the theoretical understanding and digital literacy of participants and trainers. The scaling, human capacity development, and gender component contribute to this aim by focusing on the 1st objective of the Joint Action which is Skills for Agribusiness and MOVE's 4th objective which is Scaling up good practices in supply chain development.

The project, therefore, follows an intervention logic for large-scale and organizational development approaches. Embedded in all human capacity development intervention is one key quality marker: Gender Transformative approaches (GTA). Through GTA, the project seeks to address socio-cultural norms that inhibit the capacity development of target groups through the reach, benefit, and empower approach.

With human capacities being an imperative element in driving development, the project through her interventions supports and shape both individual learning processes and networking of stakeholders by upskilling specialist, organizations, and networks within the cashew value chain.

Below are some training activities organized by the Project:

To enhance the viability of production systems, Farmer Business School (FBS) is designed to strengthen smallholders’ business attitudes and management skills for better and diversified incomes and nutrition. In five sessions, MOVE-ComCashew and its partners assist smallholders to learn about:

• Principles of Farming as a Business.
• Basics of human nutrition and farm management for a balanced diet.
• Investment strategies based on cost-benefit analysis of production techniques.
• Financial management, savings, and credit.
• Benefits from quality produce and from membership in producer organizations.
• Investments in replanting tree crops.

FBS complements training on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), financial and technical services that smallholders demand. As at 2023, 1,500 cashew smallholders have graduated from FBS from Côte d’Ivoire.

Training approaches adopted under MOVE-ComCashew Includes:

Gender Makes Business Sense (plus)

GmBSplus is a 5-day practical capacity development journey for agripreneurs that enhances their understanding of business with an integrated gender dimension to thrive with a new mindset. The GmBSplus journey shows how a collaborative approach between women, men, public and private sector, and communities can systematically change the gender imbalances in all agribusiness value chain segments. The purpose of GmBSplus is to improve the well-being of agripreneur and their communities by creating thriving and profitable agribusinesses that enable employment opportunities.

Participants of the training – both women and men – are equipped with practical business management skills, business tools, financial know-how, and an understanding of the socioeconomic impact of gender dynamics to make a better business.

Benefits of this training include:

• Business development skills, gender empowerment, and self-awareness in an innovative facilitation approach
• A safe environment to express your business ideas and challenges.
• Insights that increase income and profit share.
• Connect with facilitators & mentors who are mindful of your local realities.
• Meet and engage with other agripreneurs to learn from each other.

A life-long mindset shifts for you to thrive professionally and personally.

E-learning Programs

MOVE being committed to upskilling actors in the cashew value chain seeks to provide learners with an engaging, flexible, convenient, and effective way to learn new skills and enhance their capacity in a self-paced digital learning environment. Through the utilization of multimedia resources, such as 3-D animated videos, interactive exercises, and assessments, we strive to ensure that learners understand and retain the material.

Our primary goal is to empower learners to apply their newly acquired knowledge in real-world situations, leading to increased income and enhanced profitability within the cashew and rice value chains.