FARMERS LEADERS TRAINING (FLP “FORMATION LEADERS PAYSANS” IN FRENCH)

The involvement of the FOs in the public authorities’ reflections on agricultural development is increasingly requested.

Given the lack of adequate response in terms of training for farmers leaders, the Fifata Group’s Farmers’ Leaders Training Program (FLP) was launched in 2012 to fulfil the need of the FOs of the Fifata Group accompanied by Fert, in particular to be able to take on their new advocacy mission, improve their governance for the benefit of their members and prepare the next generation of leaders, from the local to the national level.

To meet the needs of the Fifata group, FLP unit implements training and supports actions through 5 curriculums:
• young (future) leaders graduating from Fekama agricultural high schools and/or members of Fifata Regional Federations (RFOs)
• grassroots FO leaders (communal and intermunicipal levels)
• regional FO leaders
• leader and manager tandems of the FOs of the Fifata group (regional and national levels)
• national leaders

FLP unit also offers to the FOs of the Fifata group a specific support, on request, on their sustainability (economic and financial, technical, organizational, in their environment) and that of their services.
The trainings give great importance to sharing between experienced leaders and younger or beginner leaders, as well as to an active pedagogy that allows the expression and involvement of the participants.