EXPANDING TRAINER SKILLS AND VISUAL-BASED RESOURCES FOR REFUGEE AND OTHER BEGINNING FARMER INCUBATORS

Overall Goal / Outcome:Strengthen the capabilities of farming incubator projects (9 directly and 30+ more subsequently), toprovide audience-appropriate education & training and technical assistance. This will directly benefit 600-1200 beginning and aspiring farmers in partner projects, up to 1200 more in 30 additional RFIPs, as well as many other beginning farmers and incubators.Obj. 1: Implement a Community of Practice (CoP) approach to all aspects of this initiative:1-a) 30-40 T&TA providers in nine RFIPs engage in peer-to-peer content development, T&TA skills building and delivery, and related assessment and feedback.Obj. 2:Expand visual-basedcontentfor T&TA providers and beginning farmers.2-a) Compile hundreds of high-quality third-party visual resources in open access formats.2-b) Develop at least 100visually-based products using the above individual images.2-c) Pilot testing: RFIPs will use these resources along with enhanced instructional methods for farmer T&TA to provide feedback to improve them as needed.2-d) Dissemination: Post completed on multiple websites resources to make widely availableObj. 3: Skillsdevelopment Training of Trainers:Build the skills of 25-30 staff in nine programs in experiential teaching methods tailored their core farmer audiences.3-a) Identify proficiency standards and targets all targeted skills development3-b) Augmentmultiple teaching and communications proficiencies for partners via training by professional experts in four domains.3-c) Training of trainers - Trained staff disseminate skills development across their projects.3-d)RFIPs use these instructional methods to improve their T&TA delivery for all farmers3-e)Provide associated resources on these skills for ongoing access for all incubators.3-f)Help refugee farmers themselves get directly engaged in their T&TA via WhatApp.