AECA Session 1 Intro
Summary
TLDRThe online course on 'Fundamentals of Agro Enterprise Clustering Approach' is a collaboration between Jolly Be foundation and Savior University ATO de Cagayan. It aims to empower Filipino smallholder farmers to become agro-entrepreneurs by expanding their participation in the agricultural value chain. The course, based on over 15 years of experience, is structured into seven modules, covering topics like value chain status, market engagement, and the Agro Enterprise approach. With no assignments, learners can complete the course at their own pace, with a certificate upon completion.
Takeaways
- đŸ **Introduction to Agro Enterprise Clustering Approach**: The course introduces the Agro Enterprise Clustering Approach (AA) aimed at helping Filipino smallholder farmers become agro-entrepreneurs.
- đ **Collaboration**: The course is a collaboration between Jolly Be foundation and Savior University ATO de Cagayan, combining practical experience with academic insights.
- đšâđŸ **Target Audience**: The course is designed for smallholder farmers, aiming to expand their participation in the agricultural value chain.
- đ **Course Objectives**: The course aims to teach the importance of expanding farmers' participation in agriculture, engage with formal markets, describe AA, and assess organizational readiness to support farmers.
- đ **Performance Challenges**: The Philippine agriculture sector faces challenges such as land management, human development, technology, financing, and market access.
- đ **Existing Initiatives**: There are various public and private initiatives to address these challenges, including the promotion of modern technologies and financing programs.
- đ **Course Structure**: The course consists of seven modules with a total learning time of around 3 hours, covering the status of agriculture, value chains, and the three phases of AA.
- đ **Self-Paced Learning**: The course is self-paced, allowing learners to choose their own pace but must be completed before the end of the month.
- đ **Assessments**: Each module ends with a short assessment to check learning, which must be passed before moving to the next module.
- đ **Completion Certificate**: Upon completing all seven modules, learners will receive a certificate of completion.
- đ€ **Community Engagement**: Learners can participate in forums to share thoughts and ideas with fellow learners.
Q & A
Who are the hosts of the online course on the fundamentals of Agro Enterprise clustering approach?
-The hosts are La Crat, Director for Partnerships and Operations of the Jolly Be foundation, and Har Musa, Dean of the College of Agriculture of Saviour University ATO de Cagayan.
What is the main goal of the Agro Enterprise clustering approach course?
-The main goal is to help Filipino small holder farmers become Agro entrepreneurs by expanding their participation in the value chain and improving their income.
What is the basis of the course content?
-The course content is based on more than 15 years of experience from the Farmer Entrepreneurship program of Jolly Be foundation, enriched with academic and extension insights by the Faculty of Saviour University.
What are the key challenges faced by Filipino farmers as mentioned in the script?
-The key challenges include Land Management, human development, technology, financing, and access to markets.
What does the acronym 'AA' stand for in the context of the course?
-AA stands for 'Agro Enterprise clustering approach'.
What are the learning outcomes expected from the course?
-Learners will be able to discuss the importance of expanding small holder farmers' participation in the agricultural value chain, understand elements necessary for engaging formal markets, describe AA and its relevance, and assess their organization's readiness to help small holder farmers integrate AA.
How many modules does the course have and what is the total learning time?
-The course has seven modules with a total learning time of around 3 hours.
What types of learning materials can be found in each module?
-Each module will have various learning materials such as videos and short readings.
Are there any assignments to submit in the course?
-There are no assignments to submit, but each module ends with a short assessment to check learning.
What is the duration to complete the course?
-The course is self-paced, but it must be completed before the end of the month as the course will automatically close after that.
What will learners receive after completing all seven modules?
-After completing the seven modules, learners will receive a certificate of completion.
What is the purpose of the orientation session mentioned at the end of the script?
-The purpose of the orientation session is to give an overview of the approach so learners can have a better understanding of what it is and how it is done to help support small holder farmers.
Outlines
đŸ Introduction to Agro Enterprise Clustering Approach
The script introduces an online course on the fundamentals of the Agro Enterprise clustering approach, led by La Crat, director for Partnerships and operations at Jolly Be foundation, and Har Musa, dean of the College of Agriculture at Savor University ATO de Cagayan. The course is a collaboration between Jolly Be foundation and Savor University to help Filipino smallholder farmers become agro-entrepreneurs. It is based on over 15 years of experience and enriched with academic insights. The course aims to address key challenges in the Philippine agriculture sector such as land management, human development, technology, financing, and market access. The course is designed to expand farmers' participation in the value chain and improve their income. It consists of seven modules with a total learning time of around 3 hours, covering the status of agriculture value chains, the relevance of the Agro Enterprise clustering approach, and the three phases of AA. The course is self-paced with a short assessment at the end of each module.
đ Course Structure and Expectations
The second paragraph outlines the structure and expectations of the course. It mentions that the course is self-paced and will close at the end of the month, encouraging learners to complete it within this timeframe. Each module will contain learning materials such as videos and short readings, and learners can participate in forums to share ideas. There are no assignments, but there are short assessments at the end of each module that must be passed to proceed. Upon completion of all seven modules, learners will receive a certificate of completion. The course aims to keep learners engaged and eager to learn more, with the ultimate goal of providing an overview of the Agro Enterprise clustering approach to support smallholder farmers.
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Keywords
đĄAgro Enterprise
đĄClustering Approach
đĄSmallholder Farmers
đĄValue Chain
đĄJolly Be foundation
đĄSavior University
đĄLand Management
đĄTechnology
đĄFinancing
đĄMarket Access
đĄAA (Agro Enterprise clustering approach)
Highlights
Introduction to the online course on the fundamentals of the Agro Enterprise clustering approach.
Course collaboration between Jolly Be foundation and Savior University ATO de Cagayan.
The course aims to help Filipino small holder farmers become Agro entrepreneurs.
The approach is based on over 15 years of experience in farmer entrepreneurship programs.
The Philippine agriculture sector's challenges include land management, human development, technology, financing, and market access.
Various initiatives are addressing the challenges faced by farmers.
The course provides an overview of the status of agriculture value chains and the Agro Enterprise clustering approach.
The course consists of seven modules with a total learning time of around 3 hours.
Modules 1 to 3 focus on the status of agriculture value chains and the relevance of the Agro Enterprise clustering approach.
Modules 4 to 6 guide learners through the three phases of the Agro Enterprise clustering approach.
The final session, module 7, wraps up the course with considerations for using the Agro Enterprise clustering approach.
Each module includes various learning materials such as videos and short readings.
Learners can participate in forums to share thoughts and ideas with fellow learners.
There are no assignments, but each module ends with a short assessment.
Learners must pass each assessment before moving on to the next module.
After completing the seven modules, learners will receive a certificate of completion.
The course is self-paced, but it must be completed before the end of the month.
The course aims to keep learners engaged and wanting to learn more.
The course provides an overview of the Agro Enterprise clustering approach to support small holder farmers.
Transcripts
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hello welcome to the online course on
the fundamentals of the Agro Enterprise
clustering approach I'm La crat director
for Partnerships and operations of the
Jolly Be foundation and I am har Musa
dean of the College of Agriculture of
savor University ATO de Cagayan together
the jolbe group foundation and savior
University ATO de Cagayan have team up
to develop this course and share our
approach in helping Filipino small
holder Farmers become Agro
entrepreneurs this approach is based on
the more than 15 years of experience of
the farmer Entre R preneurship program
of Jolly beu foundation and enriched
with academic and extension insights by
The Faculty of Savior
University we hope you are excited to
learn about the Agro Enterprise
clustering approach as much as we are
excited to share about it to
you today we welcome you to our first
session which will focus on the rational
and details of the
course we will also discuss the
structure of our course
so that you can manage and navigate the
requirements better let's get
started although Filipino farmers are
among the most hardworking individuals
in the country the Philippine
agriculture sector has been lagging in
performance many farmers still struggle
to secure Better Lives for themselves
and for their families due to key
challenges in farming related to Land
Management human development technology
financing and access to Market to name a
few and while there are numerous issues
there are also various initiatives aimed
to address them by several public and
private
agencies modern Technologies are already
being promoted various credit and
financing programs are also in place to
assist
Farmers more recently there are
increasing efforts to provide small
holder Farmers with access to
Alternative and modern
markets we can see that while
challenging the prospect of enriching
our agriculture sector is
promising what is needed is a more
concerted effort to support farmers and
provide interventions at different
levels this is why we created our course
the fundamentals of AG grow Enterprise
clustering approach or AA for short to
allow small holder Farmers to expand
their participation in the value chain
and have better
income Our intention is as more
organizations learn AA and integrate the
approach in their work more small holder
farmers are equipped with a knowledge
skills and mindset to take active
participation in agriculture value
chains so what do we want you to learn
in this course first we hope you will be
able to discuss the importance of
expanding small holder Farmers
participation in the agricultural value
chain second you will become more
conversent with the different elements
necessary in engaging formal
markets third you will be able to
describe AA its faces and its relevance
in improving
agriculture lastly you will be able to
assess your organization's Readiness to
help small holder farmers in integrating
AA now that we have shared the course
objectives allow us to explain more
about what to expect in this
course the fundamentals of AA has seven
modules with a total learning time of
around 3
hours the following are the
sessions Session 1 to three give you an
overview of the status of Agriculture
value chains and the relevance of the
Agro Enterprise clustering
approach sessions 4 to six guide us to
the three phases of AA and the final
session session seven wraps up the
course with some considerations if you
were to use
AA each mod modle will have various
Learning Materials such as videos and
short readings to help explain the
different relevant Concepts you can also
participate in the forums to share your
thoughts and ideas with your fellow
Learners there will be no assignments to
submit but note that each module will
end with a short assessment to check
your
learning you can take the assessment
multiple times but you need to pass each
one before moving on to the
next after completing the seven modules
you will receive a certificate of
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completion as this is a self-pace course
it will be up to you to choose the pace
with which to complete this course
however you need to do so before the end
of the month as the course will
automatically close after that sounds
doable yes of course we promise that the
course will keep you engaged and wanting
to learn more we hope that what we have
discussed has helped you understand the
purpose and the structure of the
course as we close the session remember
that the fundamentals of AA is meant to
give an overview of the approach so you
can have a better understanding of what
it is and how we do it to help support
small holder
Farmers that concludes our orientation
session get ready for a quick
quiz good luck and see you in the next
session
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