FARMER FAMILY PARTNERSHIP

Why famer family partnership?
Farmer family partnership is an essential innovations to reduce rural-urban migration, modern migration, land fragmentation and promote sustainable agriculture, food security, transfer of agricultural knowledge and skills to next generations hence enhance development of agricultural sector in Uganda.

Benefits of farmer family partnership.
1. Enhance access to diverse resources.
2. Partially insurance against risk since risk is shared.
3. Enhance access to diverse financial sources.
4. Ensures acquisition of skills and knowledge from diverse members.
5. Ensures more effective and efficient delivery of programmes and services.
6. Ensure professional development of members.
7. Improves communication and access to information.
8. Ensure better needs assessment.
9. Ensures less duplication of services.
10. Ensures ease access to government services.

What is farmer family partnership?
Farmer family partnership refers to a group of farmer family members, organization, institution that come together, collaboratively to address a common need.

Farmer family partnership terminologies.
1. Visionary leaders.
Refers to members of a partnership with visions and strategy for the development of the sector. These leaders aid to motivate members and enable members to work as a team.
2. Steering committee
This consist of a range of representatives of the family potentially interested in forming a partnership. A steering committee aids in identification and negotiation of common interests.
3. Partnership promoters
Refers to members, institutions, organization that are not part of the partnership but support the partners in finance, training, motivation, political issues, awareness building. These include funding agency, donor institution, government bodies, export promoter bodies and sector development bodies.

The cycle of farmer family partnership.
The cycle initiates when a common interest raises and ends when the proposed results are achieved or when partners decide to terminate.

The five phases of farmer family partnership.
1. Identification of a common interest.
2. Negotiation of the partnership contract.
3. Operation.
4. Monitoring and evaluation. 
5. Terminating or continuity.

1. Identification of a common interest.
A common interest can be technical, market or technological challenge. Also it can be an opportunity that can be resolved by research.
It is key to develop a strategical vision because common interest changes frequency of entry or departure of partners.
Process of identifying a common interest.
1. Building awareness and establish a steering committee.
2. Identifying and bring together key actors in the value chain.
3. Mapping the value chain.
4. Identifying critical technological problem.
5. Analyzing market opportunities.
6. Defining common goals and designing the partnership.

2. Negotiation of the partnership contract.
Potential partners (steering committee) develop partnership activities. Discuss expected results vs costs. Goal of partnership is reviewed. Main subjects of negotiation include Financing, Distribution of intellectual properties and benefits, Structural design of the partnership, Specific partnership activities 

3. Operation 
Proposed activities of partners are pur in practices. Strategies to improve operation include 
Confidence building among members. Transparency. Appreciation of diverse culture. With a strategic vision.

4. Monitoring and evaluation 
To justify the use of funds, determine whether the accepted results are obtained and identify weakness and strength of the farmer family partnership.

5. Terminating or continuity.
After evaluation of the expected results partners may depart or continue 

Elements of a farmer family partnership proposal 
1. Should have a description of roles and responsibilities of each partner and governing body.
2. Should have a clear budget showing total cost of partnership, joint financing requirements, specifications of each partners contribution.
3. Should have defined activities and responsibilities of each member as well as mechanism of interaction.
4. Should have stated monitoring and evaluation mechanism.

Aspects to be looked at when planning a farmer family partnership.
1. Power relations; carryout back stage consultation to ensure equity participation for awareness of certain needs of different needs of members and offer an extra hand to ensure active participation of all partners.
2. Gender balance and sensitivity; engage both male and female members using tactful innovation broker to ensure participation for all.
3. Representation of stakeholder groups; to enhance open possibility of defend an idea that is not in their interest.
4. Maintain partners on board; through partnership incentives like finance, personal reward, transparency and organization reward.
5. Hidden agenda; understanding hidden agenda of partners aids to mitigate confusion, mistrust and conflicts hence avoiding negative consequences.

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