Rural Development Course

This course has been created to be used in introductory rural and also microfinance training. While the basics of development finance and also approaches in microfinance affect rural finance, you will find distinct characteristics and issues which should be understood and also taken into consideration to target rural, and particularly agricultural, finance. It would be beneficial to know about market development services.

Course Objectives:

• Explain as well as critically look at current debates in rural development relating to rural livelihoods as well as the respective roles of marketplaces, property rights, institutions, the state, farming and also the rural non-farm economy.

• Critically evaluate past and also existing efforts to provide rural providers, like infrastructure, finance, extension and research, education and health.

• Analyze critically substitute outlying development policies in regards to the potential impact of theirs on rural poverty, economic growth, and equity, taking account of various local and geographical circumstances.

• Outline and evaluate multiple techniques on the control of land & water resources and the potential impact of theirs on rural development objectives.

• Understand the specific issues of rural areas that are usually connected with agricultural and rural credit directed towards the poor.

• Develop a deeper understanding of the underlying problems of rural finance.

• Have abilities in doing an agricultural and rural portfolio assessment plus loan analysis - applying five C's in non-urban finance.

• Be acquainted with some revolutionary designs and also alternative methods of providing rural finance services.

• Gain skills in doing seasonality analysis, preparing money flows, assessing danger and appraising loans.

• Develop knowledge of innovative and new loan products and savings approaches for rural areas and agriculture.

• Gain an understanding of options and reference links to additional info and help for dealing with future difficulties within the use of financial services in outlying areas.

Who can attend?

This course is targeted at individuals that are working in non-government development agencies, rural financial institutions, and government, MFIs, donors, and banks that guide and then work together with rural communities and populations.

Course content

  1. · Agricultural research & extension
  2. · Agricultural sector
  3. · Health and education
  4. · Land
  5. · Rural development
  6. · Rural finance
  7. · Rural infrastructure
  8. · Rural livelihoods
  9. · Rural non-farm economy
  10. · Water


Date

Venue

Register

18th-22nd Nov 2024

Nairobi

9th-13th Dec 2024

Mombasa

20th-24th Jan 2025

Nairobi

24th-28th March 2025

Istanbul

21st-25th April 2025

Nairobi

16th-20th June 2025

Dubai

7th-11th July 2025

Nairobi

15th-19th Sept 2025

Nairobi

13th-17th Oct 2025

Nairobi

10th-14th Nov 2025

Mombasa

8th-12th Dec 2025

Nairobi

12th-16th Jan 2026

Nairobi

Multiple Training Categories

We offer broad training categories  suitable for your needs depending on your profession.

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