A)POVERTY

• Supporting households to become food secure
• Improving access to production resources
• Sensitizing farmers to become commercial and market oriented farmers
• Training in saving and encouraging groups members to save
• Establishment of group based input revolving funds that are easily accessible to the members
• Training in entrepreneurship and enterprise management

B)LOW AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION

• Training in SAP to improve poor agricultural practices
• Improving access to farm inputs and improved varieties
• Training in NRM to create sustainable use of natural resource and environment
• Training in gender to create equality amongst men and women in labor sharing and to avoid dependence on women labor
• Training in hygiene and sanitation and Sensitization workshops on HIV/AIDS to address poor health affecting production

C) POOR MARKETING SYSTEMS AND WEAK FINANCIAL BASE

• Trained farmers in group dynamics to form and manage their own groups.
• Trained in collective marketing to improve on economies of scale and volumes
• Trained in PHH to reduce PH losses
• Created systems to relay market information.
• Provision of value addition equipment.