# Agricultural Project Management

> Plan, implement and monitor agricultural and rural development projects that deliver results.

- **Provider:** Afriskora Training Solutions
- **Category:** Agriculture & Rural Development
- **Duration:** 5 days
- **Formats:** classroom (cities across Africa), live virtual (Zoom/Teams), in-house for teams
- **Certificate:** Afriskora Certificate of Completion, verifiable online
- **Booking:** request dates and a quote; invoice and EFT payment
- **Web page:** https://afriskora.co.za/courses/agriculture-rural-development/agricultural-project-management
- **Request dates:** https://afriskora.co.za/request-training?course=agricultural-project-management

## Overview

This course applies project management to agriculture and rural development: needs assessment, project design, seasonal planning, farmer group mobilisation, extension, budgeting, procurement, M&E and sustainability.

## Who should attend

- Agricultural project managers
- Extension officers
- Rural development programme staff
- NGO and government agriculture staff

## Learning outcomes

- Design agricultural projects with clear results
- Plan around seasons and farmer needs
- Mobilise and work with farmer groups
- Manage budgets and procurement
- Monitor and sustain project results

## Course outline

### Day 1: Project design

- Needs assessment
- Logframes
- Stakeholders
- Feasibility

### Day 2: Planning

- Seasonal calendars
- Work plans
- Inputs and logistics
- Budgets

### Day 3: Implementation

- Farmer groups
- Extension approaches
- Procurement
- Partnerships

### Day 4: M&E

- Indicators
- Data collection
- Yield and income measurement
- Reporting

### Day 5: Sustainability

- Exit strategies
- Market systems
- Climate resilience
- Case study