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SUMMARY:Local economic development: towards agribusiness cluster devel
 opment
DESCRIPTION:Bridging the rural/urban divide, this course uses an adapt
 ed version of Porter's Diamond to analyse local sub-sectors for boosti
 ng urban and rural wealth through agribusiness cluster development. Ho
 w local communities and youth can play a role in co-creating intervent
 ions for positive change in this field, is zoomed into.\nThe course is
  aimed at catalysing vibrant rural economies. It focuses on the changi
 ng roles of rural policies and services in sub-Saharan Africa. It intr
 oduces the participants to a set of five typical interventions that, o
 n their own or in combination, are designed to boost local market dema
 nd, add value, smoothen rural trade and increase local economic activi
 ties generating income and employment. In this course each type of int
 ervention will be illustrated with real-life cases that are presented 
 by the ‘case owners’ themselves. This will assist to better apprec
 iate the rigidity of reality. The course is highly interactive and bui
 lds on the participant’s own experiences and personal cases. These w
 ill serve as building blocks for ‘bankable’ project that will be d
 eveloped during the course. The programme offers a balanced ‘diet’
  including introductions to concepts, practices, participatory group w
 ork, guest lectures, case study presentations and excursions.\nUpon co
 mpletion of the course you will:\n\nhave a good understanding of conce
 ptual frameworks to identify development opportunities for rural commu
 nities and spin-offs for rural wealth creation;\nbe able to appreciate
  the linkages between poverty and livelihood strategies, the role of a
 gribusiness development and effective services delivery, and the poten
 tial of rural markets, local trade and value chains to ‘work for the
  poor’;\nbe able to facilitate participatory approaches and methodol
 ogies for innovation and change processes;\nbe able to apply tools and
  instruments for strategic and effective interventions catalysing proc
 esses that boost rural economies.\n\nFor information about this course
  and fellowship opportunities:\nhttps://www.wur.nl/en/Expertise-Servic
 es/Research-Institutes/centre-for-development-innovation/short-courses
 /Short_courses_2018/CDIcourse_Led_2018.htm\n\nFor more information vis
 it https://km4dev.ning.com/events/local-economic-development-towards-a
 gribusiness-cluster
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20181022T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Brussels:20181102T235900
CATEGORIES:short, course
LOCATION:Johannesburg, South Africa
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ORGANIZER;CN="van Lent":https://km4dev.ning.com/profile/vanLent
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ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="van Lent
 ":https://km4dev.ning.com/profile/vanLent
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