Integrated Functional Adult Education’s role for better Agriculture Extension and Financial Services

Ekisteenshinii qonnaa fi gama dhaabbileeFaayinaansiitiin tajaajila gaarii kennuuf ga’eebarnoota ga’eessotaa qindaawaa gocharratti

xiyyeeffateeMuuxannoo Waldaa ogeessota barnoota ga’eessotaa Itoophiyaan

Dhiyaate

Bitootessa,2007

Zuwaayi

Who is ANFEA-E• ANFEA – an abbreviation for Adult and non formal Education Association- Ethiopia

• An NGO working on Education (Mainly focus on Alternative basic education and adult education.

• It was established in 1995 .

• Its focus is to promote and provide• alternative basic education, and

• functional literacy for

» out of school children,

» youth and adults marginalized and

» underserved social groups in order to enable them to develop livelihoods and realize their full potential.

• It works with community –based institutions and development partners, in the areas of

» project implementation,

» training and capacity building,

» material development, networking and research.

Purpose of the presentaion

Sababa yaada kana dhiyeessuun barbaachiseef

Share ANFEAE’s practical experiences onchain literacy (coffee and honey)

the contributions in changing theof small farm holders;

Jiruu fi jireenya qonnaan bulaafooyyeessuuf- Barnoota , Ekisteenshiniiqonnaa fi dhaabbilee finaansii walittiqindeessanii geggeessuun muuxannooANFEAn qabu qooduuf

how small farm holders,cooperatives practically engage inmeaningful value adding practices usingIntegrated Functional Adult Learning as an

point

BGQGX tti fayyadamuun qonnaanbultoonnii fi waldaaleen gamtaahojiiwwan qonnaa bu’a qabeessa ta’anirratti akkamiin hirmaachuu akka danda’anagarsiisuu.

Initiate further discussion for a collectiveintervention for better and stronger Value

literacy partnership

Marii gadifageenyaan geggeessuun jiruujireenya hawaasaa fooyyeessuuf garafuulduraatti haala kamiin qindominaansochoo’uun akka danda’amu irrattiwaligaluuf.

Toora hojii bu’aa qabeessa ta’e kana irratti mari’achuuf ka’umsa kan ta’an

The GTP of Ethiopia Karoora guddinaa fi tiraansifoormeeshiniibiyyoolessaa.

FAL strategy /2008/ Tarsiimoo BGQGX

Intent of market led agricultural production

Tariimoo oomisha gabaa irratti barbaadamuoomishuu akka biyyaatti jiru

The goals of National Agricultural Transformation

Hojii qonnaa keessatti jijjiirama bu’uuraafiduu akka biyyaatti kallatti jiru

Oxfam-GB background papers Jiruu fi jireenya hawaasaa fooyyessuufkallatti dhaabbanni Oxfamii hordofu,

Some Good practices in Coffee, Honey, value chains and their marriage with FAL.

Dameewwan qonnaa kan ta’an bunaa fidamma oomishuu BGQGX waliinqindeessuun bu’aa argame.

Role of IFAE in Agriculture Extension and agro- business transformation

Eksteenshinii qonnaa lafa qabsiisuu fi hojii qonnaa keessatti jijjiirama bu’uuraa fiduuf gumaacha BGQGX

Linking agricultural practices with financial institutions and market by addressing gaps observed among small farm holders’through embedded literacy

•Hanqina beekumsaa fi dandeetti qonnaanbulaa biratti mullattu cufuu fi qindoominahojii qonnaa, dhaabbilee faayinaansii fi gabaacimsuun oomishitummaa guddisuu.

Build added value behavior/KSAP/ for better productivity,profitability and active citizenshipin society

•Amala Hawaasni waan bu’a qabeessa ta’eakka oomishu taasisan gabbisuunoomishitummaa fi bu’aqabeessuummaa,akkasumas jireenya hawaasummaakeessatti si’aanina lammiiwwanii cimsuu.

What is value chain IFAE all about in adult learning ?Toora hojii bu’a qabeessa BGQGX ee jechuun maal

jechuudha?

Value chain IFAE is a process Value adding knowledge and skills on existing livelihood practice + relevant literacy skills for daily lives( finance, Health, communication, decision making)+ Basic technologies +

Toora hojii bu’a qabeessaaBGQGX jechuun adeemsahojii beekumsa hirmaattotaaduraan ture irrati tooratooraan beekumsaa fidandeetti haaraa dabalaadeemu jechuudha.

How to Planning the integrated functional learning Process / Filed Experince/

Adeemsi barnoota kanaa haala kamiin karoorfama?

1st : Explore the existing experiences, facts of farmers in their livelihoods and production , marketing process (chain) /Existing skills and gaps

1. Waan tokko yaaduu fi karoorsuuirraa eegalee hanga oomishni ga’eegabaaf dhiyaatutti muuxannoo turekeessatti hanqinaa beekumsaa fiogummaa jiru adda baasuu

2nd : identify the core value adding literacy skill in each one of value chain / Content/

2. Barumsa ogummaa toora hojii tokkotokko irratti bu’aa haaraa dabaluudanda’u adda baasuu.

3rd: Prepare integrated learning material on the top priority learning needs/coordination for the value chain input/

3. Barnoota qinda’aa toora hojii tokkotokko irratti akka dhiyaatu filatamuufMeeshaalee barnootaa ta’u qaamoleeqindeessaniif qopheessuu.

4th : Train IFAE facilitators , coordinator … 4. Waan qophaa’u irratti qindeessitootaa fihaala mijeessitoota leenjisuu.

5th Organize and mange the IFAE learning , processes,

5. Adeemsa barumsichaa qindeessuu, hordofuun haala yaadameen hojiirraa ooluuisaa to’achuu.

How to embed literacy and Numeracy elements in learning?

Dubbisuu, Barreessuu fi shallaggiin haala kamiin qindaa’ee dhiyaata?

Participatory learning on the thematic topic/s

•Mata duree barumsaa dhiyaatu irrattihirmaannaa ga’eessotaa guddisuun. (Fkn. Maal dubbisuu, barreessuu fi shallaguuakka barbaadan akka ibsan gochuu..)

Introduce the generic word / whole word , whole concept approach/

•Jechootaa fi yaadota ijoo marii keessattika’an irratti hundaa’uudhaan dubbisuu, barreessuu fi shallaggii shaakalsiisuu,

Help to Link and analyze with daily life/livelihoods

• Waan jiruu fi jireenya isaaniin wal-qabatu waliin qindeessuunshaakalsiisuu,

Encourage to exercise literacy skills on daily basis

•Dandeetti dubbisuu, barreessuu fishallaggii isaanii guddifachuuf sochii isaaniiguyyaa guyyaa waliin qindeessanii akkashaakalan jajjabeessuu.

Provide alphabetic /numeracy chart for home learning

• Gabatee qubee fi Lakkoofsaa mana keessattiakka qabaatanii fi maatii waliin akka shaakalantaasisuu

The benefits of value chain IFAE for small farm holders, cooperatives : the field experience

Bu’aa/Faayidaa barnoonni kun qonnaan bultootaaf buusu ilaalchisee muuxannoo jiru

VC IFAL proved to build the

functional literacy skills,

confiendence and competence of

learners so that work hard & increase producivity.

•Hirmaattonni Toora hojii tokko tokko irrattibeekumsaa fi dandeetti haaraa horachaakan deeman waan ta’eef muuxannoo hojiifi ofitti amantummaa qaban guddifachuuhojii isaanitti ni cimuu, oomishni isaaniisdabalaa deema.

use the value adding knowledge and

skills in a right way to maximize

efficiency, improve productivity,

profitability , diversify livelihood

base

•Beekumsaa fi dandeetti haaraa horatanittifayyadamuun qabeenyaa fi yerootti seeraanfayyadamu, adeemsa hojii isaaniifooyyeffatu, waan jiruu fi jireenya isaaniifooyyessu adda addaa oomishu, waanoomishan irraa bu’aa gaarii argachaa deemu

effectively organise groups and

make sound leadership

•Bu’aa gamtaan hojjechuu ni hubatu, ofittiamantummaa isaanii guddifachuun hojiiisaanii gahumsaan hogganu.

ittifufaBuild basic capacity on business

planning & development

• Tooftaa karoorsuu fi raawwachuuhojii misoomaa irratti dandeettiqaban guddiffatu

Improve basic knowledge and skills on saving and credit

• Ittifayyadam qusannoo fi liqii irrattibeekumsaa fi Dandeetti isaaniifooyyeeffatu. Dhaabbilee tajaajilakana kennan waliin walitti-dhufeenya qaban fooyyeffatu.

Build the skills of reading and writing

that directly help them to have more

information access, informed

decision and action.

• Ogummaa dubbisuu fi barreessuuhoratitti fayyadamuun odeeffannoojiruu fi jireenya isaaniif ta’u argatu.Odeeffannoo argatanittifayyadamuun waan bu’a qabeessata’e murteessu.

Enhance personal and group for innovation and transformation

• Dhuunfaanis ta’e gareedhaankaallaqa haaraa uumuu fi jireenyaisaanii keessatti jijjiirama bu’uuraa

Ittifufa…Adult Learners used theirknowledge and skills for criticalanalysis and actions

•Hirmaattonni beekumsaa fidandeetti horatan waan tokkogadifageenyaan xiinxaluunmurteessuuf itti fayyadamu

Formed effective groups for income generation and diversification

•Galii guddifachuu fi jijjiiramafiduuf bu’aa gamtaan hojjechuuhubatu.

Build confiendencecommunication and negotiationskills

• Walitti-dhufeenya gaarii uumuu fiwalln mari’atanii hojjechuu irrattiamantaa qaban gabbifatu.

Applied basic literacy skills for recoding and saving money to work with.

• Beekumsaa fi dandeetti dubbisuu,barreessuu fi shallaggii horatanittifayyadamuun yaadannoo qabatu,galii fi baasii isaanii galmeefachuunqabatu.

Education is the prerequisite for sustainable development. (Barumsi hojii misoomaa walittifufinsa qabu mirkanneessuuf meeshaa bu’uuraa ta’uu isaa hubachiisuun murteessadha.)

Essential Learning points and action points in value chain process. ( Adeemsa dhiyeessa barnoota kanaa keessatti

hojiiwwan wal-duraa duubaan raawwataman)

How we have been producing? Akkamiin oomishaa turre?

What else we need to produce? Oomishitummaa guddisuuf dabalataanmaal barbaachisa?

Where to produce and process? Eessatti akkamiin oomishinna?

With what to process and promote? Eenyu waliin oomishinna?

What stages and chains are needed? Where do we fail? Why

Kanaan dura maaliin kufne? Kanaa boodaadeemsi hojii keenyaa toora akkamiindeemuu qaba?

Who involves in what? What contributions/shares?

Hojii isa kam keessatti eenyu haahirmaatu? Maaliif?

What /which one of innovative practice/s need to be involved in the production to add certain values at each stage - Added value

Teekinolojii fi kaallaqa haaraa akkamittifayyadamnee oomishitummaa keenyaguddisuu nu barbaachisa, bu’aa dabalataaargachuuf.

Where to sell? … Waan oomishinne akkamiin gabaaf haadhiyeessinu?

The art of FAL –Value Chain organization(Barnoonni tokkoo tokkoo toora hojii waliin

dhiyaatu kun haala itti gurmaa’u)Learners with common purpose come together

Hirmaattota jiruu fi jireenyaan wal-fakkaatanwalittifiduun

The neighborhood/ Gott/s is the unit of learners’ circle

Garee misoomaa tokko keessatti yoo xiqqaatebuufata marii yokiin barnootaa tokkomijeessuun

Each circle may have 20-30 learners Buufata tokko irratti hirmaattota 20-30 gurmeessuun

Learning days and hours are commonly agreed

Eessatti, yoomii fi maal akka barachuubarbaadan hirmaattonni akka murteeffatangochuun

FAL materials are learners gaps in each value chain -context based and integrated

Meeshaaleen barnootaa qopha’anmatadureewwan bu’a buusuu danda’anii fihanqina guutan qindominaan akka qabatutaasisuu,

Learning themes/topics follow agreed problems/priorities

Qabiyyeewwan dhiyaatan rakkoo hawaasabaratuu kan hiikanii fi fedhii isaanii irratti akkaxiyyeeffatan taasisuun

The three pillarsWalitti-dhufeenya Utubaalee sadii

Agriculture

Extension

Ekisteenshiniin

qonnaa

VC-IFAE

BGQGX

Financial

Institutions

(dhaabbilee

Faayinaansii)

ittifufa

In IFAL, 3 components/saving, livelihood theme and value adding skill and alpha-numeric/ are integrated within each learning days

Raawwii Sagantaa BGQGX keessattiqabiyyeewwan ijoon (qusannaa, hojiinirratti bobba’anii jiranii fi beekumsii fidandeettiin isaan kana irratti waa cobsuudanda’u barnoota guyyaa guyyaakeessatti qindaa’uun dhiyaata.

Life related learning games and tasks that initiate critical thinking applied

Mata duree wwan ijoo marii keessattika’an jireenyaan kan wal-qabatee fi akkahawaasni gadi-fageenyaan xiinxaleefurmaata kennu kan taasisanidha.

A model for Organized Value chain Learning

Fakkeenya Gurmaa’inaa barnootichaa

Production Oomishuu

Pricing Gatii

murteessuu

Promotion Kakaasuu

Processing gaggeessuu

Value chainLearningQabiyyee

marii

Transiformational skills. (Ogummaa jijjiirama fidu)

Entrepreneurship Hojiiwwan galii maddisiisan uumuu

Rural MicroEntrprise dhaabbilee Faayinaansii baadiyaa

Unions & cooperatives

(Waldaalee gamtaa)

Basic technologies

Teekinolojii bu’uuraa

Reading & writing ability adds value.

Dandeettiin dubbisuu fi barreessu bu’a dabala.