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Agriculture Apprenticeship Program | Youth
Giving youth knowledge & practical skills for gainful employment in Agriculture.
Agriculture apprenticeship is the ideal way of earning money while gaining a nationally recognized qualification (Certificate of Competence) . The practical training offered at Latia Model Farm (Isinya- Kajiado County) and in a diverse mix of collaborating farms and agribusinesses in Kenya
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Short Courses
Deepen farmers’ skills on specific issues to scale investments for higher productivity and profitability.
Latia offers short courses for farmers and other Agripreneurs keen on deepening knowledge and skills or learning new technologies and practices. These short courses are offered at Latia Model Farm but could also be carried out onsite at clients’ farms and agribusinesses
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Agripreneurs Incubation Program | Telephone Farmers
Providing practical training & mentorship for farmers to grow profitable and sustainable enterprises.
The farmer is taken through a 5-day Agripreneurs learning series at the model farm in Latia. The training is designed to improve the farmers key business competences and allow him/her to combine his/her functions as an entrepreneur, manager, and craftsman or woman successfully.
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Projects for development agencies
Improving living standards of pastoralists and agricultural SMEs by scaling aptitude in the use of land, energy, water & technology.
Latia partners with development agencies through projects in provision of training and services to small holder farmers and pastoralists. Small holder farmers and pastoralists are struggling to adapt to rising temperatures, erratic rainfall patterns and other effects of the global climate change.
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Business Support Services
Project implementation support and securing markets for Agribusinesses.
Latia also offers several support services to farmers and other Agripreneurs to improve productivity and overall business performance. These services are particularly useful to part-time farmers (“Telephone Farmers”) keen on staying in farming without having to commit all their time to it and especially when farm’s income cannot justify their full-time employment. These services include: