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Farmers' enterpreneurship training manual

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Aspiring farmer entrepreneurs face different challenges, which affect their decision to start or continue in businesses. Some of these are unique to smallholder farmers. Entrepreneurs need to plan well for their business. They need to be aware of the implication of their good planning or lack of it, decisions and actions they make to their well being, their family, their society, the environment and global community at large. Their business, family and personal well being and the environment form a tripod. All the three must be in a good balance. Entrepreneurs, especially farmers, need to learn how to keep their ventures consistently competitive and sustainably operating, for their well being and that of the environment; a value highly upheld by CAWT and is consistently emphasized in this training.

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