s:1370:"%T Enriched feeds - improved livelihoods: lishe bora - maisha bora 
%A Karanja, E. 
%X From June 21 to 23 2006 ICRAF with the  support of AED and funding from USAID hosted  a Seed Dealers Works hop. The workshop was  attended by more than 30 individuals and  facilitated by KEFRI resource staff agribusiness  and micro-finance experts and ICRAF staff.   The objective of the workshop was to build the  technical capacity of seed dealers in seed  technologies and entrepreneurial skills. The  workshop also provided a venue to develop and  strengthen the linkages among the seed dealers  and between the seed dealers and buyers of  fodder planting materials.  The facilitators and participants identified  entrepreneurial skills as the main force behind  success in business. The facilitators emphasized  that for seed dealers to be successful they need to  have a vision and mission along with attainable  goals and objectives. Entrepreneurship in the seed  business involves creating organizing and  managing the seed business; one aspect requires  that proper business records are maintained. The  SWOT (Strength Weakness Opportunities and  Threats) analysis in business was identified as an  important tool in developing business strategies.  Also participants discussed the need to separate  business and family needs as a prerequisite to  survival in business. 
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