Grow skills.
Grow confidence.
Grow together.
Practical learning for a connected organic future. A programme approach designed around growers, women’s participation and the realities of a farming season.
Explore the learning journeyCrop knowledge, practical learning and care for the harvest.
Built around the grower.
Useful beyond the workshop.
Farmer training and capacity building are part of Basillia’s work. This proposed curriculum brings that commitment into a clear learning journey. Learning should fit the community: its language, season, existing knowledge and access to technology.
This preview describes a proposed curriculum. Dates, locations, delivery partners and enrolment will be announced after confirmation. Discuss a learning partnership
Practical knowledge.
Every step forward.
Open a learning area to explore its goal, workshop activity and the support that makes it useful.
01Organic practice & recordsTurn everyday care into a clear record.
Understand how a season record connects field activity, inputs and organic requirements.
Walk through a sample input register. Practise noting the source, date, purpose and supporting document for each entry.
Simple local-language record sheets, worked examples and a facilitator-led review.
A grower can explain and complete a sample activity record.
02Digital farm literacyMake technology useful, understandable and voluntary.
Build confidence reading a field profile and deciding what information to share.
Use a demonstration farm map, add an observation and discuss consent, privacy and the limits of AI advice.
Small-group phone practice, visual guides and assisted participation for growers who prefer paper.
A participant can find a farm record, correct an error and explain their sharing choices.
03Cultivation planningConnect local knowledge to a season plan.
Create a crop calendar that reflects the grower’s field, resources and priorities.
Map a season together: planting windows, field observations, water planning and the questions to take to an agronomist.
Season-planning templates, peer discussion and field-specific expert review.
A practical draft calendar with responsibilities and review points.
04Post-harvest qualityProtect the value of the harvest.
Understand the handovers between harvest, storage, grading and dispatch.
Follow a sample lot through handling and storage. Practise recording a quality observation and escalating a concern.
Visual handling checklists, demonstration lots and batch-record exercises.
A participant can trace a sample lot and identify the next quality check.
05Collective leadershipMake room for women’s voices and shared decisions.
Strengthen participation, peer learning and accountability within a grower group.
Run a practice group meeting with rotating roles, a shared decision record and a discussion of participation barriers.
Women-led learning circles, accessible meeting formats and peer-facilitator tools.
A group can agree actions, assign owners and record whose voices were included.
06Market readinessUnderstand what a buyer needs—and what a grower needs.
Read a buyer brief and connect product quality, documentation and commercial questions.
Compare sample requirements for grade, volume, packaging and delivery. Build the questions to ask before a commitment.
Buyer-brief examples, aggregation planning and a facilitated market conversation.
A prepared sourcing discussion with open questions clearly identified.
Listen. Practise.
Return to the field.
A delivery model that leaves room for local expertise, seasonal needs and the confidence to ask for support.
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Listen & co-design
Discuss priorities with growers and women in the community. Agree the language, accessibility needs and useful outcomes.
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Demonstrate & practise
Use a field visit, simple records or a group exercise. Connect every tool to a task people recognise.
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Support & follow up
Create space for peer learning, questions and supported practice after the workshop.
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Review & improve
Ask what participants used, what changed and what needs to be adapted for the next group.