This website provides you with basic information and a description of the Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI) approach, its impact, training materials and trainers, and information about the network of organisations that have contributed to the development of ERI. You will also find more information about earlier and ongoing projects, interesting publications and videos linked to ERI, and upcoming events and activities….
ERI APPROACH: HOW IT MAGICALLY EASES MARKET ACCESS BY FARMERS
One of the principles of the Enabling Rural Innovation (ERI Approach) is; “produce what you can sell rather than selling what you have produced” More than 7 years ago, the desire to support communities to create incomes pushed the organisation I worked with by that time to mobilise hundreds of farmers to grow Chia seed…
Enterprise Development (ERI Approach) Training for New CDFs- April 2021
The fourth phase of our ERI training for new CDFs, facilitated by Grace Nalukwago Ntume and Banio Luiji Nobert during the period 26-30th April, 2021 was a great success. In addition to the main ERI Module on Enterprise Development (ED), other cross cutting issues such as Risk Management in Savings and Credit Schemes; Lobbying, Advocacy,…
Success Story: 347 Million shillings- How ERI Cooperatives of Caritas MADDO are attracting funding.
Since 2019, Caritas Masaka, one of the HORIZONT3000 partners implementing the ERI approach focused on empowering the farmer groups they worked with since 2016 to become cooperatives. So far, 5 Cooperatives, each comprising of at least 2 groups have been formed. Two of these include Abagalanyi Farmers’ Cooperative Society and Nsimbo Farmers and Traders Cooperative…
Participatory Market Research (ERI Approach)Training for New CDFs- March 2021
The 7 new ERI Community Development Faciliators (CDFs) from Caritas MADDO (Ronald Ssenyomo, Mulindwa Joseph), Caritas Tororo (Olweny Joseph, Waswaka Irad) and YARD (Tenywa Godfrey, Namutosi Winnie, Kakooza Richard) concluded the third phase of their 5 weeks training on the ERI Approach on March 20th, 2021. Topics covered included: Participatory Market Research, Leadership, Communication, Development…
Success Story: Making Wine from our Banana and Rosella Surplus
Kigaze B farmer group in Kigaze Village in the region of Kagera has been working with the ERI approach since 2013 under the Kolping Society of Tanzania. The group, which is made up of 20 female and 12 male members, is one of the seven groups that collectively sell Banana- and Rosella Wine. The group…
Success Story: Collective Marketing for higher profits
The Kivuma Development Farmers Group is one of the groups YARD is working with and is located in Kivuma Village in Buikwe District. The group was established in 2013 and started working with YARD in 2016 to promote farming as a business in their community. Since joining YARD under the ERI project, the group has…
Success Story: Catering to Women Empowerment
The Tusuubira Women’s Development Group is located in Masaba village of Buikwe district. The group was established in 2005 when a group of women from Masaba village decided to come together in order to change their welfare and household status. Their first group activity was casual labour. At that time the group was approached by…
Success Story: Adding Value to Soy
Nalukwago Jane is a rural woman earning money from the production of soy milk. She is 29 years old and a member of the Kigulu Farmers Group, where she also serves as a treasurer. In 2016, the group started working with YARD, mainly concentrating on farming as a business. As a group, they chose soy…
Success Story: The seeds that keep on giving
The Mukisa Farmers Group is located in Kalagala Village in Buikwe District. The women in the village came together and came up with different ideas on how to improve their household incomes but since they had no clear objectives, they all failed. In 2014 the group, that is 20 members strong, started working with YARD and…
Success Story: Diversification of enterprises improves farmer’s income
Robert Sebatindira is a 40 year old farmer and member of Tusubira Bingi Farmers Group in Lukunyu Village in Buikwe District. He produces and markets different commodities for profit, such as maize, coffee, bananas, tomatoes, beans and mangoes. He says, before joining the group he used to grow maize for consumption at home and only…
Success Story: Earning a living and saving the environment
20 year old Kyofuna Miriam is a member of Tulibumu farmers group located in Mayuge Village. The group has 18 members and started working with YARD in 2016. Before joining YARD, Miriam already had a strong interest in environmental protection and when YARD trained them in Natural Resource Management, Community Visioning, Saving and Credit, Participatory…
Success Story: Tree Planting yields positive results in Bunda and Serengeti Districts
Forestation has become an important part of the Sustainable Development Goal agenda in order to reduce the pace of environmental degradation and counteract the risk of droughts. The climate of Bunda and Serengeti Districts is tropical, characterized by short rain periods and longer dry spells. Its inhabitants are mostly pastoralists, with less focus on tree…
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