Entrepreneurship

Business clinics: This is an arrangement where a group 
of farmers meet to get advice from trainers and extension 
Non-formal capacity 
building programmes 
include:
•  Combined training 
and extension
•  Business clinics
•  Success case 
replications
Extension support 
needs to address the 
critical issues before 
they become problems

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workers and exchange experiences on how to deal with 
specific business problems that they all faced. It can be 
a one-off exercise or the problem may require a series 
of  meetings.  The  group  may  decide  to  meet  regularly 
where they would tackle specific problems per meeting. 
They may also be aware that particular issues are going 
to arise as they move through the planning cycle and can 
organise special clinics to address these in advance.