The WoodCluster project (2017-2021) focused on national bio-economies based on farm wood production in East African Countries. The project consortium was a South-South-North network with partners from Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda and Germany. In the project, the dynamics and resulting problems of an increasing wood supply gap, and possible solutions were investigated. The project had two main components: research and teaching. As an output of the teaching component, this trainer manual was developed for wood-based value chain actors in Ethiopia.
This trainer manual aims to combine the theory of value chain development with participatory teaching methods and integrate this approach into extensions services linked to wood-based value chain actors in Ethiopia, thereby supporting their sustainable development. It especially intends to provide these trainers with insights into value chain development (VCD) tools and participatory knowledge transfer methods. The focus will be on participatory VCD approaches relevant to wood-based value chain actors.
With the trainer manual, officers and trainers will be able to apply participatory VCD trainings to wood-based value chain actors in a Training of Trainers (ToT) session. Since these value chains and actors can vary depending on the regional setting, the raw material or end-product of interest, the defined scope, or the value chain development goals, the ToT will teach several approaches on the basis of which the officers and trainers can design suitable participatory VCD workshops.
The trainer manual serves as a reference guide for trainers, who conduct participatory trainings, and extension agents linked to wood-based value chains in Ethiopia. The manual is constructed and arranged in such a way, so that a wide range of trainers with different skill levels and capacities may apply the participatory training in different conditions. Rather than presenting one appropriate teaching method, the manual presents several that allows the trainer to adapt the overall training approach based on the target group and conditions of the training.:Acknowledgements IV
List of Figures V
List of Tables VI
1 Preface 1
2 Introduction 1
2.1 Natural forest 3
2.2 Woodlots 4
2.3 Trading wood products 4
2.4 Sawmilling and furniture production 5
2.5 The need for value chain development tools 5
3 Value Chain Development (VCD) 6
4 Supporting Wood-based Value Chain Actors in Ethiopia 8
4.1 Extension services for rural development 8
4.2 Current challenges of extension services in Ethiopia 9
4.3 Value Chain Development through participatory trainings 9
5 Planning and Initiating Participatory VCD 10
5.1 Setting the objective 10
5.2 Defining the value chain scope and selecting participants 10
5.3 Logistical preparations 12
5.4 Designing and planning VCD workshops 12
6 Implementing Participatory VCD workshops 12
6.1 Introductory Session 12
6.2 Session 1: Value Chain Mapping 17
6.3 Session 2: Challenges and Upgrading Options 25
6.4 Session 3: Value Chain Development with Collective Action 30
7 Post-training Activities 34
7.1 Reflecting on training outcomes 34
7.2 Monitoring and Facilitating Value Chain Development 34
Literature 35
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:78262 |
| Date | 02 March 2022 |
| Creators | Koch, Alexander, Domke, Maxi, Eirgete, Menfese Tadesse |
| Publisher | Technische Universität Dresden |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion, doc-type:Other, info:eu-repo/semantics/other, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/German Federal Ministry of Education and Research/German Academic Exchange Service/Partnerships for Sustainable Solutions with Sub-Saharan-Africa. Measures for Research and Integrated Postgraduate Training/57350930//National Bio-Economies based on Farm-Wood Production. Solutions for a sustainable wood supply and narrowing the wood supply gap in East Africa/WoodCluster |
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