International Training Unit
FIPS-Africa works with implementing partners across Africa to fine-tune the model to their specific country context, opportunities and challenges.
The VBA-Small Pack Model developed by FIPS-Africa has been widely copied across Africa and beyond. This has had inconsistent results, especially when the work omits key and critical elements of the FIPS-Africa’s approach.
The FIPS-Africa International Training Unit has developed a workshop process based on FIPS-Africa’s twenty years’ experience of implementing the VBA-Small Pack Model. It also supports its implementing partners in other countries to fine-tune the model to their specific country context, opportunities and challenges.
FIPS-Africa is currently supporting teams in 11 African countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. In total, this is around 47 organizations. The partners include the countries’ ministries of agriculture extension, non-profit organizations, seed companies, and national agricultural and other research organizations to ensure the model is implemented by building on existing structures and success. The VBAs in these countries are already reaching over 500,000 farmers.
To find out more about partnering with FIPS-Africa International Training, contact our Training Manager here.