Agriculture, nutrition and economics through training: A virtuous cycle in rural Ethiopia

The main objective of this research is twofold; firstly, to identify the farmers' training preferences. Secondly, to analyze the factors that determine agriculture, accounting or nutrition training courses priorities in small local areas in rural Ethiopia. This research work will follow the exploratory research and “grass-root” case study methodology. The researchers have gone to the NPO´s area with a cooperation project in agriculture, nutrition and accounting training and have surveyed the farmers with quantitative and qualitative surveys. The results will be analysed through multivariant statistics. Farmers' have described their antecedents, their objectives together with all the projects they are currently managing and their need for training in the three areas: agriculture, nutrition and accounting. Among the factors that determine their priorities were socio-demographic variables, types of crops, farmers´ financial inclusion, current and non-current assets and their use of income. Also, the reasons for the differences among the villages are reviewed.