1. S ESSION 1: R ATIONALE OF A F ARM B USINESS S CHOOL AND D EVELOPING G ROUP O WNERSHIP

2. O BJECTIVES : At the end of this session the participants shall have: 1. Discussed the meaning and importance of the FBS; 2. Described the benefits of FBS for participating group members; and 3. Listed the meetings schedule, norms or ground rules for a more effective and sustainable implementation of the FBS.

3. P REPARATIONS BEFORE THE START OF THE FBS MEETING Visit each farmer who was invited and make sure that they will remember the date and place of the FBS Interview farmer (baseline survey) Invite special someone in gracing the opening program

4. M EETING D AY Opening Program Levelling of Expectations Host Team Formation Norm Setting Election of Class Officer

5. O PENING P ROGRAM Prayer National Anthem Acknowledgement of Participants and Guests Welcome Remarks Message Overview of the Activity

6. L EVELLING OF E XPECTATIONS Training Course Resource Speakers Training Management Co-participants

7. H OST T EAM F ORMATION Group the participants into four making sure that each group has at least one literate member Think of a name for each group Brief them regarding responsibilities of the host team

8. N ORMS / A GREEMENTS Schedule of meetings i.e frequency of meetings, day/s of the week, timing Venue Ground Rules/ Norms a. Support your own FBS Who can provide what? b. Ground Rules for FBS

9. FBS M EETING S CHEDULE SessionTopicDateTimeVenue 1Rationale of Farm Business School and Developing Group Ownership 2Farming as a Business 3The farmer as an Entrepreneur and Farm Business Profitability 4Assessing Current Farm Situation and Translating Analysis into Action 5Understanding Enterprise Profitability 6Understanding Marketing and Markets 7Presenting the Market Survey Report and Developing a Vision and Goal for the Farm 8Choosing an Enterprise 9Components of a Farm Business Plan: Farm Production and Marketing Plan Part I : Diagnosing and Planning

10. F ARM B USINESS S CHOOL M EETING S CHEDULE SessionTopicDateTimeVenue 10Components of a Farm Business Plan: Profitability, Cash Flow and Availability, and Risks 11Preparing an Action Plan 12Overview of record keeping 13Practice of keeping farm business records

11. F ARM B USINESS S CHOOL M EETING S CHEDULE SessionTopicDateTimeVenue 14Agreeing on sessions and schedule; Mobilizing Finance 15Group Marketing, Buying and Saving 16Understanding Contract Farming and Appraisal 17Assessing and managing business risks 18Benchmarking 19Characteristics of an Effective Entrepreneur 20Value Addition Part 2: Implementing

12. F ARM B USINESS S CHOOL M EETING S CHEDULE SessionTopicDateTimeVenue 21Assessing the Benefits of the Farm Business School 22Assessing the Performance of a Farm Business Plan 23Choosing Farm Enterprise for the Next Season 24Preparing a Farm Business Plan 25Developing an Action Plan Part 3: Evaluating and Re-Planning

13. A CTIVITIES E VERY S ESSION Prayer Recapitulation Energizer Scheduled Topic Evaluation (What went well and what went wrong) Planning for the Next Meeting

14. E VALUATION What went wellWhat went wrong

15. A CTIVITY 1: O VERVIEW OF FBS  Group the participants  Ask them to discuss the following questions: 1. What do you understand by a Farm Business School? 2. What do you think is the purpose and advantages of a Farm Business School? 3. What is the difference of Farm Business School as compared to other training program for farmers?  Present each group output

16. T HANK YOU !!!