P2RS training aims to bolster youth and women on advance helpful knowledge, says Mrs. Tamba

Olimatou S. Tamba Asst. BDONema/P2RS Training

The Assistant Business Development Officer of the Building Resilience against Food Insecurity in the Sahel (P2RS) project, Madam Olimatou S. Tamba has said that their trainings are designed to upgrade effective knowledge and skills on business development in rural regions.

She was speaking at the official opening ceremony of a 4-day training programme held from 14 to 17 November 2016 at the Microfinance centre in Brikamaba, Central River Region, for rural women and youth on business and income generating methods. 

The overall goal of this training, according to her, is to raise effective knowledge and skills on rural women and youth to become self reliant at the end of the training.

“One of the key activities of the training will focus on guideline on writing business plans thus the training has been designed to be practical with exercises to provide skills”, Tamba noted.

Training for women, youth on income generating activities starts

High table and participants

The Building Resilience against Food and Nutrition Insecurity in the Sahel’ (P2RS) project, a component managed by the National Agricultural Land and Water Management Development Project, popularly know as (Nema), is embarking on a four-day training designed to enhance the skills of women and youth on business planning and management of income generating activities.

The training will run from the 31^st October to 3^rd November, 2016 at the regional education directorate in Basse, Upper River Region, is financed by African Development Bank (AfDB).

Speaking on the occasion, Ousman M. Colley,  regional agricultural director, Central River Region south, said the alarm bell is ringing for women and youth to develop bankable business plans so as to access funding, particularly the agricultural matching grants available within projects in the country.

“We have millions in the coffers of the agricultural projects because we cannot develop bankable business plans, the grants are not moving,” he said emphatically.