Field Learning & Capacity Building

Activities

BITM conducts and hosts training, workshops, capacity-building programmes, research activities and community interventions around practical issues affecting rural development and grassroots communities.

Programme Activities

Learning Through Training and Field Engagement

BITM's activities bring together practical training, awareness building and institutional learning around issues relevant to rural communities and development practitioners.

Programmes have included specialised workshops, farmer capacity building, livestock-related training and learning around sustainable agriculture and community rights.

Training Programmes
Workshops
Capacity Building
Community Interventions
Lamp lighting at a community health programme
Community members attending a health consultation programme
Health consultation during a community programme
2018

Selected Activities

Training and Workshops During 2018

10–11 August 2018

Rights & Community Awareness

Forest Rights Act Workshop

A workshop on the Forest Rights Act, 2006 was organised by BITM on 10–11 August 2018.

Participants discussed the rights of tribal farmers living around forest areas and their rights over forest resources. The programme highlighted the importance of awareness regarding the Forest Rights Act and its implications for local communities.

28–29 August 2018

Agriculture & Horticulture

Training on Mango Gardening

Farmers received practical training related to mango gardening, plantation management and production.

Soil Preparation Pit Preparation Compost Application Sapling Preparation Plantation Plant Spacing Plant Protection Flowering Management Post-Fertilisation Practices Mango Production Marketing
8–9 September 2018

Farmer Capacity Building

Capacity Building Training for Farmers

Participants were trained on identifying project inputs, their sources and procedures for accessing them.

The programme also addressed project preparation, economic returns and utilisation of outputs.

Project Inputs Input Sources Access Procedures Project Preparation Economic Returns Output Utilisation
28–29 December 2018

Livestock Development

Training on Animal Husbandry

The programme covered practical issues related to animal health, breeding, feeding and management.

Animal Health Disease Identification Housing Feeding Heat Detection Breeding Animal Management Disease Prevention & Control

Selected Activities · 2021

Continuing Practical Learning for Rural Livelihoods

BITM continued to organise practical learning activities around livestock care and sustainable agriculture during 2021.

18 February 2021

Livestock Development

Livestock Care Training

A livestock-care training programme was organised at BITM on 18 February 2021.

25 March 2021

Sustainable Agriculture

Organic Farming Training

Organic-farming training was conducted at BITM on 25 March 2021.

Practical Development Learning

Building Skills Around Livelihoods, Rights and Community Development

BITM's activities demonstrate an emphasis on practical learning that supports farmers, development workers and communities in strengthening knowledge related to livelihoods, natural resources, rights and sustainable rural development.

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