Small-scale Agricultural Mechanization Hire Services Series

This series of elearning courses, covering Small-scale Agricultural Mechanization Hire Services to support agricultural production and entrepreneurship, is now available (free of charge) as a global public good through the FAO elearning Academy. The courses are the result of a joint collaboration effort involving GIZ, Cymmit (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center of the CGIAR), and FAO.

These courses use a Digital Badges Certification System, to certify the acquisition of competencies, by passing a final scenario-based performance evaluation.

Courses:

• Small-scale agricultural mechanization hire services as a business enterprise,
• Local area and market assessment,
• Managing a hire service as a business, and
• Selection, assessment and purchase of power sources and implements