Public Announcement
Training on Mushroom Cultivation for Sustainable Job Creation among Rwandan Youth
- Context
Excel Business Solutions Ltd, in association with Faraja Rwanda (FR), and is pleased to announce a comprehensive training program on professional mushroom cultivation aimed at creating decent and sustainable job creation for Rwandan youth. This training will result in a vibrant pool of young and women agripreneurs in mushrooms cultivation. This is because, mushrooms are highly yielding, profitable, marketable, still fresh and really a decent source of income.
Are you unemployed? Are you looking for a sustainable source of income? Are you an employee and you would like to have a decent side income generating activity? Are you a youth / woman looking for something income generating? Could you afford just a small capital?
Please choose mushrooms cultivation. You will never regret!
- Training Details:
Phase I: September 4-6, 2024, Phase II will be determined. After phase I, participants will continue to register and they will be communicated of training phase II.
Venue: Imbuga Garden (Behind New Life (Kicukiro) just after DMC Hospital
- Objective
By the end of the training, participants shall be able to effectively create decent mushrooms business, connect with local, regional and global markets thereby generating sustainable income hence, improved livelihoods.
- Agenda
| S/N | Activity | Time | Facilitator |
| Day I | |||
| Main Theme: Establishing a Mushroom Cultivation Business | |||
| 1 | Registration and opening | 09:00-09:30 | |
| 2 | Participants introduction | 09:30-10:00 | |
| 3 | Tea Break | 10:00-10:15 | |
| 4 | Introduction to Mushroom Cultivation | 10:15-11:00 | |
| 5 | Benefits of Cultivating Mushrooms (why engage in mushroom business?) | 11:00-11:40 | |
| 6 | Ideal Growing Conditions | 11:40-12:10 | |
| 7 | Profitability Analysis of Mushroom Business | 12:10-01:00 | |
| 8 | Lunch | 01:00-02:00 | |
| 9 | Accessing Materials for Mushroom Cultivation (where to get materials from) | 02:00-02:40 | |
| 10 | Market Access Strategies Scenario – practicals | 02:40-03:20 | |
| 11 | Technical Calculation of Materials for Tube Production-Practicals | 03:20-04:20 | |
| 12 | End of day I reflection, closure and departure | 04:20-04:50 | |
| Day II | |||
| Main Theme: Making Tubes (Gukora Imigina) | |||
| 1 | Day II recap and review of the previous day | 09:00-09:30 | |
| 2 | Tea Break | 09:30-09:45 | |
| 3 | Technical Mixture of Materials for Tubes-Practicals | 09:45-11:00 | |
| 4 | Making tubes (including lunch) – Practicals | 11:00-03:00 | |
| 5 | Disinfecting Microbes from Tubes-Practicals | 03:00-03:30 | |
| 6 | Incubation Period for Tubes -Practicals | 03:30-04:20 | |
| 7 | Required conditions for effective mushrooms cultivation-Practicals | 04:20-04:40 | |
| 8 | End of day II reflection, closure and departure | 04:40-05:00 | |
| Day III | |||
| Main Theme: Planting tubes, Harvesting and Marketing of mushrooms | |||
| 1 | Day II recap and review of the previous day | 09:00-09:30 | |
| 2 | Tea Break | 09:30-09:45 | |
| 3 | Planting Tubes into the Main Cultivation Space (Garden)-Practicals | 09:45-10:30 | |
| 4 | Caring for Tubes from Planting to Harvesting-practicals | 10:30-11:00 | |
| 5 | Harvesting Techniques-Practicals | 11:00-11:30 | |
| 6 | Marketing Mushrooms-Practicals (linkages with market) | 11:30-12:30 | |
| 7 | Way forward (what’s next after the training?) | 12:30-01:00 | |
| 8 | Q&A session | 01:00-01:30 | |
| 9 | Certification, Lunch, networking, group photo and departure | 01:30-02:30 | |
- Who Should Attend?
- Rwandan youth and women interested in agribusiness and sustainable job creation.
- Aspiring entrepreneurs looking to enter the mushroom cultivation industry.
- Students in vacation
- Private and public employees interested in having side income
- Language of instruction: Kinyarwanda
- Registration
- For registration details, please use the link: TRAINING PARTICIPAINTS (kobotoolbox.org) or visit our websites: www.farajarwanda.org and www.ebs.org.rw or contact us at: [email protected] or [email protected] or call 0789944411/0783851419 (WhatsApp).
- Payment Details
| Category | Total Amount (Rwf) | Subsidy from Faraja Rwanda | Participant’s contribution (Ayo uri bwishyure) |
| Youth and women | 100,000 | 60,000 | 40,000 |
| Students in vacation (S4&S6) | 80,000 | 50,000 | 30,000 |
| Students at University | 80,000 | 50,000 | 30,000 |
| Others | 100,000 | 60,000 | 50,000 |
| Group of 4 (any category) | 20% off |
Muze twige gukora imigina yera cyane, ibihumyo byiza kandi igihe kirekire, dukirigite ifaranga. Hamagara: 0789944411, 0783851419 wiyandikishe cg ukande TRAINING PARTICIPAINTS (kobotoolbox.org)
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