Replication of Rural Success Cases

Success Case Replication (SCR) is simple. It has two main steps; (a) A locate farmers, or groups, who have achieved good success in their enterprises and (b) Mobilize the successful farmer or groups to train their less well off fellow villagers.
It differs from conventional enterprise training because it mobilizes successful farmers, or groups, to train rural poor. It does not depend upon professional or government trainers to conduct this training.

SEEN in terms of measurable results for rural poverty alleviation, this project was remarkably successful. It generated an average income gain of $449 per annum for each of 2 359 rural farm households, who now command sustainable enterprises, expected to yield income into the foreseeable future. The methodology has generated, on average, 12 US dollars of net income for each dollar of agency costs. It has proven to be well adapted to local conditions because it uses existing local success cases for replication.

Documents available for download

1 - Success Case Replication: a manual for increasing farmer household income (pdf file: 420 kb; MS Word file: 260 kb).

2 - Cost-effective employment promotion for the rural poor (pdf file, 105 kb).