The extension staff usually discuss farmer priorities with them and then develop appropriate farming interventions. Trained farmers are offered post training services geared towards smooth transition to sustainable practices. These include continuous and regular visits by the field based staff in order to guide, advice direct and motivate them. Planning for real at this stage emerge given that the community members come up with various strategic livelihood improvement projects.
The group members will have an interest in sustainable methods of farming – Biointensive agriculture
The social-economic political and weather conditions will allow for the process of follow ups, training and more importantly adoption and implementation of the ideas.
Sensitized and trained community members might be able to hold together onto their convenient groupings making it easy for follow ups and sharing of ideas.
Farmers are aware of risks of synthetic products and or transgenic seeds.
The group members have come up with various strategic livelihood improvement projects.