Online Training

Participation in the General Vegetable Production (GVP) certification courses, accessed through our GrowHow website, grew exponentially in 2022, the first full year of the program. We trained 1,362 agricultural extension providers, agro-input dealers, farmers, and home gardeners through our three GVP courses: Crop Advisor Trainer, Agrobusiness, and Vegetable Production Beginner.

While most graduates were from countries where EWS-KT is active, our online GVP courses are beginning to attract a global audience. This year, we certified more than 100 people from other countries in Asia and Africa and from the Middle East, the Americas, and beyond.

In 2022, we increased access to the GVP program by translating each course into three more languages (Bengali, Hindi, and Odia), and we began to offer course enrollment and certification on a regular 2-month schedule. We also created a Facebook group to keep GVP alumni connected and facilitate additional learning.

In 2023, we will further scale the GVP program by adopting a new learning management system that will allow more people to register for and complete the certification courses.

Our learning farms, in-person training, and online certification courses increase the capacity of vegetable sector professionals, enabling them to better serve farmers with accurate and up-todate information and guidance.