In November a Training for Trainers session was held in Kenya, near the city of Nyahururu. The course dealt with questions linked with team-building, personal commitment, and reconciliation. The courses are intended to teach the delegates how to instruct trainees in the fundamentals of team-building and empowerment.

This report of Farmers' Dialogue activities was presented by Hajji Ssebalu Jamil, Coordinator of the African Farmers’ Dialogue, during the AGM of the African Farmers' Dialogue held near Nyahururu in Kenya on 7 November 2012.

On 7 November, in the presence of the local District Agricultural Officer (DAO), Mr Joseph K Mutuma and in front of an audience of 100 people, the 'Farmers’ Dialogue International' association was officially announced in Kenya.

Farmers’ Dialogue is aiming at mobilising and helping farmers to fulfil their role in producing food, reducing poverty, protecting the environment and natural resources. Those responsible for the programme in Africa have expressed the need of a 'training of trainers', in order to learn about and how to use training and animation tools and be able to run training meetings in their local situation. This will make the programme more sustainable at the African level and give more opportunities to respond to requests coming from outside Farmers’ Dialogue. Training will take place 1-7 November in Nyahururu, Kenya.

Report of the Rwanda International Farmers' Dialogue which took place 19-21 November 2011 in the Musanze district in the North of Rwanda.

Thanks to the international farmers’ meeting organised by the Rwandan Initiatives of Change team, in November 2011, I was able to make a third trip to Rwanda and meet with people who are warm-hearted, generous, hard-working and forward-thinking despite the ever-present traces of the past.

On 19 November, the Director General for farming from the Ministry of Agriculture for Rwanda officially opened the international farmers’ meeting, Farmers – men and women – working together for food security

Initiatives of Change Rwanda – UBUPFURA in partnership with Farmers’ Dialogue International invite you to an INTERNATIONAL FARMERS’ DIALOGUE 19 – 22 NOVEMBER 2011 at Notre-Dame de Fatima / Ruhengeri Parish, Musanze District (89 kms from Kigali) - Rwanda

The Rwanda Farmers Dialogue in conjunction with the international Farmer’s Dialogue with great pleasure, invites you to the International Farmers Dialogue Conference which will take place from 19-22 Nov,2011 at Notre Dame de Fatima/ Ruhengeri Parish at Musanze District 89kms from Kigali.

One of the Farmers' Dialogue management team shares his thoughts, following his visit to Rwanda for a Capacity building course in March. The experience there made it clear that for Rwandans and her neighbours to feed themselves on a permanent basis, divisions, most of which have their roots in the past, have to be attended to or they can quickly flare up again and undo all the good work done.