The study assessed knowledge gaps and training needs of Dorowera Irrigation Scheme farmers in farming as a business, financial literacy, and marketing in order to develop a capacity-building plan tailored to the smallholder farmers’ specific needs.

The study also aimed at capitalizing on the farmers’ strengths, lay out the philosophical and andragogic approaches to the capacity-building plan for smallholder farmers, and outline the various areas of capacity required by Dorowera Irrigation smallholder farmers.

A group of 20 smallholder farmers from Dorowera Irrigation Scheme, representing 20 households with an average household size of 6 people each, were interviewed. These farmers comprised of 9 females and 11 males. A focused group discussion approach was used, and pre-designed questionaires were distributed to each of the 20 farmers in order for them to provide detailed responses.