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Some of the main activities that PELUM is involved in are:

• Learning and Networking
  PELUM Association enhances the culture and promote exchange of experiences among its members by increasing access to different knowledge and technologies. It does this by organizing and facilitating capacity building workshops in the region. Key activities in this thematic area include:-
  1. Identifying learning needs
  2. Course design and implementation
  3. Course organization and coordination
  4. Crystallizing learning experience about PELUM
  5. Building capacities of CWGs to carry out effective training
  6. Developing ways of measuring development
  7. Documenting success stories
  8. Assisting members to gain access to good science in research institutes.
  9. Facilitating exchange visits between countries
  10. Creating partnerships between farmers, scientists and development workers to address farmers’ priority in research and establish linkages between IKS and conventional science.
  11. Building member capacity in participatory research and technology development
  12. Improving ways of scaling up best practices
  13. Building a case for sustainable development
  14. Carrying out relevant research on developmental practices.
  
• Information and Communication
  PELUM promotes the culture of communication, information sifting and purposeful use of the acquired knowledge within the members and partners. Key activities in thematic areas include:-
  1. Media relations and public relations
  2. Publications and publicity materials especially contributions solicited from the members
  3. Keeping a database of PELUM members
  4. Information sifting for members
  5. Facilitating networking and information sharing among members
  6. Website maintenance
  7. Be a focal point for receiving and disseminating information.
  
• Advocacy
  PELUM Association helps build the capacity of members, communities and small scale farmers to campaign, advocate, lobby and fight against oppressive and exploitative policies. Key activities in this thematic area include:-
  1. Policy analysis
  2. Capacity building of members, communities and small scale farmers
  3. Supporting the small scale farmer forums and groups
  4. Actual involvement in the CAL activities
  5. Participating in relevant local, national, regional and international forums
  
• HIV/AIDS
  PELUM works with members to mitigate on the negative impact created by HIV/AIDS. Key activities include developing and implementing a policy on HIV/AIDS.
  
• Gender
  PELUM promotes development that ensures that both mean and women benefit from development and economic initiatives. The main activities include mainstreaming of gender and development policy.
  
• Organizational Development
  PELUM promotes the organization development for members and strategic partners. As a member-driven network, PELUM undertakes activities that address the identified needs of members. The key activities in this include.
  1. Capacity building in appropriate leadership governance and management skills
  2. Facilitate the growth of members and of the small scale farmers forum
  3. Increase member participation at local, national and regional level.
  4. Facilitate internal networking within the associates so as to increase the benefits of networking