CHAPTER ONE
1.1 Background of the Study
Capacity building is a process through which individuals, groups and organizations are empowered to meet development challenges (Miller, 2018). According to Ann and Olaitan (2017) capacity building is the process of developing and strengthening the skills, instincts, resources and ability that farmers need for them to survive, adapt and thrive in the fast changing world of technology through appropriate knowledge, skills, system, attitude and resources that will enable farmers especially the women farmers to be effective and efficient in processing of their farm produce. United Nations (2017) defines capacity building as a conceptual approach to development that focuses on understanding the obstacles that inhibit people, governments, international organizations and non-governmental organizations from realizing their developmental goals while enhancing the abilities that will allow them to achieve measurable and sustainable results.
Red Cross (2000) enumerated the four components of capacity building as institutional development, financial resource development, human resource development and effective national society programmes. They are equal partners in the capacity building process and they are complex and closely interwoven. The strong unifying factor among these elements is the programme mission of helping the most vulnerable people. Individual capacities are often assessed in relation to the need for training and lead to some form of assessment of training needs. In the past, these were developed through a comparison of competencies and responsibilities and the need to try to match these two more closely for the organizations human resources (Kay, Tom and Sonia, 2003). Needs Assessments set out to determine accomplished goals and then make recommendations about which activities will be most useful for achieving those results (Needsassessment.org, 2015)