Agro entreprenership Accelerator by Ruth

“Dissemination report by German participant for the Training course “Agro Entrepreneurship Accelerator” that was held in Cyprus from 20 to 26th of November Hosting organisation: Citizens In Power / Πολίτες Σε Ισχύ

When you take part in a training about entrepreneurship, there is no way to stay passive. Our trainer Angelos Parmatzias from the hosting organisation ” C.I.P. Citizens In Power” did a great job in supporting us to be confident in our actions. We managed to combine having focused work on exploring good practices as a future model with cheerful teambuilding games and enjoying to create new ideas together.

This course made it really easy to come up with initiatives. We were able to have a trip to the modern farm “Riverland” where we could experience how one family offers educative farming and hosting an adventurous restaurant at once. It offered us a direct way of learning at the site and we were able to get a lot of questions regarding the agricultural sector answered. We got in touch with the production of fresh bread and halloumi which has been a delicious part of learning about the farm.

The last days of the training had been the most challenging for me: inventing unique and innovative ideas and put them out in the world of crowdfunding. Soon our concerns got in our way to do the final step of realising our newborn projects. So for some ideas it felt more reasonable not to put it into action right away: we felt a sense of responsibility that comes with offering an idea to an unknown crowd of potential investors. Of course nothing starts out as perfect, but we all were particularly impressed by the profound preparation and execution of the app FarmYum which one of our groups presented to us. In my eyes it is an example that should encourage us all to be creative and to dare thinking as an entrepreneur. I felt very welcomed by our hosting venue which offered a great space for our activities. We could even take our workplace outside and let the sun and the cypriotic spirit empower us. The diversity within the group made it an exceptional and fruitful experience. In fact, the roots of our ancestors are spread all over the world, but new seeds will bring us together. Thank you so much!”

Best regards,
Ruth