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Deceased households, social institutions (schools, churches, clinics, etc) that possess excessfarm size, employed civil servants or workers who have accessed for land at the time ofredistribution, committee members who might have owned land in extra amount during landredistribution and the committee also resolves the land shortage discussing with people so thatthe community gives alternative solutions for FTCs.Roles of the committee at district level: Site selection, committee formation, strengtheninghow income generating schemes are implemented, inventory and budget allocation systemsand searching alternative solutions how to access land are the major roles and functions ofcommittee at district level.FTCs management committee has been collaborated with development agents fordemonstrating different income generating activities. Activities have been practiced not onlyfor the purpose of demonstrating but also for income generating objectives. FTCs have servedfor different purposes. Modular training, non modular training, advisory services and planningof development interventions are the common tasks of those visited areas. Field report (2009)explained that, the major income generating activities that observed by the team were:Poultry production, apiary (for modern, transitional and traditional bee hives), fodder andforage development, hide and skin demonstration equipments, dairy, fattening of smallruminants, grazing strategies and breeding (bull services), Vegetable and fruit production,irrigation and water management systems, post harvest and storage structures, organicfarming (compost making), seed multiplication and intensive farming systems, soil and waterconservation practices, waste land management, bund stabilization and gully rehabilitation,water harvesting structures, land reclamation with forestry and agro forestry activities.4.6. Challenges and Opportunities of Modular Training at FTC LevelFor the last five years, there were challenges recognized and identified by key informantinterviews, focused group discussions, documents, and personal observations. There are alsoopportunities that can be tailored for effective training processes and functioning of FTCs.68