Scaling up the use of fodder shrubs in central Kenya

Wambugu, C.; Franzel, Steven; Tuwei, P.; Karanja, G.M.

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“…These groups provided channels for diffusion of information and for distribution of planting materials. Women's groups were particularly active in planting fodder shrubs (Wambugu, et al, 2001;Place et al, 2002). In addition, it was found that group performance in fodder shrub nursery production and outplanting was equally high among all types of groups, indicating that dissemination efforts should continue to link with all types of groups.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…During 1999-2001, a project implemented through the Systemwide Livestock Program (SLP) of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) helped farmers to plant calliandra and to a lesser extent L. trichandra and M. alba (mulberry) across seven districts of central Kenya involving 150 farmer groups with a membership of 2,600 farmers (Wambugu et al, 2001). In 2001-2002, the Smallholder Livestock Development Project (SDP) funded by DFID and led by ILRI and the Kenya Ministry of Livestock Development partnered with the SLP project in testing and promoting the adoption of herbaceous legumes such as Desmodium intortum and Desmodium incum, alongside the fodder shrubs on the same sites where SLP was operating (Mwangi and Wambugu, 2003).…”

Section: Fodder Shrub Research and Development In East Africamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The dissemination facilitators proved to be highly effective. In central Kenya, for example, over a two-year period, one dissemination facilitator assisted 22 organizations and 150 farmer groups comprising 2,600 farmers to establish 250 nurseries and plant over 1,000,000 fodder shrubs (Wambugu et al, 2001). …”

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Research, development and scaling-up the adoption of fodder shrub innovations in East Africa

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Franzel

2011

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

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Smallholder farmers in developing countries face numerous limitations that hinder them from embracing improved agricultural practices and innovations with great potential for meaningful transformations of livelihoods. Consequently, farmers continue living in vicious cycles of poverty despite decades of government and donor expenditures on poverty alleviation. In the last two decades, research and development organizations collaborated in testing and validating selected fodder shrub species as reliable sources of less expensive and easily available protein feeds. With minimal interventions, the research findings have great potential to improve productivity for many smallholder farmers. Tested species include Calliandra calothyrsus, Leucaena spp., Chamaecytisus palmensis, Sesbania sesban, Morus alba and Gliricidia sepium. Dissemination and adoption surveys estimated that 205,000 smallholder farmers (40-50 per cent being women) had planted fodder shrubs by 2005. Currently, fodder shrubs contribute US$3.8 million annually to farmers' incomes and estimated potential annual income is US$81 million. Factors associated with success in fodder scaling-up include deliberate involvement of fodder technology champions, collective action in community mobilization and project implementation, pluralistic extension approaches, sustainable germplasm supply systems, broader partnerships and civil society campaigns. Constraints and challenges include: ineffective delivery of extension and research services, inhibitive policies, political interferences, frequent droughts and inadequate monitoring and evaluation systems.

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Research, development and scaling-up the adoption of fodder shrub innovations in East Africa

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Franzel

2011

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“…In a study on the achievements and impact of a fodder project in the central highlands of Kenya, Wambugu et al (2001) found that out of 2,600 group members involved in establishing fodder shrub nurseries, 60% were women. FHHs accounted for 15% of all planting households which is only slightly lower than the proportion of female headed households (18%) in central Kenya (Kimenye 1998).…”

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Gender and agroforestry in Africa: a review of women’s participation

2011

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This paper presents a review of agroforestry in Africa from a gender perspective. It examines women's participation relative to men and the challenges and successes they experience. Particular agroforestry practices examined include fodder production and utilization, soil fertility management, woodlots and indigenous fruit and vegetable production and processing. The review shows that agroforestry has the potential to offer substantial benefits to women; however, their participation is low in enterprises that are considered men's domain, such as timber and high in enterprises that have little or no commercial value, such as collection of indigenous fruits and vegetables. Furthermore, the degree of women's involvement relative to men in technologies such as soil fertility management, fodder production and woodlots is fairly high in terms of proportion of female-headed households participating but is low as measured by the area they allocate to these activities and the number of trees they plant. Data on whether women are able to manage agroforestry practices as well as men are mixed, although it is clear that women do most of the work. In cases where they do not perform well, the reasons are mostly due to scarcity of resources. In marketing, women are confined to the lower end of the value chain (retailing), which limits their control over and returns from the productive process. In order to promote gender equity in agroforestry and to ensure that women benefit fully, the paper recommends various policy, technological and institutional interventions. These include (1) facilitating women to form and strengthen associations, (2) assisting women to improve productivity and marketing of products considered to be in womens' domain and (3) improving women's access to information by training more women extension staff, holding separate meetings for women farmers, and ensuring that women are fully represented in all activities.

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“…These practices, plotted by either the government ministries or private sector are either modification of an existing practice more novel to farmers. The aim is to conserve the drylands through increased vegetation cover, provision of fodder [4] and wood fuel, soil protection, food security as well as lessen negative effects of climate change [5,6].…”

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An Evaluation of the Influence of Information Sources on Adoption of Agroforestry Practices in Kajiado Central Sub-County, Kenya

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Mukoya²

2016

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Access to information on agroforestry is a key transformer to agricultural productivity. This study was undertaken to find out Information Communication and Technologies (ICTs) sources and factors influencing access and use of these information sources by smallholder agroforestry farmers in Kajiado Central, sub-County in Kenya. A survey of 67 respondents was analyzed using Chi-square at 0.05 levels of significance to determine relationship between socio-economic characteristics of households and access to agroforestry information sources. The results showed 53.7 % of the farming households used face to face communication namely; neighbours and friends, extension agents and group meeting, while 34.1 % actively used ICTs information sources namely; radio, television, telephone and internet; and 28.8 % used demonstrations and publicity events to disseminate (one way) or share (receive and send feedback) information on agroforestry practices. Land size, secured land tenure, education level, monthly income and distance to the shopping centre were socio-economic factors found statistically significantly difference (p<0.05) and positively influencing farmers' access to sources of agroforestry information. The study recommends policy makers, planners and implementers to empower farming households through capacity building, incorporating ICT devices, supporting farmers to farmers meetings to promote agroforestry practices in Kenya.

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Scaling up the use of fodder shrubs in central Kenya

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Research, development and scaling-up the adoption of fodder shrub innovations in East Africa

Research, development and scaling-up the adoption of fodder shrub innovations in East Africa

Gender and agroforestry in Africa: a review of women’s participation

An Evaluation of the Influence of Information Sources on Adoption of Agroforestry Practices in Kajiado Central Sub-County, Kenya

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