Scaling-up green manure technologies for soil fertility management in Western Kenya: Application of farmer field school
2003
Odendo, M.(KARI-National Agricultural Reseach Centre, Kakamega, Kenya) | Ojiem, J.(KARI-National Agricultural Reseach Centre, Kakamega, Kenya) | Okwuosa, E.(KARI-National Agricultural Reseach Centre, Kakamega, Kenya)
Reported success stories of agricultural transfonnation in many countries have vital links with farmers having a ready access to technologies and information. Legume Network Research Project several green manure technologies soil fertility management were screened m western Kenya. Farmer Field School (FFS) was adapted as one the approaches for evaluating and scaling-up the technologies selected by farmers. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of farmer field schools in evaluation and scaling-up of selected green manure. A pilot FFS comprising 45 farmers drawn from 23 fanner groups in North-Gem Location, Siaya District, was initiated in 2001. The FFS held weekly learning sessions for two cropping seasons. The study reveals that FFS is very useful in building farmers' knowledge on . green manure technology. All the FFS participants had shared some information and materials related to green manure technology with other non-participating members and acted as resource persons during field days that were organized by the FFS to reach out to more farmers. However, weekly FFS sessions are time consuming as indicated by inconsistent attendance of the school by farmers. We recommend that longer training intervals such as fortnight sessions be held, rather the weekly interval. Other lessons learned in adapting FFS to evaluation and dissemination of soil fertility options are also discussed.
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