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Outreach and Partnerships in the Coffee sector under the current governance
James Minai
KENYA AGRICULTURAL & LIVESTOCK RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONCOFFEE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
1. INTRODUCTIONFollowing the enactment of the Kenya Agriculturaland Livestock (KALR) act No.17on 25th Jan 2013,the Coffee research Foundation is now CoffeeResearch Institute under the Kenya Agriculturaland Livestock organization.
In order to disseminate research findingseffectively and showcase its research activitiesand services, CRI is partnering with variouscounty governments to undertake severalactivities in the counties
2. OUR REACH: ALL COFFEE GROWING AREAS
CENTRE AND SUB‐CENTRES
i. Kitale centreii. Namwela sub
centre in Bungoma
iii. Kisii sub centre in Kisii
iv. Koru sub centre in Kericho / Kisumu
v. Mariene sub centre in Meru
3. PARTNERSHIPS WITH COUNTY GOVERNMENTS(AREAS WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH COUNTIES)
i. Training of County Agriculture staff and personnelfrom various coffee institutions in the counties
ii. Farmer trainings – collaborative efforts to capacitybuild farmers ability to enhance production
iii. County consultations and capacity building forpromotion of coffee expansion – several efforts CPP, ICPP, Boosting Coffee Productivity in Kenya andMalawi project and the County efforts to start off coffeenurseries Capacity building of county agric. staff and personnel incoffee nurseries
iv. County specific soil maps and recommendations
4. OUT REACHES AND PARNERSHIPS IN VARIOUSCOUNTIES – YEAR 2014/2015
i. Farmer Field days and Members education days (MED). These were conducted in farmers’ fields in 21 counties East and west of Rift valley field trainings
ACTIVITY NUMBER
ATTENDANCE BY GENDER
RECOMMENDATIONS
Field days held
53 22.59% were women and 77.4 % men
Encourage women to
attendsensitization meetings on CPP
12 Of those who attended 22.6 % were women and
77.4% men
Encourage women to
attend
ii. Field advisory services – 38 cases were reported by farmers from East and West of Rift valley and attended to. ISSUES / PROBLEMS NOTED
PERCENTAGE
COMMENTS ON ISSUES NOTED
Establishment related Issues ‐
15% Mainly Deep planting, root mealy bugs
Pests infestation 13% Mainly Thrips, mealy bugs and white borers
Poor flowering and or berry drop
5 % Inadequate P application and extreme cold weather the course of two respectively
Coffee rehabilitation 26% Rehabilitation of neglected farms
General coffee management issues
15% This includes pruning, nutrition , leaf fall
iv. Residential trainings – at KCC 2014/15 ‐ 42 sessions of various courses were conducted. The courses targeted different areas and personnel and were meant to capacity build stakeholders
COURSE PERCENTAGE OFTOTAL (Demand)
TRAINEES COMMENTS
Factory management
10 % Factory managers from societies in various counties
Nursery management
14% Nursery attendants mainly dealing with CPP project
Farm Management
10% Mostly from Uasian Gishu, Nandi and Elgeyo Maraket
Cupping 7% Trainings organized by KCPA
Other coffee related courses
12% Mainly form marketers and millers
v. Other activities undertaken in collaboration with counties a) Farmer field schools – 53 sessions in 11 counties –
Kirinyaga, Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Machakos, TaitaTaveta, Nandi, kericho, Homabay, Nakuru, Bomet
b) County Agriculture staff training – Elgeyo Marakwetcounty staff ‐ financed full by the county Government
c) Agricultural exhibitions and shows – 11 – Nairobi, Embu, Meru, Kitale, Kakamega, Nakuru and Eldoret
6. CENTERS AND SUB‐CENTERS ACTIVITIES Centre/Sub‐
centre
Advisory
visits
done
Field
days
On‐
station
farmer
visits
Agricultural
shows/
exhibitions
Academ
ic visits
Total of
contact
forums
1. Kitale 41 29 14 6 1 91
2. Meru 7 Nil 11 1 Nil 19
3. Kisii 5 2 27 4 3 51
4. Koru 12 33 7 1 2 55
5. Namwela 41 24 18 3 17 93
Total 106 68 77 15 33 309
6. ISSUES NOTED DURING THE TRAININGS AND ADVISORY WORKa) Improper establishment during new plantings
and infillings – deep planting hence drying after 3 years, root mealy bugs
b) Thrips damage during the dry weather needs to be monitored in order to minimize the impact
c) Use of correct fertilizers is necessary to avoid poor flowering – especially due to P levels
7. RECCOMENDATIONS• Information on proper establishment can beobtained from CRI and is Centre and sub‐centersand KALRO website
• Pests monitoring and recording of infestationlevels should be done monthly
• Soil analyses every 2‐3 years will inform thefertilizer to be purchased
• Women participation during farmer trainingsneeds to be encouraged in all counties in orderto boost their knowledge in coffee farming