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Farmer Innovation and New Technology Options for Food Production, Income Generation and Combating Desertification

The Kenyan 2-year UNDP-funded project "Farmer Innovation and New Technology Options for Food Production, Income Generation and Combating Desertification" (PFI-FFS) started in May 2001 under the management of the FAO Representation in Kenya. The project uses two approaches in an integrated manner: Promoting Farmer Innovation (PFI) and Farmer Field Schools (FFS). The objective of the project is to increase the uptake of farmer innovations and new technology options at the community level for food production, combating desertification and income generation.

Activities include:

1. An assessment of the main production constraints;
2. Training of FFS facilitators and technical training of extensionists and farmer trainers;
3. FFS/PFI activities - identification of farmer innovators, FFS, field days, exchange visits; and,
4. Development of training materials.

The project works in 7 Districts in Kenya: Kilifi, Taita-Taveta, Kitui, Mwingi, Bomet, Narok and Nakuru.

More information: contact Deborah Duveskog (FAO-Kenya, Nairobi) or Will Critchley (CDCS/VU).

Reports and Publications

Voices of the Field: A newsletter of the UNDP supported FFS programme, No. 1 - January 2003

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