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Item Agri-business Development Support Project (ADSP) July-Sept 1999(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 1999) Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteWorkshop at Eldoret - About 60 farmers received training in two-day workshop held on 24th and 25th June 1999 in horticulture - fruits, vegetables, and flower production, crop protection, post-harvest handling, marketing, and breeder rights. Workshop at Masongaleni (Kibwezi) - About 32 farmers received training in a two day workshop held on 16th and 17th September 1999 in horticulture - mango, citrus, banana, papaya, and Asian vegetable production, crop protection, mango grafting, and papaya plants raising.Item Agri-business Development Support Project(ADSP) October-December 2001(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 2001) Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteThe purpose is to commercialize new superior varieties and crop management technologies to contribute to increased yield and income at the farm level. During the quarter, the following activities were carried out: 13 fruit farmers (8 men and 5 women) were trained in nursery and orchard management and 70 pamphlets on mango production distributed to equip the farmers with the required knowledge to established nurseries and undertake mango production as a commercial enterprises. The training was done in Meru and Kibwezi. Two varieties Apples and Ngowe established in commercial plots in Meru and Kibwezi. A workshop on post harvest handling processing and utilization of banana and passion fruit was held on 26th October, 2001 in Kihara and Kangema. 360 farmers and traders were trained.Item Information Technology and Information Response Initiative (ATIRI): ATIRI Manual guidelines and proposal format 2000(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 2001) Kamau, G.M.; Karanja, G.M.; Ndubi, J.M.; Ireri, J.W.; Kimani, I.W.; Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteIn the face of declining agricultural production and rising levels of poverty and food insecurity, KARl has sought to increase its potential impact. This is through shifting much of its adaptive research on-farm and through intensifying its work with partners. The partners have become the bridges through which more farmers, particularly small scale producers, are reached. These interactions and approaches have served to heighten the relevance of KARl's research programme. They have also induced a greater responsiveness to the practical issues facing farmers, with the result that there is an increasing stock of field tested recommendations. However, coverage remains limited and relatively few of the improved methods have spread beyond the confines of communities that are the focus of intensive on-farm activities by KARl and partner organizations.Item Kenya National of Agricultural Producers (KENFAP)(Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, 2006) Kenya Agricultural Research InstituteThis survey would not have been possible without the support provided by the Kenya National Federation of Agricultural Producers (KENFAP), the German Technical Cooperation -Promotion of Private Sector development in Agriculture (GTZIPSDA), and the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA). The consultant would like to thank the management and staff of these organizations, data collection assistants, and all the interviewees (mango growers, traders, exporters, institutions, and persons visited) for availing the information and their time to make this survey a success
