Scaling inclusive agri food markets: Farmer Field Schools and certification
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Presentation by P.K.Mbadi of KTDA , during the Seas of Change Conference in The Hague, april 2012.
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- 1. Farmers Field Schools (FFS) and RA Certification Scalability
By Mbadi. P.K 11- 13th April 2012
- 2. CONTENTS 1. Introduction (KTDA Brief History, Mission/Vision
and structure) 2. The sustainable agriculture Project (RA
certification and FFS Scalability) 3. Achievements 4.
Challenges
- 3. BRIEF HISTORY Tea was introduced in Kenya in 1903.
Smallholder cultivation started in 1950s Special Crops Development
Authority established in 1960. Kenya Tea Development Authority
Established in 1964 with 2 factories Kenya Tea Development Agency
incorporated on 15th June, 2000 with 45 factories. The Agency
currently manages all the 65 tea factories 600,000 small-scale tea
farmers
- 4. KTDAS Mission To provide effective management services to
the tea sector for efficient production, processing and marketing
of high quality teas and investing in related profitable ventures
for the benefit of the shareholders and other stakeholders.KTDAS
Vision To be the leading management and marketing company of high
quality tea products in the world.
- 5. KTDA Organization Structure KTDA Board 12 Elected Farmers
representatives from 12 Zones The Factories Boards Six Farmers
representatives Leaf collection centres Five Farmers
representatives 600,000 farmers from the 65 factories
catchments
- 6. KTDA and Factory Structure KTDA RM Factory Unit Manager 54
Field Services Coordinator PM FA TESAs F A R M E R S 600,000
- 7. Sustainable Agriculture Project In 2006 KTDA and Unilever
with funding from DFID initiated a pilot project on sustainable
agriculture practices using Farmers field school extension
methodology among small scale tea growers, in 4 Pilot factories.
Due to the success of the pilot project, KTDA with Funding from IDH
and Dutch Embassy (Nairobi) is rolling out the FFS methodology to
all its factories as a program to promote sustainable agriculture,
empower farmers and improve extension services. KTDA, in
collaboration with Rainforest Alliance, Unilever and other tea
packers, has trained and certified 36 factories in 2010 and 2011 on
sustainable agriculture practices
- 8. Project Objectives Train and certify on the Rainforest
Alliance (RA) program Train extension staff on FFS methodology for
all KTDA factories Support FFS up-scaling program for two years
Study wood fuel consumption reduction best practice, in partnership
with other actors in the tea sector Study FFS and certification
programs to determine and share best practice system design for
scaling up for training activities
- 9. How Partners Relate IDH/RA(funds) DUTCHEMBASSY/ETC S.A.
PROJECT Unilever KTDA Contribution SA-STC Contribution InKind
InKind (Personnel) TechnicalCommittee (Personnel) Vehicles
Implementationteam
- 10. APPROACH TWO STREAMS OF ACTIVITIES RA Certification of
factories according to Market demand We use lead farmer model and
sensitization methods to drive this Farmer Field Schools (FFS)-
Extension methodology Training of TESAs an FSCs as
Facilitators--Complete Rolling out of FFS in all factories- On
going Up scaling FFS by 2015 Backstopping Study and Design Up
scaling process
- 11. FFS Scalability Structure Factory Unit FFS 1 FFS
6-ElectoralAreas 2 1.6-Directors FFS 6 2.6-TESAs Factory Catchment
Avg. 15,000 Farmers 3.6-FFS 3 5 FFS FFS 4 FFS TESA- Tea Extension
Services Assistant FFS - Farmers Field School
- 12. FFS Scalability Electoral Area 10-Leaf collection Centers
1. 1- TESA Electoral Area 1,800 Farmers 2. 180 Farmers/LCC FFS Roll
out is aimed at all 3,900 LCC
- 13. FFS FORMATION AND GRADUATIONREGIONS NO. OF No. OF FFS No.
OF FFS TOTAL FFS No. OF FFS IN FACTOR STARTED STARTED FFSs GRAD
OPERATION Y 2010/2011 2011/2012 TO UATE DATE DR1 11 46 37 83 34
49R2 9 47 20 67 41 26R3 8 45 31 76 41 35R4 7 45 39 84 39 45R5 8 34
44 78 6 72R6 9 58 41 97 18 79R7 3 22 9 31 7 24 516 (15,400Total 55
297 221 186 330
- 14. Training of Facilitators (TOT)Training for Facilitators
Training on FFS Methodology Training of Pruners
- 15. Running of Farmer Field SchoolsFarmer- run Trials
Participatory Exploration by Farmers Group Synthesis & Decision
Making Collective AESA
- 16. UseofAdultEducationMethodologyinFFSTeam Building Problem
SolvingGroup Dynamic Activity Group DiscussionFacilitation in
Special Topics Demonstrations on certain Technologies
- 17. Achievements1. Increaseinyieldbyupto15%2.
ImprovedhealthofbothfarmersandworkersduetouseofPPE3.
HealthyEnvironment.4.
Increasedincomeduetodiversificationoffarming5.
Continuedproductionofhighqualityteas6.
AdoptionofNewtechnologyisveryhigh7.
Farmersfeelempoweredandcanteachotherfarmers8.
UsetheFFSgraduatesasleadfarmerstotrainandinspectothersfarmersfarms
duringRAcertification9. ImprovedmarketdemandonRAcertifiedteas
- 18. Summaryofchallenges1.
Lackofcapacity(Facilitators)toacceleratetheformationand
runningofFFStoreachallthebuyingcenters2.
Loweducationlevelofthefarmers3. Competitionwithotherinitiatives4.
Absenteeismfromclassesduetootherfamilymatters5. Genderbalancing.6.
Culturalandbeliefsamongdifferentcultures7.
Lackofenoughfundtosupporttheupscaling8.
Decreasingsmallholderfarmsizes.9.
HighcostofcomplianceegAuditFeeandPPEcosts 18
- 19. THANK YOU! 19 19