Farmers’ Field Days Report in Makueni, Kitui and Taita Taveta Counties
Towards increasing access to Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies among beneficiary farmers in Kitui, Makueni and Taita Taveta Counties, AICCRA project organized farmer field days from late January to early February 2024. A total of 1001 beneficiary farmers attended, with 65% being women far...
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Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa
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| description | Towards increasing access to Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies among beneficiary farmers in Kitui, Makueni and Taita Taveta Counties, AICCRA project organized farmer field days from late January to early February 2024. A total of 1001 beneficiary farmers attended, with 65% being women farmers. The field days showcased cultivation of improved drought-tolerant varieties of pearl millet, sorghum, pigeon pea and green gram, alongside conservation agriculture practices such as minimum tillage, intercropping and mulching for soil fertility management. Crop rotation was also emphasized to enhance soil nutrient cycling, improve plant nutrition, and effectively manage pests and diseases. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1492702025-11-11T16:46:00Z Farmers’ Field Days Report in Makueni, Kitui and Taita Taveta Counties International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics agriculture climate-smart agriculture farmers climate information services Towards increasing access to Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies among beneficiary farmers in Kitui, Makueni and Taita Taveta Counties, AICCRA project organized farmer field days from late January to early February 2024. A total of 1001 beneficiary farmers attended, with 65% being women farmers. The field days showcased cultivation of improved drought-tolerant varieties of pearl millet, sorghum, pigeon pea and green gram, alongside conservation agriculture practices such as minimum tillage, intercropping and mulching for soil fertility management. Crop rotation was also emphasized to enhance soil nutrient cycling, improve plant nutrition, and effectively manage pests and diseases. 2024-02 2024-07-25T19:42:34Z 2024-07-25T19:42:34Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/149270 en Open Access application/pdf Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa ICRISAT. 2024. Farmers’ Field Days Report in Makueni, Kitui and Taita Taveta Counties. AICCRA report. Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA). |
| spellingShingle | agriculture climate-smart agriculture farmers climate information services International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Farmers’ Field Days Report in Makueni, Kitui and Taita Taveta Counties |
| title | Farmers’ Field Days Report in Makueni, Kitui and Taita Taveta Counties |
| title_full | Farmers’ Field Days Report in Makueni, Kitui and Taita Taveta Counties |
| title_fullStr | Farmers’ Field Days Report in Makueni, Kitui and Taita Taveta Counties |
| title_full_unstemmed | Farmers’ Field Days Report in Makueni, Kitui and Taita Taveta Counties |
| title_short | Farmers’ Field Days Report in Makueni, Kitui and Taita Taveta Counties |
| title_sort | farmers field days report in makueni kitui and taita taveta counties |
| topic | agriculture climate-smart agriculture farmers climate information services |
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