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Kenya
"Farmers are not interested in capacity building or local institutions in the abstract. They see them as a way of carrying forward practical activities that they have decided are useful." Quote from Paul Laird in AR 2000
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SOS Sahel in Kenya has worked since 1997 under the auspices of Resource Projects Kenya, a national NGO and is now registering as Drylands Alliance Kenya, a member of the Sahel Alliance.
Working in Buuri and Abothuguchi West divisions of Meru District, with community organisations of farmers migrating into these semi arid areas from higher potential zones in the Mount Kenya forest, with government offices and with ICRAF and ICRISAT, also local and international NGOs
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 Download strategy paper [Word document, 135kB]
Work and Achievements
Meru Dryland Farming Project - supporting farmers in this transition, making available dryland farming technologies including soil and water conservation, crops and tree species including fodder; a goat improvement scheme; training, financial and organisational management support for local organisations; establishment of a Farmers Resource Centre; a tree nursery at Kithima which operates without outside support from 2003.
Future strategies and the context of Kenya
A programme to support farmers to increase the amount of farmland under agro forestry, especially the introduction of mellia volkensii, a dryland tree which if trained to grow straight produces good quality timber.
Supporting farmers organisations in promoting and spreading new dryland crop varieties; micro processing at household level e.g. drying mangoes; fodder conservation; drip irrigation; wind breaks; water harvesting; identifying markets for honey producers; supporting the establishment of a national dryland farmers’ association.
The recent elections of a new government in Kenya provide a new opportunity for the work SOS Sahel has been doing in Meru to inform policy across the dry areas of the country.
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