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1 STRENGTHENING EXTENSION & ADVISORYSERVICE DELIVERY TOWARDS MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21 ST CENTURY The Critical Factors – The Kenya Experience BY MARY KAMAU DIRECTOR, EXTENSION & TRAINING MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE KENYA DURING THE GLOBAL FORUM FOR RURAL ADVISORY SERVICES (GFRAS) 3 RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, MANILA PHILIPPINES 25 SEPTEMBER 2012

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Mary Kamau - Extension Policy, Kenya Presentation given at the GFRAS side event on Rural Extension Policy, Manila 2012_09_25. More info at http://www.meas-extension.org/meas-offers/best-practice/policy

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STRENGTHENING EXTENSION & ADVISORYSERVICE DELIVERY TOWARDS MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST

CENTURY

The Critical Factors – The Kenya Experience

BY MARY KAMAUDIRECTOR, EXTENSION & TRAINING

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTUREKENYA

DURING THE GLOBAL FORUM FOR RURAL ADVISORY SERVICES (GFRAS) 3RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE, MANILA PHILIPPINES 25 SEPTEMBER 2012

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Agricultural Extension in Kenya

• Kenya’s agriculture is dominated by small scale farmers (75% of the total production).

• There are wide variations among the small farmers in management practices and husbandry skills

• Therefore, provision of high quality extension services is very critical for improvement of smallholder productivity, farm incomes and hence poverty reduction benefits

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National Agricultural Sector Extension Policy (NASEP)

• Developed by Key sector Ministries with the objective of making extension service delivery more effective and efficient.

• Has strong focus on promotion of pluralistic and demand driven extension service.

• Addresses funding modalities and regulation of extension services

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Outline of Critical Factors1. Improved Management and organisation of Ext. Service

2. Promoting Pluralistic In Extension Provision

3. Participatory M&E in Extension implemented

4. Appropriate Extension Approaches and Methods

5. Clientele Empowerment

6. Stakeholder Collaboration & Networking

7. Research-extension-client Linkages

8. Institutional and Human Resource Capacity Building

9. Information & Communication Technology (ICT)

10.Mainstreaming Cross-Cutting Issues

11. Financing of Extension Service

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1. Improve Management and Organisation of Extension Service:

• Embrace pluralism in extension services delivery

• Promote decentralization of decision making processes

• Establish an independent regulatory system

• Establish of participatory M&E and impact assessment;

• Invest in capacity building (for private and public extension providers, extension clientele, etc.);

• Strengthen inter-sectoral planning (to improve extension facilitating factors.

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2. Promote Pluralism in Extension Provision

• Develop guidelines, code of ethics and standards for extension providers.

• Establish regulatory body for registration and accreditation of extension providers and practitioners.

• Strengthen public-private partnerships

• Build capacity of private sector to operate

• Empower community organizations

• Institutional linkage to providers of facilitating factors

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3. Implement Participatory M&E in Extension

i. Service Charters for Extension Service Providers

ii. Use a dynamic, Participatory M&E Framework

iii. Undertake TNA and train stakeholders on PM&E

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4. Use Appropriate Extension Approaches and Methods

• Promote market and value addition orientation in production

• Demand driven and beneficiary led approach

• Use of group approaches

• Have clear accountability mechanisms;

• Recognise socio-economic and cultural characteristics of the clients

• Mainstream cross-cutting issues

• Promote enterprise diversification

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Farmers during a Method Demonstration

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5. Empower Clientele

• Develop community information system networks.

• Promote good governance in clientele groups and cooperatives.

• Build the capacity for community groups on e.g. resource mobilisation and access

• Harmonise clientele empowerment approaches

• Link clients with service providers

• Link clients with the markets

• Empower community groups on technology development and entrepreneurship business skills.

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Farmers and stakeholders tour a cabbage demonstration plot during a farmers’ field day in an ATC.

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6. Stakeholder Collaboration & Networking

• Should provide for integrated approach to problem solving

• Increase efficiency in utilization of resources

• Minimize duplication of efforts

• Allow for exchange of ideas/updating of technologies

• Take into account institutional comparative advantages

• Strife for benefits to all stakeholders (win-win situation).

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7. Research-Extension-Client Linkages

• Facilitate strengthening of research-extension-client linkages and feedback mechanism.

• Sector ministries and research bodies to design a workable mechanism for strengthening research-extension-client linkage and feedback.

• Institutionalise research setting priorities

• Formulate sustainable funding mechanisms for technology development, dissemination and Clientele access.

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8. Institutional and Human Resource Capacity Building

• Extension personnel are well trained and motivated.

• In-service staff training on e.g. farming as a business; value addition; emerging technological developments.

• Gender balance in service and mainstreaming in training.

• Ensure rationalization of staff recruitment and deployment

• Public training institutions should respond to the wider sectoral and stakeholder requirements

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9. Information & Communication Technology (ICT)

• Investment in human skills and operational infrastructure (for personnel and clientele capacity building in ICT).

• Establish an integrated and dynamic database for the sector.

• Operate ICT-based rural information centres.

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10. Mainstreaming Cross-Cutting Issues

• Mainstream HIV/AID

• Capacity building of CBOs on governance

• Communities basic rights and obligation

• Resource use conflict management

• Management and conservation of natural resources and environment

• Gender friendly extension approaches

• Vulnerable groups such as the disabled and resource-poor farmers

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11. Financing of Extension Service

• Commercialisation of extension services

• Privatization of services where private sector business can thrive

• Ensure adequate funding mechanism of extension services.

• Facilitate a stakeholder-driven Trust Fund for extension service

• Institutional arrangements for cost sharing and graduating to full cost recovery.

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Agricultural Staff on practical training in a Research Center

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