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Moderated conference on rural advisory services for family farms: 1-18 December 2014

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This is from Violet Nyando, again.



Replying to Harutyun Gevorgyan (Message 28):



Indeed it can be difficult to engage in an enterprise without even the basic knowledge and especially if you want farmers to enter into some sort of commercialized/business oriented agricultural production.



For your case, I believe these farmers have some knowledge about farming having grown and witnessed the former regime engaging in farming. The good news is that they are not really blank of any basic farming ideas.



If the government wants to enhance the farmers capacities in the agricultural sector so that they can fully play their role as farmers, then I want to believe a comprehensive National Extension Policy with accompanied regulations for enforcement should be developed. This extension policy should try as much as possible to embrace a sector wide approach that is guided by principles of public-private partnership because the public alone may not be able to deliver all the agricultural extension and advisory services needed by farmers. This is what agricultural institutions refer to as a pluralistic approach to extension and advisory services.



Nyando V. Violet,

Kenya National Farmers' Federation,

P.O Box 43148-00100,

Nairobi

Kenya

Tel: +254-20-21866337/2180608, +254-723-903957

Fax: +254-20-2180687

Office Email:farmers (at) kenaff.org

Mobile: +254-720 801429, +254-736-550510

Email: nyandov (at) yahoo.com, nyandov (at) gmail.com, nyandoviolet (at) kenaff.org



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