Credit linkage platform organized for finger millet value chain actors in Western Kenya
For the last three years, the finger millet component of the ICRISAT-led project on Harnessing Opportunities for Productivity Enhancement (HOPE) in Western Kenya has focused on enhancing grain productivity and marketing by improving access to quality seed, recommended agronomic practices, production inputs and product markets. …
HOPE project scientists trained in data analysis and drafting results
ICRISAT’s Biometrics Unit conducted a two-week Data Analysis and Results Drafting workshop for the HOPE project on 20-31 May in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop trained the partners on methodically organizing, curating and analyzing data sets of single/multi-environment regional trials and on drafting interpreted and analyzed …
Climate Conversations – Threshing mills make life less of a grind for West African women1
A grinding machine halves the time and labour needed to thresh grain into flour for these women in Niger. The majority of women in developing countries rely on agriculture, and it is widely acknowledged that gender should be a major consideration in agricultural development for …
Climate Conversations – Threshing mills make life less of a grind for West African women
A grinding machine halves the time and labour needed to thresh grain into flour for these women in Niger. The majority of women in developing countries rely on agriculture, and it is widely acknowledged that gender should be a major consideration in agricultural development for …
Market linkage forum held for processors and farmers
On 25 July, the ICRISAT-HOPE project organized a market linkage forum for 12 representatives of 6 farmer groups (Wamama Tuamue, Osipata Mabati, Umoja, Aremit Upendo, Mukhula, and MARPA) and 2 local processors (Momagy and Easrcom Enterprises) from Busia town, Busia county, western Kenya. The forum …