Information Exchange Forum for Ndhiwa Farmers Meets its' Target Dream in Nyarongi Division

On the 5th of April 2013 Ndhiwa district held a field day in Nyarongi division at Chief Alfred Ochuodho's farm with the guest of honour being Madam Tabitha Ajuang, HomaBay County Director of Agriculture.

The event attracted over 19 service providers working with farmers in the region with the invited teams being Arid Lands Information Networks (ALIN), Action Aid, CFSA Ndhiwa, Plan International Homabay, Animal Draft Power Homabay, Agriculture and Environmental Program (COD Homabay), Agriculture Finance Cooperation (Oyugis), Cooperative Bank Ndhiwa, Equity Bank HomaBay, The African Seed Company, Syngenta East Africa LTD,  Kenya Seed Co., Western Seed Co., KIRDI Homabay, ATDC Homabay, HCDA Homabay, Mace Foods LTD, CGA Ndhiwa and Kenya Sugar Research Foundation.

The event was initially arranged for by the Kenya Research Foundation, Opapo Branch in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and ALIN amongst other stakeholders as planners.

The theme of the field day was "Improved varieties, best management practices for enhanced yields". The main objective of the Day was for stakeholders to show case the various products and services they offer to the community with a major target of making them self reliance in food and food security.

As ALIN/PA we were able to support ten members from 10 groups from different locations to attend the field school of which was also a platform for them to interact with other service providers and successful farmers who were present at the event. With over 10 stands of exhibitions and demonstration plots, there was a lot information exchange for both the attending farmers and the stakeholders.

Finally the entire team settled in the provided tents for speeches and inquiries. The event being a success it was, it ended at 4.00 pm.