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DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF UTILIZATION PRODUCTS IN KENYA

DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF UTILIZATION PRODUCTS IN KENYA. PRESENTED DURING THE FINGER MILLET MID YEAR REVIEW MEETING IN ETHIOPIA 2013 By: Rhoda Nungo. INTRODUCTION. Kenya’s agricultural sector is dominated with: Primary production, Limited information in,

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DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF UTILIZATION PRODUCTS IN KENYA

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  1. DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF UTILIZATION PRODUCTS IN KENYA PRESENTED DURING THE FINGER MILLET MID YEAR REVIEW MEETING IN ETHIOPIA 2013 By: Rhoda Nungo

  2. INTRODUCTION Kenya’s agricultural sector is dominated with: • Primary production, • Limited information in, • Postharvest handling, • Product development and • Utilization of staple foods • like finger millet.

  3. INTRODUCTION CONT, The limitations translate into: • High postharvest losses, • Few diversified & nutritious products, • Poor health • Few job opportunities, • Low incomes and high levels of poverty.

  4. TRADITIONAL UTILIZATION • Finger millet traditionally limited to a narrow base of products in the form of flour used for: • Thin paste (uji) mainly used by children and the sick. • Thick paste (ugali) consumed as staple with fish, meat or fermented milk. • Cultural alcoholic beverages.

  5. NUTRITION EDUCATION • Finger millet has 7.4 to 14% protein, • Has Methionine which is lacking in starchy staples such as cassava, plantain, polished rice or maize meal. • Methionine helps in the proper function of vital body organs, (heart, brain, liver) and strengthens the body. • Finger millet has 0.33% calcium, 5-30 times more than in most cereals. Calcium is required for bone formation and maintaince. • High in minerals like iron required for red blood cells production, transportation of oxygen and functioning of the immune system.

  6. NUTRI EDU CONTINUED • Has excellent storability & ideal for food security, income and Climate Change • Excellent diet for weaning children, diabetics and invalids due to its ease of digestion. • Finger millet flour can be blended with soya bean flour, orange fleshed sweetpotatoe (OFSP) mash/flour and wheat for making value added special purpose products for home use and income generation.

  7. DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCT FIMSWEET MEAL • Developed and Taste tested by 20 stakeholders at Busia ATC. Males preferred product > than F (4.2:3.7) means compared. Product sample tasted by 120 farmers in Mombasa at KARI Mtwapa field day. • Acceptable but needs some improvement

  8. DEMONSTRATION OF VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS • Six training/demonstrations in six new districts to 161rural people (97 women and 64 men). • Bungoma East 20 farmers (8F, 2M), • Bungoma North 25 farmers (17F, 8M), • Mt. Elgon 45 farmers (21F, 24M), • Mumias 42 farmers (24F, 18M), • Nambale • Products promotion in 11 Farmer Field days

  9. DEMONSTRATION OF VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS

  10. DEMONSTRATION OF VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS cont School children enjoy FM Cake Open fire Cake baking and ready Cake in Mt. Elgon

  11. DEMONSTRATION OF VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS cont DAO in North Teso practicing Crackies dough preparation at group training Bungoma North group pose with products before evaluation

  12. OTHER FORUMS SUN Symposium, Nairobi • Display of Products: Tamuu, Composite flour, Crackies and Nutrition Education. • POSTER: Enhancing Nutrition of Communities in Western Kenya through the Finger Millet (Eleusinecoracana L) Value Chain

  13. OTHER FORUMS cont GAIN Marketplace for Nutritious Foods Launch in Nairobi

  14. OTHER FORUMS cont KARI Kakamga created FM Value addition at UoN/RUFORAM Workshop in Machakos to farmer groups and UoN students

  15. OTHER FORUMS CONT Products display and Nutrition Education during: • PALWECO Launch in Busia County • DRR Symposium in Eldoret • Biodiversity International Kenya, KARI HQ, • Field Days & Agricultural Shows

  16. PALWECO SUPPORT FOR CRACKIES SCALLING OUT • Busibwabo W/O, for improvement in packaging, • Equipment • Marketing & Promotion • Baba Foundation Composite flour nutrient analysis and to train in Crackies production in Bunyala.

  17. TOT VAD TRAINING • 30 Female farmers trained at Busia ATC 5th – 10th February 2012 • From: Bungoma East, Teso North, Teso South, Nambale, Matungu and Butere districts. • Topics Covered: • Post-harvest handling • Processing technologies, • Utilization and storage.

  18. TOT VAD TRAINING

  19. SMALL SCALE BUSINESS • EAST COM, Composite flour in SPMKT, Tamuu in Siaya county • Busibwabo W/O and WamamaTuamue, Crackies, seed Busia County • Mayoni Expert Caterers, Cakes and Buns, Kakamega County • Baba Foundation composite flour, Busia • TOT GROUPS in Teso District Crackies and composite flour.

  20. ACHIEVEMENTS • Composite flour KEBs Certified • Crackies scaled up for commercialization • Tamuu, product for improving Child Health, working on standards with KEBs • More Interested Partners in VAPs (PALWECO, GAIN, FAO, DRR, UoN, MNI)

  21. CONSUMER PERCEPTION • From all the forums products were acceptable for home use and income generation. • Some products like Tamuu, Crackies and Fimsweet Meal are on very high demand for commercialization. • Nutrition Education embraced as a high promotion tool and requests for replication to other food crops.

  22. BRAVO WIMBI • LET US FIGHT • HUNGER • POVERTY • MALNUTRITION AND • CLIMATECHANGE ASANTENI SANA

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