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POLICIES CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR POs IN KENYA

POLICIES CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR POs IN KENYA. By Dr. John K. Mutunga CEO- Kenya National Federation of Agricultural Producers (KENFAP). Producer organizations. Farmer groups Local level federations. District federations Cooperatives Apex commodity organizations

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POLICIES CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR POs IN KENYA

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  1. POLICIES CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR POs IN KENYA ByDr. John K. MutungaCEO-Kenya National Federation of Agricultural Producers (KENFAP)

  2. Producer organizations Farmer groupsLocal level federations District federations Cooperatives Apex commodity organizations National level federations Regional level federations/networks International federations

  3. Role of POs Representation Lobby and advocacy Capacity building of membership Information and awareness creation Articulation and redressing of membership concerns Promotion of enterprises Cost reduction on member undertakings

  4. PURPOSE OF KENFAP VISION A federation of empowered Kenyan farmers with a strong voice MISSION To empower members to make informed Choices for improved and sustainable livelihoods

  5. Analyses of Pos’ capacity to deliver • Basic organizational description • Organizational purpose • Organizational structure and leadership • Size, scope and characteristic of members • Organizational resources • Systems and procedures • Quantitative aspects

  6. Strength and effectiveness of the Kenyan POs • A lot needs to be done to improve the delivery levels of farmers’ organizations in the country • Ability to represent the constituency edges on professional capacity ant the strategic potential • Accountability has for long been perceived to be a problem with traditional producer organizations but not so for emergent ones • Indicators used for ID/OS monitoring over time

  7. Results of profiling exercise

  8. Possible resource sources for POs

  9. Factors limiting agricultural productivity • Land and land use policies need to be enacted • Issuance of land ownership certificates to be fast tracked • Farm input costs to be given appropriate attention • Process costs need to be addressed to increase competitiveness

  10. Possible forms of credit for smallhoder farmers • Extra farm financing is most important facilitator of productivity enhancement • Currently stands at 10-12% of the total credit disbursed • Where available, its expensive, making access by smallholder farmers impossible • The packaging is inappropriate for the nature of smallholder agriculture

  11. Environmental threat to mankind according to the Kenyan farmers • There is significant awareness of the environmental threats (climate change issues) among the farming community • There is need to focus on up take of adaptations and mitigation measures • Most of the environmental effects arise as a result of over utilization (uncontrolled) of land

  12. Relative levels of implementation of agenda 21 in Kenya relative to the rest of the world

  13. Actionable areas by Kenyan experts

  14. Conclusions • The effectiveness of producer organizations in effectively representing their constituencies is dependent on their professional capacity and the identified strategic potential • Support to ID/OS of producer organizations will go a long way in improving productivity • Production related constraints require redressing as they considerable impends productivity, • There is need to emphasize on up take of adaptations and mitigation measures

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