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THE EFFECT OF PLURALISTIC AND DEMAND DRIVEN APPROACH ON AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AMONG SMALL-SCALE FARMERS: CASE OF SIAYA COUNTY IN KENYAKERICHO

Annie H. Ong'ayo, Christopher A. Onyango, Washington O. Ochola

Abstract


This study assessed the status of agricultural technology transfer after the implementation of Pluralistic and Demand Driven Approach (PDDA) among small-scale farmers in Siaya County. The approach was recommended for implementation by the National Agricultural Extension Policy (NAEP) and the National Agricultural Sector Extension policy (NASEP) that was developed after the review of the NAEP. Ex-post facto survey design, purposive, proportionate, simple and snowball sampling were used to select the study areas and all the extension workers and one hundred and fifty households from the sampling frame. one interview schedule, one questionnaire, an observation and two focus group discussion schedule were used to collect data. Data were analysed using t-test and descriptive statistics. The results show that PDDA improved transfer of agricultural technologies. The improvement was due to use of farmer groups as avenue for transfer of technology and collaboration among agricultural extension service providers. However, the improvement was affected by: inadequate government funding for collaborative activities.; technology packages recommended by researchers that were beyond small-scale farmers ability due to low economic status and discouraged the use  of cultural values and practices that influence crop production; lack of sustainability of farmer groups; and inadequate technical knowledge necessary for engaging in demand for extension services. The paper concludes that the Division of Extension and Training of the Ministry of Agriculture should  plan on how to capacity build small-scale farmer groups formed purposively as avenues for agricultural technology transfer to ensure competencies in basic requirement demanded by funding organizations; a policy framework should be developed that will emphasis on farmers participation in agricultural technology development that are within the means their means , Extension organization should also develop guidelines on how to scale up extension approaches so that they do not create avoid when the programmes ends a particular area

 


Keywords


Pluralistic and Demand Driven Approach, Agricultural Technology Transfer, Small-Scale Farmers, National Agricultural Extension Policy.

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