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USAID KENYA DAIRY SECTOR COMPETITIVENESS PROGRAM

PROGRESS REPORT

PERIOD: DECEMBER 2010

SUBMITTED BY:

MASTERLINKS AFRICA LIMITED

TRANS NZOIA MILKSHED

TRANS NZOIA TEACHERS PLAZA1ST FLOOR, ROOM 2, KITALE

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USAID KENYA DAIRY SECTOR

COMPETITIVENESS PROGRAM

PROGRESS REPORT

OF

TRANSNZOIA MILKSHEDFOR THE PERIOD

OF DECEMBER 2010

MASTERLINKS (AFRICA) LIMITED

USAID KENYA DAIRY SECTOR COMPETITIVENESS PROGRAM2

TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF

ACRONYMS------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4

1.0

INTRODUCTION---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

5

2.0 PROGRAM

IMPLEMENTATION-------------------------------------------------------------------------------7

2.1 Component One: Enhancing Capacity for Milk Production Input Quality Certification And Market Promotion--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11

2.2 Component Two: Dairy Smallholder Business Organization Development-------------------------12 2.3 Component Three: Increase Availability of Dairy Business Development Services-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------23 2.4 Interventions targeting mitigating environmental

degradation---------------------------27

2.5 Gender and youth

interventions-----------------------------------------------------------------------27

2.6

Challenges-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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3.0 PROGRAMME PERFORMANCE

INDICATORS-----------------------------------------------29

4.0 APPENDICES:Appendix 1: list of people who attended the Field day and free medical camp held at Tarakwa…………………………………………………………………………….

…30


Appendix 2 Scanned list of farmers who attended the FFS at Furfural

Nangili……………….….…..35

Appendix 3: Scanned list of farmers who attended the Field day at

Kapsowar…………….….…….37

Appendix 4: Scanned list of farmers who attended the Field day at Chesoi DC’s Office Compound…………………………………………………………………….

…39Appendix 5: Scanned list of farmers who attended the FFS at

Kiptenden………………….…….….43Appendix 6: Scanned list of farmers who attended the FFS at

Naitiri……………………….………43

Appendix 7: 3 Success stories of the farmers within the SBOs in the milkshed…………….………45

Appendix 8: List of youth groups working with the program……………………….……….………48

LIST OF ACRONYMS

AHA Animal Health Assistant

AI Artificial Insemination

ASK Agricultural Show of Kenya

BSPs Business Service Providers

DDC District Development Committee

FSPs Financial Service Providers

GoK Government of Kenya


ICT Information Communication Technology

KLPA Kenya Livestock Producers Association

KLBO Kenya Livestock Breeders Organization

KDSCP Kenya Dairy Sector Competitiveness Program

LO’L Land O’ Lakes

MSWG Milkshed Working Group

MBD Moi’s Bridge Dairy

MOLD Ministry of Livestock Development

MOCMD Ministry of Cooperative Marketing Development

MOSP Ministry of Special Programmes

NKCC New Kenya Cooperative Creameries

SACCO Savings and Credit Cooperative

SBOs Small Business Organizations

SPs Service Providers


1.0 INTRODUCTION

KDSCP is a five year program that seeks to improve and enhance the Kenya Dairy sector, in order to make it competitive both within the region and internationally. The program is sponsored by USAID and is being implemented by Land O’ Lakes and it is in the second year of implementation in TransNzoia Milkshed. The program has now extended its cope to the neighboring areas of the milkshed, where it is targeting to boost the number of beneficiaries in areas such as; Marakwet East and West, as well as lower West Pokot and Kapsaina area of TransNzoia. The key districts covered currently are: Bungoma North, Trans-Nzoia West, Trans-Nzoia East, Kwanza and part of Uasin Gishu. The KDSCP program has three components: Enhancing Capacity for Milk Production, Input Quality Certification

and Market Promotion. Develop Dairy Smallholder Business Organizations. Increase Availability of Dairy Business Development Services.1.1 The Highlights Of The Activities Undertaken In Month Of

December 2010

In December the program continued to follow up on the implementaion of the action plan developed after the LOL training held on the 26th - 27th October which saw two SBOs acquire or place the orders for Digital weighing scales.

The program identified 2 more Demo farms in the milkshed; at Tarakwa cooperative at Mrs. Chesire and Mrs. Baliat who are active member of the cooperative bringing the total to 34 Demo farms.

The program facilitated two field day at Marakwet on the 7th

December 2010 at Kapsowar Boys secondary school Grounds and the second on the 8th December 2010 at Chesoi DC’s compound official openned by the area MP for Marakwet East, Hon. Linah Chebii. Another field day was held on the 2nd December 2010 at Tarakwa dairy cooperative. A total of 564 people were trained in the field days and another 30 farmers trained by a SP.

The program established 3 more FFs in the milkshed at Furfural Nangili, at Kiptenden and at Naitiri Pwani, bringing the total to 21 FFS established in the milkshed.


The program held several FFS on the 6th December 2010, at Furfural Nangili, on the 9th December 2010, at Kiptenden on Breeding and record keeping, and on the 15th December 2010, at Naitiri Pwani. A total of 86 farmers were trained.

The report also contains the list of 2,558 youths working with the program incorporated with the SBOs in the milkshed as direct beneficiaries.

In the month of December, 20 animals were registered; a total of 1220 animals so far and more farmers have planned to have their animals registered.

The month also saw the Marakwet SBOs begin bulking with remarkable volumes of milk being collected and deliverd to NKCC. kionsungur delivered 46,500 kgs kg while Highland’s consortium group delivered 31,000 kgs to Lelbren Pokot.

The milkshed hosted the New M&E LOL representative Mr. Joseph Obado who visited the milkshed from the 9th December to the 11th

Decmber 2010. The SBO he visited were Meebot, Wamuini, Tongaren, Naitiri, Seum, Surungai, Koitogos and Tarakwa.

The program also facilitated the purchase of more pulverisers machine by the farmers in Marakwet through the providers from Nakuru selling 300 pulveriser machines in the North Rift region by the end of December 2010.

The leverage activities in the month December, were the donation of Kshs. 600,000 to the Marakwet East Dairy Group of highlands and 2 motor bikes to facilitate the Extension services to the dairy farmers in the area by Marakwet East MP. Hon Linah Chebii.

1.2 UPDATE ON THE PERFORMANCE VS DELIVERABLES AS AT 31 st DECEMBER

2010 Activity Overall

outcome

Accomplished as at 31st

December 2010

Balance Remarks

2 No .of FFS Established 60 21 393 Demo farms Established 30 34 surpasse

d5 Strategic plans for SBOs 12 8 4 In the process7 Business plans for SPs 75 10 65 Others being

developed8 Number of beneficiaries 20,000 17,439 2561


(direct)9 Number of producers

reached indirectly by SPs & field Days

10,000 4,641 5359

10 Number of women 9000 4,205 5,63411 Number of SPs 75 96 surpasse

d12 Number of producers

receiving loans 3,375 550 3,32013 Farmers adopting

Additional technology 20,000 17,439 2,561 List being collected

14 Volume of milk per cow per day

13 liters 9 5

15 Success stories Developed 2 3 - completed

1.3 Areas of difficulties and challenges encountered in the implementation of the program.

The program has indeed got many beneficiaries who have immensely benefited from the program; the program is having challenges in collecting the ID numbers from the SBOs who themselves did not record the IDs of their members, but we are working with them to ensure that they collect the IDs, telephone number of all their members.

The lack of steady market for the milk that is solely decided by the processors and not the forces of demand and supply is a real cause of alarm among the dairy farmers and to address we are encouraging the SBOs to develop alternative markets as they diversify their products and also engage in value addition.

2.0 PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

On the 1st December, 2010, the Koisungur group in Marakwet East began milk bulking with 1200 liters per day and by the end of the month they had bulked 46,500 kgs. This was the culmination of a 5 months effort since the group signed an agreement to work with the program. Highland also began their bulking with 1000 kgs per day being delivered to 31,000 kgs since the route between Kapyego and Kimnai has not opened for milk collection.

The program identified 3 more Demo farms in the milkshed. The 2 more Demo farms are in Tarakwa cooperative at Mrs. Chesire and Mrs. Baliat who are active members of the cooperative. The two farms are involved in pasture establishment and breeding.

On the youth intervention strategies, the program is now overcoming one of the main challenges (their lack of interest in dairy farming). We have


planned to counter this by first attracting them to sports activities after which, they are exposed to career guiding and motivational talks to stimulate their interest in undertaking some commercial activity in life. We are urging them to use the dairy farming as a stepping stone to their future career. The program successfully identified 4 youth groups who now total 2,558 as direct beneficiaries to be incorporated in the Dairy activities of the SBOs in their area; the groups are Taito Jamii youth group with a Timaa football team, Surungai youth group, Meebot youth group and the Tongaren Bungoma North youth Sacco group. Tongaren youth group are even a step ahead in that they have made their individual savings. Below is the summary table of the youth groups we have recruited and contracted as at December 2010. (See appendices 8 for list and attachment of youth groups)

NO

SBO NAME OF YOUTHGROUP

NUMBERMale Female Total

1 Tongaren Bungoma North youth Sacco

1411 831 2442

2 Surungai Youth group 61 0 613 Meeboot Youth group 26 4 304 Taito-Jamii Timaa football

team21 4 25

Total 1,519 839 2,558

On the 2nd December 2010, the program facilitated a Field day at Tarakwa Dairy Cooperative society. in attendance was also Dr. Masaba with her team from Health International. The field day was attended by 262 people among them women and children who had the opportunity to be treated of various ailments. The field day was attended by the following service provision companies; Ultravetis, Norbrook, WWS, Real feeds, Bayer chemicals, Turbo feeds,and Simba machinery. The Field day was attended by among others the program manager KDSCP Transnzoia milkshed Dr. Josh Odhiambo and the guest of honour was Mr. Pius Chesereck the regional manager KDB.


On the 6th December 2010, the program facilitated a FFS at Furfural Nangili. The training was conducted by SP. Mathilda Sitoko on feeding and value addition using yeast, 50 farmers attended the training.

On the 7th and 8th December 2010 the program facilitated two other field days, one at Kapsowar Boys playing grounds officially opened by the DO.1 Kapsowar, who urged the farmers to improve on their breeds and also employ modern dairy techniques to improve on their livelihood. He thanked the DLPO Mr. Ndiema and KDSCP for the Field day and promised that they as the administration would get involved in mobilising the people next time and would request that the events be held more frequently. 128 people attended the field day.

The second field day of the 8th December 2010 was held at Chesoi DC’s compound and was attended and officially openned by the area MP for Marakwet East, Hon. Linah Chebii. The event was attended by Mr. Pius Chesereck of KDB. The DC, the DLPO. When addressing the gathering ,the MP said she was very happy and grateful to KDSCP team especially the national


Mr. Macharia of Simba Machinery Nakuru demonstrates the ability of the pulveriser during the Tarakwa field day held on the 2nd October 2010.

A Member of the Health international attend to the people who attended the during the Tarakwa field day held on the 2nd October 2010, over 300 people were treated by the end of the Event.

A section of the people who turned up for the field day at Tarakwa cooperative grounds waiting to be treated by the Health International team.

The guests of honor DO.1 being taken round the different stands during the Kapsowar Field day held at Kapsowar Boys secondary school on the 7th December 2010. Looking on is Mr. Ndiema the deputy DLPO and Mr. David Makongo from

value chain coordinator Mrs. Mary Munene through whom the program had reached the people in her constituency.

She highlighted the development she had initiated in the area as the improvement of the roads, the electrification of the area and what remained was empowering the people economically and this was to be done through their involvement into dairy activities. She was delighted the note the program had a cooperative consultant in their team (refering to Pst. Daniel Oryem who had urged the members to tranform the groups into a cooperatives) and therefore directed that the groups work with Pst. Oryem to form cooperatives. The MP. donated kshs. 600,000 for the dairy development and asked the coordinator of the program Mr. Isaac kamau to work with the DLPO Mr. Ruto to ensure the AI kit is bought. The filed day was attended by 173 people.

A FFS was held on the 9th December 2010, at Kiptenden on Breeding and record keeping, 26 farmers attended the training which was conducted by SP Mathilda Sitoko.

The milkshed hosted Mr. Joseph Obado of M&E LO’L who visted the milkshed form the 9th December to the 11th December 2010.

On the 15th December 2010, farmers attended urea treatment demonstration and animal health training at Naitiri Pwani facilitated, by Sp Kaburu and Mr. Isaac Kamau the program coordinator, 10 farmers attended the training.


Mr. Joseph Obado of the M&E department LO’L talks to the officials of Koitogos Dairy Cooperative during his familiarization visit to the TransNzoia milkshed in the month of December 2010.

The Marakwet regions were divided into four (4) zones as follows:

The program has made remarkable achievement in Marakwet which has culminated in bringing all the four zones; Cheptongei. & Kimnai, Kapyego, Chesoi and Kapsowar to bulk milk and deliver to the processors, NKCC Iten and Lelben. The program has established 18 milk collection points in Marakwet. The collection centers are: Labot, Kibigos, Kokwongoi, kinmai, kamasat, Chebilbai, Yemit, Kapserberet, and Low field Kamok, Kimerew, Cheptongei, Nerkwo, kapkoros, chebiemit, Kaptomut, chebara, Kimnai, and Koisungur.

2.1 COMPONENT ONE : ENHANCING CAPACITY FOR MILK PRODUCTION INPUT QUALITY CERTIFICATION AND MARKET PROMOTION

2.1.1 MSWG Meeting


The Coordinator of the KDSCP program Mr. Isaac Kamau, The production consultant Mr. David Makongo and an official from the dairy group, inspecting the milk collection process at one of the centers along the bulking route.

Members of the Koisungur farmer group who had brought their milk to the collection on the morning of the 7th December 2010 receiving pamphlets from SP Felix.

Members of Naitiri SBO listen to Sp. Kaburu during the urea treatment demonstration on the 15th December 2010 at Pwani.

The Milkshed Working Group committees have taken their role very seriously in addressing the industry concerns. The next MSWG meeting is scheduled to take place in January 2011.

2.1.2 North Rift AI providers Having bought the 4 Liquid nitrogen storage thanks in November, the North Rift AI providers are now distributing semen to the AI technicians within the milkshed. The development has boosted the availability and use of AI in the area. they were linked by KDSCP for this transaction.

2.1.3 Animal registration In the month of December 20 animals were registered, a total of 1220 animals so far and more farmers have planned to have their animals registered.

2.1.4 Leverage Activities In the month December, the leverage activities were the donation of Kshs. 600,000 to the Marakwet East Dairy Group of highlands and 2 motor bikes to facilitate the Extension services to the dairy farmers in the area by the MOLD personnel. Part of the donation would go towards buying an AI container for the dairy groups.

2.1.5 Processors There is another player in North Rift at present, the Sameer group of companies and Buseti that is giving farmers more avenues to sell their milk. Buseti is paying the farmers Kshs. 26 per liter. During the month of December the volume of milk collected by NKCC Kitale was 1,302,000 Kgs, while Brookside had 2,790,000 kgs. Most of the SBOs in the milkshed have agreed to supply the milk to NKCC under one number, but NKCC has asked each of the groups to have a contract with them before they can supply the milk under one number. Brookside’s offer ranges from Kshs. 25 – 30 per liter and that of NKCC from Kshs.25-34 per liter.

2.1.6 New jobs and services created Seven SPs have developed new services in the month of December as they are now offering urea treatment of maize stovers for the farmers, and also help them to add value to feeds by using yeast; most can come up with a feed ratio. The SPs are: Mathilda, Simiyu, Bernard Ndiema, Jared Otota, Allan Mwangi, Peter Kaburu and Samuel Ndiema. The program had 3 jobs created in Kipsaina who have just started bulking. The 3 are the dairy attendant and 2 milk clerks.

2.1.7 DTA as an Alternative Milk Market KDB is continuing with the branding of the milk Bars in the Milkshed, and have been incorporated in training our FFS on Milk Handling, quality standards and Hygiene. Below is the Estimate of the Volume of milk sold by the informal sector in TransNzoia Milkshed as at December 2010.

No. Routes No of Dealerson the Route

Liters Handled per

day

Total Liters Per Day

Total Liters Per month

1 Cherangany 22 60 1320 39,600


2 Endebes /Kwanza

35 48 1680 50,400

3 Maili Saba Kapenguria

75 45 3,375 101,250

4 Kaplamai Maili Saba

20 55 1100 33,000

5 Wamuini Route 55 50 2750 82,5006 Western Route 60 70 4,200 126,000

Total 267 328 14425 432,750 * Source KBD Kitale

2.1.8 Federation Activities as In the Month of December 2010

The federation has pick up very well bringing the farmers in the milkshed together. There has been remarkable increase in volumes of milk collected by all the SBOs and the farmers are very happy with what is happening in the industry. The effective federations are centered on Naitiri, Kipsombe & Tarakwa, Cherangany Dairy group federations that are finalizing the process of supplying milk under one number with NKCC. We also have the Taito federation comprising of Jamii, Kipsaina, Kapsara, Kosegon, and Taito Mungano that are supplying their milk to NKCC. The other federations are the Highlands Consortium in Marakwet East and the Koisungur group in Marakwet west who started bulking on with their milk going to NKCC.

2.1.9 Uptake of Technology

There has been a great improvement in the uptake of technology in the milkshed.

The members of the SBOs are adopting new techniques in their farms. The SBO have come to appreciate the use of the pulveriser as the north

rift bought about 300 machines from the SP Simba machinery, The farmers are adding value to crop residue fter learning how to

treat ground maize stovers with urea or yeast. The farmers are now rejoicing because they are getting the right weights

for their milk in the SBOs who have bought the digital weighing scale. On computerization, most of the SBOs have planned to buy at least a PC

to help them in office management.

2.2 COMPONENT2: DAIRY SMALLHOLDER BUSINESS ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT

In the month of December, the program established and facilitated training for farmers in 3 FFS in the milkshed Naitiri at Pwani- Naitiri, Furfural Nangili and Kitenden. In the month too, the SBOs were sensitized on the benefits of buying electronic weighing machines and some have bought the same. The SBOs are also busy making arrangements to transform their groups into Cooperative societies. (The details of the P & L for December 2010, is still to be prepared).


The program has consolidated the group of SBO to 12 and the Moi’s bridge Sacco as a BSP, since they are still linked to Moi’s bridge dairy. The Teacher’s is also being treated as a BSP.

2.2.1 Activity: (interventions by the program on the weakness identified by the OCAT

Study).

SURUNGAI SELF HELP GROUP: October – December 2010

Management LevelThe activities in the SBO is picking up well; as they have already filed their application for registration as a cooperative; they are renovating their offices; they have paid a down payment of kshs.15,000 for the digital weighing scale and have planned to clear the balance of Kshs. 10,000 in January 2011.The group has had remarkable improvement in their milk intake because of the interventions made by the program in the FFS training on silage making and value addition of animal residue and maize stovers through urea treatment and yeast. The group are hence already implementing two aspects of their action plan developed after the LOL training of the leadership held in Eldoret polytechnic in October 2010, that were transformation into a Cooperative society and buying a digital weighing scale. Farmers are encouraged by the new and are delivering milk through the group following the increased prices.

Interventions They are renovating the shop for their operations. The management have agreed to bulk their milk with all the other SBOs to

enable them achieve a rapid growth. They are bulking their milk with Cherangany dairy and are paying the farmers

Kshs 23.80 per liter.Farmer Level


The group has a running FFS with a calendar for the training were trained on Urea treatment to prepare them for feeding during the draught.

Most of the farmers have made silage and they are well prepared for the draught.

Surungai SBO bought yeast worth 250 Kgs in the month of December that is distributed to their members who need to prepare feeds for their animals.

1. SEUM COOPERATIVE FARMERS SOCIETY : October – December 2010

Management LevelThe group is improving on its services and trying to revitalize their AI services and the Dip services that give them supplementary income. The biggest challenge for group has been their distances from the nearest trading center where electricity is; which has hampered several developments in the SBO. They are also in the process of buying a digital weighing scale.Interventions The meeting to finalize joint delivery of milk is on going with NKCC Their AI business has almost stalled since most of the members are not patronizing the service.Staff Level Training is being undertaken on relevant topics in dairy production and management. The staff needs capacity building so does the management.Farmer Level They have not made silage yet but the program has planned to demonstrate Urea treatment of the Maize stovers.

3.TARAKWA COOPERATIVE SOCIETY: October – December 2010


Management Level,The SBO held a very successful Field day on the 2nd December 2010 at the cooperative grounds together with a free medical camp sponsored and conducted by Health international led by Dr. Masaba. The event provided opportunity for farmers to be trained and sensitize them on the availability of the cooler to help them bulk their milk. The SBO has had an increase in milk volume and are paying the farmers Kshs.22 per liter as the transporters form NKCC collects the milk from the center directly. They already have a digital weighing scale delivered to them by NKCC with the cooler of 5000 liters.Intervention Electricity has been installed and the program is trying to encourage the group to buy a Computer and also have other technology intake. The group needs an aggressive and qualified manager to help manage the cooler and its entire Business in line with the requirements of the Sacco Act 2008 The federation activities are on and the group is incorporating other groups along the route to Eldoret to deliver their milk together.

Farmer Level The group a running their FFS during the year. They have three demo farms schools. They are encouraging environmental conservation alongside growing passion fruits. Two dips in the area has been renovated and one new on build to help in disease control.

4. KIPSOMBE FEDERATION GROUP : October – December 2010


Management Level, This group is allied to Tarakwa SBO and has been making good progress. We

are in the process of registering the group who should all deliver their milk to Tarakwa cooperative. They still have to develop a strong leadership but do deliver their milk to NKCC Eldoret together with Tarakwa cooperative.

Interventions We are encouraging them to hire an office which they are working on. Several FFS have been planned to train the famers linked to the group. Staff Level They also need an office, as for now they are not having an office. They also

need capacity building for the leaders.

5. TONGAREN : October – December 2010

Management Level,The milk intake improve in the month of December have collected 13,950 kgs, they gave their farmers Kshs. 21.8 per liter. the group has a great challenge of leadership that have hampered quick implementation of decisions as such the program has lined up a series of training to enable the SBO expand their scope. This training will involve the youth groups allied to them who number about


2000. These youth are interested in dairy project and have already raised some capital to enable them engage in dairy and other commercial activities. Their cooler is yet to start operation. The group also benefited for a donation of 25 new aluminum cans purchased for them in the month of November from their area MP. Hon. Eseli. Intervention The Management needs training as the committee management. They have a cooler that have been dormant since installation, partly

vandalized but are in the process of restoring it to a functioning state.Staff Level The program is encouraging that group to buy a chuff cutter and pulveriser

that can be used by the farmers. FFS has been running smoothly with the relevant topics being taught on

dairy production and management. The group has a demo farms.

Farm levelThe filed demo on the value addition on crop residue and treatment of maize stovers was held in the month of November.

5. NAITIRI : October – December 2010

Management Level,The committee members are on the final stage of filing their application to become a cooperative as part of the implementation of the action plan developed following the training by LO’L and Standards and Solution consultants in Eldoret. Their performance has improved remarkably with the


volume of milk take of 34,000 kgs in December giving the farmers kshs.21.8 per liter. The group capacity was further boosted by receiving 60 aluminum cans during the month of November with the area MP. Hon. Eseli, promising Kshs. 1.5 million to facilitate the installation of the second cooler of 5000 liters donated by Ministry of Special programmes.

Interventions They have resolved to start an MPESA for easy payment of their member

that is also an income generating activity to them. A field day has been planned for January 2011 to sensitize the farmers and

the community of the importance of dairy farming and also training the farmers.

The program is trying to link the group to the IT service providers to ensure that they get a computer and other technological intake.

The program planning to buy a digital weighing scales.Staff Level

The SBO has 3 clerks and one caretaker that needs training too before the new cooler is

Installed. The FFS School running smoothly.

Farmers’ levelThe program has held a demonstration training Urea treatment to enable the farmers take advantage of the abundant maize stovers in the area in December; the members greatly appreciated the training saying it would help alleviate their feeding challenges during draught.

6. BAMWAI DAIRIES : October – December 2010

Management LevelThe way forward will now be held in January 2011 following the death of their former chairman. They had gone along way in changing into a cooperative society. They delivered their milk to NKCC and also sell some at their milk Bar. They enjoy the benefit of Bulk sale to NKCC and also sold to the community at a Kshs. 25 per liter.


Since they are few we are seeking of incorporating them with Surungai dairy. Interventions

The group needs encouragement for them to remain strong The program is following the issues with the interim committee on the way

forward. The group is undergoing a transformation process to become a cooperative

society.

7. MEEBOT MULTI PURPOSE COOPERATIVE : October – December 2010

Management LevelThe group is trying to implement the action plan they developed while attending during the training conducted by LO’L and Standards and Solution consultants in Eldoret polytechnic. The group is looking for funds to buy a digital weighing sale and in the Motor Bike transport that has been their main challenge; and cooperative Bank is looking at their proposal with a view to finance them.Interventions A big field day is scheduled for January 2011. The members are still being sensitized to raise some money for the group

project even if the CDF promised them one million Kenya shillings for the cooler.

They are seeking and to connect electricity to their office. They have started a feeds store and are selling inputs to the farmers.

Farmer Level Have and an on going FFS school that is meeting monthly. A date has been set to demonstrate Urea treatment to the groups how to added value to maize stovers that are plenty in the area.

8. WAMUINI CBO : October – December 2010


Management LevelThe group is planning to transform into a cooperative but has not yet began the process. They also plan to buy the Motor bike transport, a digital weighing scale to help their group improve on their income and efficiency to the customers. They sell their milk locally, through the milk bar and some is delivered to NKCC. They had good milk intake in the month of December of 16,120 kgs and the farmers were paid Kshs. 25 per liter. They are set to equip their milk bar and start value addition. Interventions The milk bar has been branded by KDB through the initiative of the program

hence boosting image and confidence to their customer. The groups were among the first to have the crop residue demonstration and

value addition to help them feed their animals during the dry seasons. Farmer Level FFs school hs been running smoothly.9. KOITOGOS DYNAMIC CO-OP SOCIETY : October – December 2010

Management LevelThis group is progressing so well, and have adopted several interventions such as acquiring digital weighing scale, have a purchased a digital weighing scale and have decided to deliver their milk together with cherangany dairy group. The have well two well established Biogas demo farms. Their farmers were paid Kshs. 26 per liter in December while they are receiving Kshs.31 form NKCC.


Interventions Their cooperative has been processed awaiting the official hand over of their certificate by the DCO TransNzoia West sometimes in January 2011.

Staff Level The group still needs to employ a manager and also diversify their business.

The program intends to link the group to one of the SPs to enable them get a computer to improve their management efficiency and also record management. They have 2 staff members

Farmer Level The FFs school is running smoothly.

10.Taito Federation group- Kipsaina During the month of December, the Taito group opened an office to coordinate their bulking activities. The group has made great strides and the volume of milk collected totaled 25,080 kgs. The DCO has given the group a period of two months after which he would proceed with the documentation to register them as a cooperative society. The group has trained 3 people who will be manning the milk collection centers on that route. The group has bought a pulveriser machines and a total of 4 machines have been purchased in the area.

12.Moi’ Bridge Dairy Cooperative SaccoThe Sacco is developing well albeit slow because they are not yet standing on their own.The program is organizing a field day in January for the farmers to be taught and more reached. We have already established a FFS at Furfural, and more are set to take off around Moi Bridge area. Moi’s bridge is paying farmers Ksh.26 per liter for their milk.

13.TransNzoia Teachers Sacco Dairy Group . Following the training undertaken jointly by the program and Teacher’s Sacco in November, the 975 women trained have now opened accounts with the teachers Sacco and are in the process of receiving the fund for their dairy businesses. The women were trained in 12 locations namely: Union central Primary school group, Milimani group, Sirende group, Marambachi-Tuoyo group, Saboti, Endebess, Kwanza, kiminini, Kaplamai, Kacibora, sibanga and Kapomboi all being primary school within the milkshed.group on the 13 th and 14th of November 2010. The program hs also scheduled a training of 4500 members in January 2011.

14.Cherangany Dairy groupThis SBO has now begun delivering their milk to NKCC as from November 2010. They have benefited from the bonus prices being paid Kshs. 31 per liter while the farmers are getting from Kshs. 25-28 per liter. The group is collecting milk from three of our other SBO; namely Koitogos, Surungai and Seum. As


indicated in our November report, they are in the process of registering themselves as a cooperative society a step them will pen up the management to the members. Cherangany Dairy group greatly benefited from the training conducted by LO’L and Standards and Solution consultancy in Eldoret we are glad to see them joint the other SBOs in order to reap the benefits of the volume bonuses.

15. Koisungur & highland Dairy groups in MarakwetIn the month of December, both the SBOs working with the program in The Marakwet group began bulking their milk and delivering ht e same to NKCC. The transport challenge that had been the main challenge was resolved when NKCC provided a vehicle to collect the milk at Kshs. 3 per liter as opposed to the Kshs. 7 that the group were charged during the initial stages of bulking .The commencement of bulking has transformed the lives of the farmers since they are being paid Kshs. 28 per liter. Koisungur group did bulk 46,500 kgs in December and highlands 31,000 kgs delivered to Lelbren Pokot.The program is urging both the groups in Marakwet to establish offices for the coordination of the bulking activities, which they are seeking to accomplish in January 2010.


The MP. Hon. Linah Chebii visiting one of the Stands at the Chesoi field day held on the 8th December at the DC’s compound, with her are the DLPO Mr. Ruto and the DO.1

The display team form Keny Seed Company attending to visitors to their stand during the Chesoi field day on the 8th December 2010.

2.2.2 SUMMARY OF MILK PRODUCTION FOR THE SBOS DECEMBER 2010

No SBOS No. OfFarme

rs

Vol. in kgs

Unit sellingprice

Revenue

Unitbuyin

gprice

Amount paid

to farmers

Surplus/

ProfitExp &Salary

NETIncom

e1 Tongaren 307 13,950 25 348,750 21.8 304,110 44,640 6100 38,540

2 Bamwai 118 7,350 25 183,750 22 161,700 22,050 7500 14,550

3 Wamuini 112 16,120 32 515,840 25 403,000 112,840 10155 102685

4 Taito 673 25,080 25 627,000 21.8 546,744 80,256 24000 56256

5 Tarakwa & Kipsombe

666 24,955 25.5 634,725 23.30 579824 54,901 17,340 37,561

6 Meeboot 252 7,750 25 193,750 19.84 153,760 39,990 9,760 30,230

7 Surungai 106 6,510 25 162,750 21.8 141,918 20,832 3600 17232

8 Seum 96 8,370 25 209,250 22.8 190,836 18,414 8,000 10,414

9 Naitiri 905 34,000 25 850,000 21.8 741,200 108,800 16,800 92,000

10 Koitogos 89 7,130 31 221,030 27.8 198,214 22,816 4,300 18,516

11 Cherangany

1,967 217,000 31 6,727,000 28 6,076,000 651,000 275,000 376,000

12 Marakwet-

2,790 77,500 27.5 2,077,000 23.4 1,835,200 241,800 37,000 204,800

BSPs Moi’ Bridge

2,300 90,300 26 2,347,800 21.8 1,968,540 379,260 260,000 119,260

BSPs Teachers 4,500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 14,881 536,015 24.9375

15,098,645

21.74 13,301,046 1,797,599

679,555

1,118,044

* There was no milk rejected in the month December 2010 by the SBOs.* The Number of Direct Beneficiaries is: 17,439, made up of 14,881 members from the

table plus 2,558 youths.

ANALYSIS OF THE SBO PRODUCTION TABLE


Average Income per Household Kshs

Kshs 1057.23

Average price Kshs.24.9375Average liter per cow/pd 9 kg pc/pd

Revenue in Kshs. 15,098,645Increase in Vol. of milk (MT) Actual

536,015 kgs

2.2.3 LIST OF DEMO FARM ESTABLISHED AS AT DECEMBER 2010

SBOs No Farmer’s Name Tel. Dairy Focus

1 Surungai 4

Allan Mwangi 0711824098

Ayshire, fodder trees, machinery & silage.

Tom Njogu 0725978942

Timothy Timor 0722732854

Pastures (Boma Rhodes)

John Kiragu 0720599118

Silage tube, Jersey breeder

2 Tarakwa

7Nathan kimnoo 07263651

69Pastures/ fodder-Napier, Desmodium, vines,

Linah Kiptoo 0727003292

Silage tube, above the ground pastures

Kokasgei Thomas 0773049130

Silage, Napier, average AI cows

Samuel Martim 0720755276

Silage, breeder Friesian

Joshua Kipsombe 0715128163

Breeding and pasture establishment

Mrs. Chesire Silage, Napier, average AI cowsMrs. Baliat pasture establishment, Silage, Napier

3 Naitiri 4Pastor Chiveli 07253018

78Tube silage, good Ayshire, Crop residue

Stephene Tokiko 0725342730

Silage, breeding

Maleche 0722225122

Zero grazing

Samuel Kutete 0722634990

Crop residue.

4 Tongaren 1 Justus Wekesa 0724367208

Crop residue

5 Seum 2 William Tirop 0722841349

Zero grazing unit, pastures/fodder, machinery

Philemon Biwott 0719668403

Good Ayshire cows

6 Koitogos 4 Mary Mutai 0722789342

Zero grazing, Biogas, Good animals

Mrs. Rono 0720813250

Mrs. Roseline Yego

0722848919

Zero grazing, Biogas ,Silage ,good animals


Nelson Kosgey 0720824435 Pasture Establishment Napier/ silage

7 Meeboot 9

Bernard Ndiema 0725548845

Silage, Napier ,

Chebeo Stephen 0720783748

Napier sweet potato vines

Matebo Stephen 0727844855

Pastures/fodder, feed trough

Wendot Boiyo Feed trough, paddocks, fodder trees sweet potato vines

Felista Baraza To be improvedJoseph Kamau 07345873

02Silage tube, zero grazing, fodder trees

Mrs. Catheline Wanyonyi

0738198809

Silage tube good hay

Phanise kepkemoi Zero grazing (planning for biogas)Magdalene Njeri Zero grazing unit

8 Wamuini 2 John Ndegwa 0725519289

Zero grazing, Pastures. breeding

Mrs. Lucy Mwangi 0721634890

Crop residue, Silage, breeding, zero grazing.

9 Cherangany

1 Moses Kiptanui Breeding and record keeping/ pastures

Total 34

2.3 COMPONENT 3: INCR EASE AVAILABILITY OF DAIRY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

2.3.1 Milk Bulking/Cooling Services

The main processors have increased their capacity for milk intake and seem be more prepared to cope with any possible influx on milk to avoid the occurrence of the milk glut that occurred recently. To curb the influx the processor has decided to sign contracts with the milk supplies that they will be able to work with even when the milk supply increases. Some of our SBOs have signed contracts with NKCC already. Brookside is seeking to sign a contract for minimum period of 7 months with bonus prices for different categories of milk supplied as follows:

Quantitykgs

Collected Price

TransportKshs.

Delivered PriceKshs.


Kshs.1-500 25 minimum 3 28501-1000 26 3 291001+ 27 3 30

The NKCC prices are hereby indicated below:

Quantity Ltrs.

Collected

Bonus

Transport

Chilling Delivered

1 – 500 25 0 3 1 29.00501 – 2,999 25 1 3 1 30.003,000 – 6,999 25 2 3 1 31.007,000 – 9,999 25 3 3 1 32.0010,000-14,999 25 4 3 1 33.00OVER 15,000 25 5 3 1 34.00

2.3.2 AI Services The use of AI has improved in the as well as animal registration that required

the farmers to keep the records of the animal and therefore endure the breed is tracked. .The program also have sensitized many SPs who are AI technicians to acquire AI tanks, and motor bikes to respond quickly to the demands of the service when the farmers call them, we have developed a very good working relations ship with Juhudi Kilimo. Family Bank which are, very willing to sponsor and support the SPs.

2.3.3 SPS Offering New Services: SPs offering new service are 7 in number: Mathilda, Simiyu, Bernard

Ndiema, Jared Otota, Allan Mwangi, Peter kaburu and Samuel Ndiema this includes urea treatment, value addition to feed through yeast and feed formulation.

The Numbers of SPs stand at 96 in five Categories: AI, AHA, APD, Transporters, ICT, FSP and the BSP.

Categories No.1 AI, AHA & APD -SPs 532 Milk Transporter- SPs 143 Information Comm’ Technologies -SPs 34 Financial Service Providers 35 BSP - Mini Dairies 23

Total 96


2.3.4 SPS IN TRANSNZOIA MILKSHED CATEGORIZED AS AT 31 ST DECEMBER 2010

AI, AHA & APD SPs Milk Transporters SPs

No Name Telephone No Business Name Contact Persons Telephone 1 Alex Muhindi 725244652 54 Kichuki Transporters Ishmael Wachira 7233413482 Allan R. Mwangi 711824098 55 Paul Korir Paul Korir 7293536973 B. N. Lutalala 735656847 56 Kaisagat Transporters Nicholas Bunyasi 7150610594 Benard Chepkwenda 722400037 57 Masibo Martin Wasiwa 5 Benard Ndiema 725548845 58 Biwott Transporters Jonathan Choge 7236416806 Benson Nyarangi 721484975 59 Najoli Ben Musila 7282724577 Christopher K. Maina 717071693 60 Kibangenge Eliud Maiyo 7225875478 Christopher Komen 720861082 61 Kirau James Kirau 7254480829 Christopher

Matagaro724084240 62 Masibo Ben Masibo 723601885

10 Cornelius N. Cheprot 727239017 63 Tebeson Transporters Isaac Burgen 72111457711 Daniel Bore 710359707 64 Corner Traders Elphas Bitok 72611308512 Enock K. Kimeli 725299403 65 Kim Macharia John Maina 71149865313 Felix Bett Songok 725908808 66 Kisawai Transporters Yofan Sakong 73343371614 Fred Barasa Kalibo 727131392 67 Siamba Protus Simiyu 72436723615 George M. Chelibei 71254023916 George Simiyu 722330153 Information Communication Technology SPs17 Jared Otota 723263203 No Business Name Contact Persons Telephone18 Joab Wamukota 710316731 68 Aspire Technologies Dan Okoth Nunda 72227128819 Job Mukabi 73508688920 John Wesonga 710863786 Financial Service Providers21 Joshua Jumba 720937527 No Business Name Contact Persons Telephone 22 Kairu P. Kairu 722332589 69 Juhudi Kilimo Benjamin Kimsop 72076240123 Kennedy Nyachae 710280684 70 Family Bank Caroline Sudi 72317728724 Kirui Michael 721799345 71 T/Nzoia Teachers' Sacco Moses Makworo 72290904425 Loyce Mogaka 72090156226 Mallece C.Cheprot 724482514 BSP - MINI DAIRIES27 Martin S. Mang'atta 723350272 No Business Name FULL NAMES Telephone 28 Mary Musimbi 720293109 72 Baraton Dairy Reuben Wabuge 71544343029 Mathlida Sitoko 724518474 73 Nestar Dairies Douglas Ndiragu 72145240330 Maurice W. Walukhu 726510449 74 Abco Milk Point Abram Ngetich 723653530

31 Michael Kirui 721799345 75 Mitume Dairy Mary Wamucii 72095757532 Moses S. Kiboi 724396974 76 Greenland Dairy Ezekiel Nakira 71258630833 Patrick Komen 720792124 77 John Soi 71974465534 Peter Simiyu 724771528 78 David Martin 72294820335 Peter W, Wanyonyi 722922593 79 Muruny F.C Society Joseph Kolima 72964536436 Peter Watuthu 723566079 80 Mosop Dairy Mary Cherotich 72396383737 Reuben Karenga 726938625 81 Kiskis Dairy Grace Metetai 72259508638 Samuel C. Ndiema 728024469 82 Kiskis Dairy Maria Limo 720891488


39 Samuel Nasongo 712213440 83 Maziwa Point Amos Kiprono 72372412340 Sawe K. David 725464368 84 Pioneer Dairies David Koech 72524465241 Shadrack K.Samoei 726424843 85 Business Development Ale Muhindi 72266311242 Shadrack K.Too 711557070 86 Dewfresh Dairy Micheal Watiti 71336304443 Stanley Koech 722646047 87 Upendo Dairy Lucy Gitonga 72337330244 Stephene Tokiko 725342730 88 Terks Dairies Teresa Kimani 71062676745 Thomas .K. Metto 724678084 89 Faith Dairies Patrick Macharia 723045358

46 Wison Mayende 713344138 90 Mini Dairies Paul Mwangi 72304535847 William Makechi 0721245443 91 Countryside Milk Bar Joseph Njoroge 72610006948 Richard Soy 92 Mitoto Dairy Francis Agendi 71089810249 Vincent Simiti Simiyu 0714180779 93 Bens Dairy Benjamin Odada 724184092850 Charles Paul Tindi 0728477272 94 Highland Dairy George Cherwer 71800191651 John Wesonga 0728442423 95 Simba Fabricators Macharia 0722906196

52 Jeremiah Wasike 96 Real Feeds Titus Wmbua53 David Koech 0725244652

2.3.5 Business Service Providers (BSPs), ICT and (FSPs) The program is still developing the Business plans for the SPs working with

the program, which will help them, run their business profitably as well as enable to get loans from the banks.

The FSP working in the program are Juhudi Kilimo Family Bank and T/Nzoia Teachers' Sacco. During the month December the program contracted Real Feeds and did supply yeast

to the Within milkshed as follows:

2.3.6 E- Portal Registration

List of Farmers from the Milk shed Registered with the E-Portal by the End of December 2010.

(More to be registered in January 2011)

Total Active E-portal Bal1 Meeboot Dairy Farmers 243 189 542 Surungai Coop Society 106 67 393 Taito - Mungano (only 70 active with

program)315 276 39

Taito - Jamii Self Help Group 63 33 30Taito-Jamii Timaa Rangers Youth group 31 18 13

Taito - Aruba self Help Group 41 39 2Taito - Wanangokho Women Group 64 0 64

Taito - Kapsaina(large and muronjo) 113 113 0Taito-Kimuri farmers 46 21 25Taito Total 673 500 173

4 Naitiri Dairy Farmers Development Project 840 117 7235 Kipsombe Fed. - Tarakwa Coop Society 330 0 330


Kipsombe Fed - Kipsombe SHG 200 64 136Kipsombe Federation Total 530 64 466

6 Koitogos Dynamic Coop Society 88 41 477 Tongaren Milk Cooler Project 307 145 1628 Seum Coop Society 95 959 Wamuini Dairy Farmers CBO 57 19 38

Wamuini-gaba community based organization

56 22 34

10 Cherangany Dairy Farmers 1969 1969 011 Bamwai Coop Society 114 114

12 Moi's Bridge Dairy 2300 2300

8581 3697 4884100 43.08356 56.91644

2.3.7 SUMMARY MONTHLY DATA OF SERVICES OFFERED BY SPs IN DECEMBER 2010

FULL NAMESERVICES OFFERED PROVIDED

TOTAL valueKsh.AI Cattles Farmers DIP others

Registered trained Local Imported

Joshua Jumba 46 6 0 0 0 0 39,200Samwel Ndiema 25 5 20 0 0 0 22,000Allan Mwangi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Adc 1800 380 0 0 0 0 1,592,000

Peter Simiyu 25 5 0 0 0 0 22,000Wilson Mayende 75 0 0 0 0 0 0Felix Bett 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Patrick Komen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Thomas Metto 33 15 0 30 0 0 0Shadrak Sang 15 8 0 0 0 0 0John Wesonga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Stephen Tokiko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0William Makechi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Susan Chebet 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Joab Wamukota 20 46 0 0 0 0 34,400Dr painto Chongo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Mathlida Sitoko 15 6 0 0 0 0 14,400Daniel Bore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Mr Kaburu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0TOTAL 2054 471 20 30 0 0 1,724,000


2.3.8 TRANSNZOIA MILKSHED FFS TRAINING SCHEDULE FROM 4 th JANUARY TO 3 rd MARCH 2011

DATE SBO ACTIVITY & TOPICS SP /FACILITATOR VENUE TIME FFS coordinator4/01/11 Surungai FFS-Marketing KDB/KDSCP ,, 10.00am Mr. John Kiragu 0720599118

12/01/11 Koitogos FFS-health management Mrs. Susan Chebet/ Mr. Jared

Otota

,, 11.00am Nelson Kosgei 0720824435

Tongaren FFS milk quality KDB ,, 11.00am Justus Wekesa.072436720813/01/11 Naitiri FFS- Breeding Mr. Walukhu ,, 10.00am Stephen Tokiko 0725342730

Tarakwa Nathan Kimnoo 0726365169

18/01/11 Seum FFS-zero grazing Mr. Allan Mwangi ,, 11.00am William Tirop 072284134926/01/11 Koitogos FFS-records Mr. Patrick Komen ,, 11.00am Nelson Kosgei 072082443527/01/11 Naitiri FFS-Dry cow

management,, 10.00am Stephen Tokiko 0725342730

9/02/11 Koitogos FFS-Milk quality KDB ,, 11.00am Nelson Kosgei 072082443515/02/11 Seum FFS-pasture establish’ /

marketingKDSCP ,, 11.00am William Tirop 0722841349

16/02/11 Koitogos FFS- marketing KDSCP ,, 11.00amTarakwa Nathan Kimnoo 0726365169

23/02/11 Koitogos FFS-marketing KDB ,, 11.00am Nelson Kosgei 072082443503/03/11 Seum FFS-Milk quality KDSCP ,, 11.00am William Tirop 0722841349

2.4 Interventions targeting mitigating environmental degradation

The SBO have been sensitized on the need install Biogas plants and they are beginning to appreciate it especially for the farmers with a sizable herd. Most of the SBOs have now stabilized and are willing to invest in the plant. Several farmers in Koitogos have established Biogas plants. The farmers have been also been sensitized on the use of detergents that could pollute water as well as overgrazing that can destroy and also be harmful to the environment.

The advantage of large sizes of land has also helped the farmers in the milkshed as most of them have established pastures. The program has also encouraged the groups to plant fodders that besides providing feeds to the animal do also help in the preservation of the environment.

The was a great intervention and boost to environmental conservation made during the field day held at Marakwet Chesoi on the 8th

December 2010 by the area MP. Hon. Linah chebii and the administration who resolve that all the farmers in the area where to ensure they plant grass along the boundaries to their farm to avoid soil erosion and also provide pasture for their animals; the DC said they would not allow any farmer to plant maize unless they have planted grass along their farms.

2.5 Gender and youth interventions

The program is mobilizing women groups in the milkshed who are now fully participating in dairy activities. The kitale women initiative has


appreciated the program. They coordinate groups of women who are willing to join the already existing SBOs within the milkshed; most of them are already participating in dairy farming.

The youth intervention has been a challenge; however we have developed strategies to effectively reach them. Several youth groups have been identified and are working with the SBOs in the milkshed. The program has found it necessary to engage the youth so that they appreciate the importance of participating in some kind of commercial activity. Failure to involve the youths who move idly in the vicinity of the SBOs poses a security risk, beside that it is very easy for them to resort to unethical and immoral activities. The program has therefore employed the strategy of encouraging the youth groups to start sports that has successfully enabled us to bring them together and draw them to our programs.

We are dangling the sports activities after which we give them motivational talks, entrepreneurial tips and career guidance; the opportunity is used to give them basic training on how to start small business. We are encouraging to them to start with what they can easily lay their hand on; which is doing something in the dairy value chain. This is so because the geographical condition is very suitable for diary farming in addition there is a large tract of land that they can capitalize on to earn in dairy farming as a stepping stone to their future career advancement. We have therefore scheduled training for the groups we have identified.

2.6 Challenges and how to address them.

The program is making remarkable progress on the ground and we hope to achieve our deliverables for the year. More recruitment has taken place, however the challenge of IDs still

remains because of the socio-cultural background of the community and level of mistrust among the communities as most of the communities are not sure of how data they reveal could be used against them. The major difficulties arise form the fact that most people do not want give their ID numbers.

The challenges are now being surmounted as the groups are becoming stable and we have assured them that details of their IDs are if the groups are, to comply with the requirements of becoming a cooperative society.

All groups are now being tranformed into a Cooperative, those already undertaking the process of reistration are: Naitiri, Surungai, Kipsaina Taito, and marakwet groups of Koinsungur and Highland consortium. The others to follow are Tongaren, wamuini, Cherangany


3.0 Performance Data TablePerformance Indicator Baselin

eYear One Oct Nov Dec Cumulative

b. Rural households benefiting (Number) 0 8,285 12,823 14,881 17439 2558 youths attached to the SBOs

Number of women Reached 1,966 2566 3,366 4,205 839 female from the youth list.

Indirectly reached 4500 4,641c.1 Increase volume of milk purchased from smallholder dairy farmers (MT ) IN Litres (Actual) 130.417 MT

1,173.322 291,784 302,380 536,015 Actual

c.2 Increase value of milk purchased from smallholder dairy farmers (Kshs.) Actual - 6,554,1

18 6,454,344 15,098,645

This was a 133% increase as result of bulking in Marakwet.

Volume of milk rejected liters 0 - 200 300 -Value of milk rejected 0 - 4,400 7,500 -g. Jobs created in the value chain (Number) 0 161 - - 3h. Producers accessing/ receiving/ utilizing BDS, inputs, technologies, & mag’t practices (Number) 0 8,285 12,823 14,881 17439 Cumulative

Performance Indicator Baseline3. Dairy enterprises achieving national/international certifications and enforcing quality regulations on suppliers (Number)

MBC: 0 -

4. Increased feed marketed under new quality standards (Kg, (Kshs.))

Volume: 0%US$: 0% -

5. Value of non-project resources leveraged Kshs. $0m $114,667 500,000 170,000 600,000 Actual

8. Producer organizations strengthened ((Number) 0 12SBOs with business plans 0 8 8 89. SBOs/MBCs with HACCP and/or national certification (Number) 010. Increased raw milk sold by SBOs under agreements that pay premiums for quality

Liters: 0%US$: 0%

11. Increased gross revenue of SBO/MBCs from sale of inputs and services other than milk cooling 0%

115,000 Feed stores Naitiri, Meeboot & Surungai in

December.12. SBO/MBCs transformed into sustainable business entities (above the breakeven point) 0 12 As per data availed

13. Cooling units installed/rehabilitated in SBO/MBCs (Number) 0Number of BDS providers benefitting (Number) i.e. trained and linked to SBOs 0 46 94 95 96 Cumulative

14. BDS firms providing new business services to producers (Number) 0 7

15. Increased value of Services/inputs provided by BSP (US Dollar) 0% $361,00

2 100,000 600,000

16. Number of smallholders (gender of HH head, age) purchasing private sector services at full commercial rates (Number)

0 17439

17. New technologies or mag’t practices made available for transfer (Number) 0 2 7 -

Silage, urea treatment, sex semen pulveriser, digital scales, Business

plan, 6


18. Dairy farmers (gender of HH head, age) receiving loans from financial service providers (Number, US Dollar)

Number: 0

US$: 0%101 550 -

20. Dairy farmers receiving short-term training (gender of HH head, age) Nos. 0 592 12,823 12,823 86

21. Number of Farmer field Schools set up ((number) 0 - 15 18 CUMM 322. Number of demonstration farms set up (number) 0 - 32 CUMM 2


4.0 APPENDICES

Appendix 1: Scanned list of people who attended the Field day and Free medical camp held at Tarakwa cooperative Grounds on the 2nd

December, 2010.

Appendix 1: Continued



Appendix 2: Scanned list of farmers who attended the FFS at Furfural Nangili on the

6th December, 2010.



Appendix 3: Scanned list of farmers who attended the Field day at Kapsowar Boys grounds on the 7th December, 2010.




Appendix 4: Scanned list of farmers who attended the Field day at Chesoi DC’s Office Compound on the 8th December, 2010.




Appendix 5: Scanned list of farmers who attended the FFS at Kiptenden on the


9th December, 2010.

Appendix 6: Scanned list of farmers who attended the FFS at Naitiri – Pwani on the

15th December, 2010.



Appendix 7: SUCCESS STORIES OF THE FARMERS WITHIN THE SBOS IN THE MILKSHED

SUCCESS STORY :1

KENYA KDSCP

A MARAKWET WOMAN CREATES EMPLOYMENT FOR HER FAMILY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE KDSCP TRANSNZOIA

My name is Mrs. Evelyn koech a lady, married to Mr. Sammy kimutai with four children. We have seven acres land, half of which we have planted Napier grass to feed our 6 cows and on five acres, we do plant maize. We started serious dairy farming in the year 2007 before that we were keeping animals with no commercial intent in mind but as a tradition since, a Marakwet home must no be without animals. At time that time too we were struggling financially trying to make ends meet in raising school fees for our children and providing their daily up keep.

After attending little other training, I realized that we had the opportunity to improve our financial status and resolved not to miss any of the trainings. My turning point came about when I attended a leader’s seminar held at Kapsowar on the 7th October 2010. In this particular seminar, we were taught on animal breeds and breeding techniques, Feeds, feeding as well as animal nutrition; and on the last day of the seminar, Simba machinery fabricators demonstrated the use of the pulvuriser machine that used a petrol engine and yet easily movable. I was so impressed with its performance that I immediately placed an order for one that was supplied a week later at kshs.35, 000. From that day my family and I have never looked back. We can now prepare enough feeds for our animals besides that, my husband is now fully engaged in hiring out the machine to other farmers in the area, which gives us a daily income of Kshs. 1500/- after deducting the expenses. We would therefore like to extend our sincere gratitude to the KDSCP TransNzoia for giving us the Marakwet people a chance to prove ourselves. The future of the family is very bright future as we also get good income from the milk that is now delivered to NKCC Iten, at Kshs. 28 per liter. My family makes Kshs. 250 per day from the


In the month of April 2010, we heard that a Dairy program was coming to our area for a meeting to sensitize farmers on the use of artificial insemination (A.I). I did not hesitate since I had desired to improve my herd, I therefore ensured that I attended the meeting, from where we learnt of K.D.S.C.P and later met the coordinator Mr. Isaac Kamau. From this meeting we were asked to form ourselves into a group which we later did and called it Koisungur Dairies. I was then lucky to be elected as one the interim officials of the group, giving me the opportunity to attend more MRS. EVELYN KOECH STANDING NEAR THE

PULVERISER MACHINE SHE BOUGHT.

10 kgs, something that was not possible before the program came to our area. Our future plan is to increase the number of animals in the herd to15 animals in the next two years. K.D.S.C.P has therefore transformed our lives and given us hope to proper in the far region of Marakwet. MRS EVERLYNE KOECH: TEL: NO 0738190763: ID NO. 25089179

SUCCESS STORY: 2

KENYA KDSCP

A FORMER TRUCK DRIVER’S LIFE TRANSFORMED THROUGH THE KDSCP TRANSNZOIA PROGRAM

My name is Timothy Timor a Committee member of Surungai Dairy group. I am married with 2 children. Before I ventured into dairy farming, I was a driver of transit vehicles for several years an experience that took to all the East African countries namely: Uganda and Tanzania and also to Sudan, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 2002, I bought a farm and 3 animals that I left to be managed by my workers who did not have much experience in animal management. For several years, none of the animals served with AI straws, conceived and this frustrated us very much forcing us to eventually turn to natural mating using bulls, which greatly affected the quality of the animals.

I eventually left the driving job in 2008 and decided take over the management of the farm to ensure we generate enough income to help me and also sustain my family. As l took over the management of the farm, we were lucky because the following year the KDSCP program

came to TransNzoia and our group of Surungai Dairy was among the first to sign a contact to work with it. Since joining the program in 2009, I have greatly

benefited from the trainings, workshop and seminars the program organized and facilitated and as a result , over the last two years I have made enough silage for my animals and have established pasture of; 6 acres planted with Boma Rodes and 2 acres planted with Napier. The program also identified my farm a one of the Demo farms that is used by the program to train other farmers.


The KDSCP program has also established several FFS within our farmer field school (F.F.S.) within our group which has greatly assisted me; for instant, I have now learnt how to add value to crop residue such as maize stovers using Urea treatment and yeast to prepare feeds. Through the various training I have received on dairy management I now know how to

SOME OF THE ANIMALS OF TIMOTHY GRAZING IN THE COMPOUND

MR. TIMOTHY TIMOR STANDING IN THE COMPOUND OF HIS FARM

I now have 25 animals and of the few we are milking, with the intervention of the program, we have seen the volume of milk increase from 20 litres to 40 litres per day. I would therefore want to thank the KDSCP program for the impact they have made in our lives and would like to encourage all dairy farmers to appreciate training and give personal attention to their animals and they will definitely see results.

MR . TIMOTHY TIMOR TELEPHONE NUMBER: 0722732854. SUCCESS STORY: 3

KENYA KDSCP

A FORMER BANKER’s QUEST TO CHANGE THE ECONOMIC STATUS OF HIS COMMUNITY THROUGH THE INTERVENTION OF THE KDSCP IN TRANSNZOIA MILKSHED

MR. PETER OWINO (in the black coat in front) IN ONE OF THE KDSCP WORKSHOPS.The group has managed to buy a pulveriser and has also enabled several members the group buy their own machines. They group begun bulking on the 1st December 2010 and are delivering 420 liters per day together with other to SBOs in Taito area to NKCC as such they are winning more members to their group. The group also has more FFS training in the month than the other who hold their FFS once in a month. We sought to find from Mr. Owino why he works so hard for his group to understand his source of inspiration; and this was what he had to say, “I was a Banker by profession having worked as a supervisor with standard chartered Bank for 27 years in kitale Town. I decided to take early retirement in 1995 and in 2003 with part of the proceeds, I managed to buy 3 dairy animals that I left in the care of a worker who had no prior training in dairy management and the result was disastrous as two of the animals died of starvation and sicknesses. The experience was very painful to me because, the death of the animals was a great financial lost given that I was already in retirement it was a great blow. I however, had to learn the hard way to know what it takes for one to succeed in dairy farming; that is the need for personnel attention and knowing the state of the animals at all times; the experience also created a desire in me to learn more on dairy animal management. The opportunity to learn more eventually came when I was invited to mobilization meeting at Aruba church by a Service provider, Matilda Sitoko who was already working with the program. After the meeting I was so delighted and decided to ask for another meeting to be held in kipsaina; a farmer field school followed the meeting in kipsaina and from there, we registered our group and have since, been actively transforming the lives of the farmers in the area by promoting dairy activities as the main financial activity besides maize farming which often fails because of little rainfall.


The kipsaina group is one of the constituent groups of Taito federation working with KDSCP led by its chairman Mr. Owino, a father of 6. Mr. Peter Owino is one of the most aggressive chairpersons among the leaders of SBOs working with KDSCP in TransNzoia milkshed. His dynamic leadership has seen the Kipsaina group come up very fast in opening a bulking office and spearheading mobilization of the farmers from kosegon, Kapsaina, kaisagat and

THE NEW BULKING OFFICE AT KIPSAINA-

TAITOAsked about the future plans for his group: Mr. Owino said, “He was glad that his group would soon become a cooperative society, after which they desire to raise some funds, buy land where they can put up building, to start a Sacco with a Front Office Savings Activity (FOSA). This according to him can be easily achieved given that he has a Banking background”. MR. PETER OWINO. TEL. NO. 0725660475.

APPENDIX 8: LIST OF YOUTH GROUPS WORKING WITH THE PROGRAM

See the List supporting the below table attached to a Excel document with to the December report.

NO

SBO NAME OF YOUTHGROUP

NUMBERMale Female Total

1 Tongaren Bungoma North youth Sacco

1411 831 2442

2 Surungai Youth group 61 0 613 Meeboot Youth group 26 4 304 Taito-Jamii Timaa football

team21 4 25

Total 1,519 839 2,558


While concluding, Mr. Owino said, his biggest motivation was help to farmers avoid falling into the same predicament as his, so that they do not loose their herd bought by their hard earned cash. Mr. Owino he would like to implement all what he and his group has learnt from KDSCP and are grateful for the program for what they are today and wished they had received the knowledge earlier; they would

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