1. Farmers Field Schools (FFS) and RA Certification Scalability By Mbadi. P.K 11- 13th April 2012

2. CONTENTS 1. Introduction (KTDA Brief History, Mission/Vision and structure) 2. The sustainable agriculture Project (RA certification and FFS Scalability) 3. Achievements 4. Challenges

3. BRIEF HISTORY Tea was introduced in Kenya in 1903. Smallholder cultivation started in 1950s Special Crops Development Authority established in 1960. Kenya Tea Development Authority Established in 1964 with 2 factories Kenya Tea Development Agency incorporated on 15th June, 2000 with 45 factories. The Agency currently manages all the 65 tea factories 600,000 small-scale tea farmers

4. KTDAS Mission To provide effective management services to the tea sector for efficient production, processing and marketing of high quality teas and investing in related profitable ventures for the benefit of the shareholders and other stakeholders.KTDAS Vision To be the leading management and marketing company of high quality tea products in the world.

5. KTDA Organization Structure KTDA Board 12 Elected Farmers representatives from 12 Zones The Factories Boards Six Farmers representatives Leaf collection centres Five Farmers representatives 600,000 farmers from the 65 factories catchments

6. KTDA and Factory Structure KTDA RM Factory Unit Manager 54 Field Services Coordinator PM FA TESAs F A R M E R S 600,000

7. Sustainable Agriculture Project In 2006 KTDA and Unilever with funding from DFID initiated a pilot project on sustainable agriculture practices using Farmers field school extension methodology among small scale tea growers, in 4 Pilot factories. Due to the success of the pilot project, KTDA with Funding from IDH and Dutch Embassy (Nairobi) is rolling out the FFS methodology to all its factories as a program to promote sustainable agriculture, empower farmers and improve extension services. KTDA, in collaboration with Rainforest Alliance, Unilever and other tea packers, has trained and certified 36 factories in 2010 and 2011 on sustainable agriculture practices

8. Project Objectives Train and certify on the Rainforest Alliance (RA) program Train extension staff on FFS methodology for all KTDA factories Support FFS up-scaling program for two years Study wood fuel consumption reduction best practice, in partnership with other actors in the tea sector Study FFS and certification programs to determine and share best practice system design for scaling up for training activities

9. How Partners Relate IDH/RA(funds) DUTCHEMBASSY/ETC S.A. PROJECT Unilever KTDA Contribution SA-STC Contribution InKind InKind (Personnel) TechnicalCommittee (Personnel) Vehicles Implementationteam

10. APPROACH TWO STREAMS OF ACTIVITIES RA Certification of factories according to Market demand We use lead farmer model and sensitization methods to drive this Farmer Field Schools (FFS)- Extension methodology Training of TESAs an FSCs as Facilitators--Complete Rolling out of FFS in all factories- On going Up scaling FFS by 2015 Backstopping Study and Design Up scaling process

11. FFS Scalability Structure Factory Unit FFS 1 FFS 6-ElectoralAreas 2 1.6-Directors FFS 6 2.6-TESAs Factory Catchment Avg. 15,000 Farmers 3.6-FFS 3 5 FFS FFS 4 FFS TESA- Tea Extension Services Assistant FFS - Farmers Field School

12. FFS Scalability Electoral Area 10-Leaf collection Centers 1. 1- TESA Electoral Area 1,800 Farmers 2. 180 Farmers/LCC FFS Roll out is aimed at all 3,900 LCC

13. FFS FORMATION AND GRADUATIONREGIONS NO. OF No. OF FFS No. OF FFS TOTAL FFS No. OF FFS IN FACTOR STARTED STARTED FFSs GRAD OPERATION Y 2010/2011 2011/2012 TO UATE DATE DR1 11 46 37 83 34 49R2 9 47 20 67 41 26R3 8 45 31 76 41 35R4 7 45 39 84 39 45R5 8 34 44 78 6 72R6 9 58 41 97 18 79R7 3 22 9 31 7 24 516 (15,400Total 55 297 221 186 330

14. Training of Facilitators (TOT)Training for Facilitators Training on FFS Methodology Training of Pruners

15. Running of Farmer Field SchoolsFarmer- run Trials Participatory Exploration by Farmers Group Synthesis & Decision Making Collective AESA

16. UseofAdultEducationMethodologyinFFSTeam Building Problem SolvingGroup Dynamic Activity Group DiscussionFacilitation in Special Topics Demonstrations on certain Technologies

17. Achievements1. Increaseinyieldbyupto15%2. ImprovedhealthofbothfarmersandworkersduetouseofPPE3. HealthyEnvironment.4. Increasedincomeduetodiversificationoffarming5. Continuedproductionofhighqualityteas6. AdoptionofNewtechnologyisveryhigh7. Farmersfeelempoweredandcanteachotherfarmers8. UsetheFFSgraduatesasleadfarmerstotrainandinspectothersfarmersfarms duringRAcertification9. ImprovedmarketdemandonRAcertifiedteas

18. Summaryofchallenges1. Lackofcapacity(Facilitators)toacceleratetheformationand runningofFFStoreachallthebuyingcenters2. Loweducationlevelofthefarmers3. Competitionwithotherinitiatives4. Absenteeismfromclassesduetootherfamilymatters5. Genderbalancing.6. Culturalandbeliefsamongdifferentcultures7. Lackofenoughfundtosupporttheupscaling8. Decreasingsmallholderfarmsizes.9. HighcostofcomplianceegAuditFeeandPPEcosts 18

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