Project Title
Validation and promotion of integrated climate-smart green gram technologies for improved livelihoods in Kenya
Activity
Farmer participatory variety and technology selection
Date
February 4th 2021
Site
Kyua location, Katangi Ward, Yatta sub-county, Machakos County
Farmer groups
New Mwangaza Digital and Muuo wa kwa Kisai
Objectives
- To evaluate the validated green gram varieties for farmer preferred traits
- To evaluate the cooking time and taste attributes of the validated varieties
- To impart knowledge on the nutritional quality and utilization aspects of green gram
- To demonstrate the management practices of key storage pests in green gram
Description
A farmers’ field day was conducted on 4th February 2021 to select their preferred TIMPs. In addition to variety selection, a green gram cooking and tasting exercise was carried out. The field day was attended by 59 farmers derived from both New Mwangaza Digital and Muuo-wa-kwa-Kisai farmer groups, as well as farmers from the neighbouring villages. Based on climate-smart agronomic traits, the farmers selected KS20 and N26 has their preferred varieties and rejected the new varieties. Farmers selected KS20 and Biashara has their preferred variety in terms of cooking time and taste, among other utilization attributes, and rejected N26.
|
Variety |
Females |
|
Males |
|
|
|
Prefer |
Reject |
Prefer |
Reject |
|
KS20 |
20 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
|
N26 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
|
Karembo |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
Biashara |
0 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
|
Ndengu-Tosha |
0 |
27 |
0 |
1
|
|
Evaluating varieties |
Cooking time |
Tasting and feedback |
Field visit of the KCSAP green gram project