DFEOs/ DFOS/ HQ staff tour to Kilifi: An FFS in Kilifi District

In August 2004 the DFEOs had a one-week technical workshop in KEFRI Kitui Regional Research Centre. The purpose of the workshop was to expose the officers to dry land and farm forestry as well as other aspects of the ISFP activities. During this workshop the following topics were covered: - ISFP project flow; ISFP Extension Guidelines ; Farm forestry; Conservation and management of dry land forests; ISFP Group Activity Catalogue or example of Participatory Technology Development (PTD); Study Guide for farm forestry and tree / fruit nursery establishment and ISFP Baseline Survey . This workshop was to equip the officers with the technical issues they were to handle in the field in the implementation of ISFP activities.

DFEOs tour TIVA demonstration plot in Kitui: Dry Land Forestry

After one cycle of implementation of ISFP activities, the project organized a six-day workshop in February 2005 at KEFRI Kitui centre for the DFEOs and DFOs. The main purpose of the workshop was to share experiences between the officers, challenges and constraints they faced in the course of implementing ISFP activities. The other issues covered during the workshop were revision of the operational guidelines; farmer run facilitation and development of rough curriculum of Activity Catalogue (PTDs). Other survey reports presented during the workshop were:

•  Ecological resources market survey

•  DFEOs backstopping report done by the FFS TOT trainers

•  Traditional methods used by farmers to break seed dormancy in Melia volkensii (Gurke) in Eastern and Coast provinces of Kenya

At the end of the workshop each officer was clear on what was expected in each PTD, and the plans for the year 2005-2006 ISFP activities. The rough curriculum of activity catalogue will be very useful in planning for day-to-day activities of the Farm Forestry FFS.