German organisation to train Kenyan growers to boost production
The training incorporates the tuber’s nutritional values usually mistakenly confined to starch. The auspicious program kicked off on Monday with the training of ward agricultural officers, popularly known as front-line extension workers, on facilitation skills based on farmer, field and business school methodology.
21 ward agricultural officers are set to benefit from the inaugural 10 day training at the Kenya Agricultural and livestock Research Organization (KALRO) potato research centre in Tigoni, Limuru. 12 facilitators with the requisite expertise on potato farming and marketing are on hand for the purpose.
source: standardmedia.co.ke
