Outreach to farmers is key to increasing the adaptation of research innovations

A farmer prepares her farm for planting. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

While the climate crisis is a major contributor to food insecurity in the country, lack of information on good agricultural practices takes a fair share of the blame.

Unreliable and sometimes non-existent agricultural extension services have led to poor practices, which can lead in turn to low yields for smallholder farmers in many parts of Kenya.