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African Animal Annals: Deadly trifecta of climate change,
population and disease?
ILRI blogposts front page - Jan/2015
2015/01 - ILRI news
African Animal Annals: Deadly trifecta of climate change,
population and disease?
Emerging Diseases Bookmarks - Jan/2015
2015/01 - ILRI news
A ‘who’s who’ in livestock research-for-development
gathering in Ethiopia
ILRI Blogposts - Jan/2015
2015/01 - ILRI news
A ‘who’s who’ in livestock research-for-development
gathering in Ethiopia
ILRI blogposts front page - Jan/2015
2015/01 - ILRI news
A ‘who’s who’ in livestock research-for-development
gathering in Ethiopia
ILRI 40 bookmarks - Jan/2015
2015/01 - ILRI news
Storify highlights of special livestock session at the Borlaug
Dialogue in Iowa
ILRI Blogposts - Jan/2015
2015/01 - ILRI news
Storify highlights of special livestock session at the Borlaug
Dialogue in Iowa
ILRI blogposts front page - Jan/2015
2015/01 - ILRI news
Storify highlights of special livestock session at the Borlaug
Dialogue in Iowa
ILRI 40 bookmarks - Jan/2015
2015/01 - ILRI news
Highlights of a special ‘livestock evening’ at the Borlaug
Symposium
ILRI Blogposts - Jan/2015
2014/12 - ILRI news
Highlights of a special ‘livestock evening’ at the Borlaug
Symposium
ILRI blogposts front page - Jan/2015
2014/12 - ILRI news
Highlights of a special ‘livestock evening’ at the Borlaug
Symposium
ILRI 40 bookmarks - Jan/2015
2014/12 - ILRI news
Climate-smart agriculture lives and breathes among
smallholders in Kenya
CRP 7 News - Jan/2015
Shamba Shape Up, a knowledge-based agricultural entertainment TV-show, has helped several smallscale
farmers across East Africa adapt to a changing climate while boosting livelihoods and incomes.
This has been possible through delivering information about climate-smart agriculture via an innovative
concept: a dynamic presenter duo and agriculture experts that together with families conduct so called
farm "make-overs".
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) theme
‘Linking Knowledge to Action’ decided to conduct a minor, but in-depth analysis of the TV-show's
impacts in Machakos County, Kenya.
Here, Timothy Mburu, communication trainee, interviewed 18 farmers about their knowledge of and
engagement with Shamba Shape Up, and which climate-smart agriculture techniques they had learned, as
well as implemented, from the show (if any). The group also discussed whether or not they shared the
information with fellow farmers, and what the show could improve further.
Five of the 18 farmers were selected for further in-depth interviews while being filmed. Their sessions
have been captured in the video documentary: “How TV-program Shamba Shape Up influences
Kenya's farmers to adopt climate-smart agriculture."
Background story: the collaboration with Shamba Shape Up
The theme has been partnering with Shamba Shape Up and Mediae, the company who produces the
TV-show, for almost two years. Through working with Mediae, CCAFS hopes to better identify and
reach male and female farmers interested in climate-smart agriculture information and practices.
This unique partnership links Mediae with several international agricultural research centres, including
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-
Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) and International Potato Centre (CIP).
The centers provide the latest agriculture and climate research results, while lending experts to the
program where they show practical solutions to problems articulated by the farm families.
CCAFS wants to see thousands to millions of farmers adapt to an increasingly variable climate through
adoption of ‘climate-smart’ practices. Through the two-year partnership, CCAFS has been able to reach
many more farmers than otherwise possible with climate-smart agriculture information, this since SSU is
aired to over 10 million viewers in the East African region. The show’s positive farm and financial
impacts have been reviewed and confirmed through two separate assessment reports, one released by
University of Reading, UK as recently as October 2014 (download both documents further down).
Farmers share their new climate-smart farming knowledge
Many of the interviewed farmers said that they had learned something new from Shamba Shape Up, and
a few of them had also implemented the practices they had seen. The most popular climate -smart
farming practices, that farmers mentioned either learning about and/or implementing, included methods
of rainwater harvesting and micro-irrigation, improved dairy and poultry farming, seed and soil analysis,
how to use manure more efficiently during and between planting seasons, and how to best plant trees in
and around the farm, so called agroforestry.
Farmer Ann Kavuu said that through Shamba Shape Up, she had learned how to intercrop trees with
crops. Anne has already managed to plant more than 200 of the Mukau tree on her plot, and has set a
side a fairly large portion of her farm for future tree planting. She also learned that Briveria trees are
important for nitrogen fixation, which is very beneficial for crops. Anne Kivuu said during her interview:
I have seen a lot of benefits around the agroforestry part of my farm. I believe my trees are helping my
shamba (farm) to be different from other shambas around. Some seasons people didn't harvest anything,
but there is not a single season I've gone without harvesting something. So I believe it is because of the
trees that I have grown."
Mumo Mwendwa, a male farmer focusing on livestock and dairy production, said:
I have learned about dairy farming; that I should keep fewer cows that will give me more milk, than to
keep many cows that will give less milk."
In the photo: Mumo preparing to feed his cows. Photo: T. Mburu
After both learning and using the dairy farming and tree planting tips from Shamba Shape Up, I have
seen that my income has increased. My income can now pay for my workers, our electricity bills, and
other small needs on the farm, said Mumo Mwendwa during his session.
Jemimah learned that the Fresian cow that she just bought wasn’t really suited for Machako's semi -arid
climate. This helped explained the poor condition that her animal was in. She also learned how to
vaccinate her cows against East Coast Fever, and how planting fruit trees, like mango and orange, could
ensure an additional income and support adaptation to a more variable climate.
In the photo: Jemimah and her husband John around their orange fruit trees. Photo: T. Mburu
Knowledge sharing and further TV-show improvements
A majority of the interviewed farmers mentioned that they have in the past shared the information from
the show with other farmers, neighbors and relatives, indicating that the climate-smart agriculture
information is something that farmers seek and want. This frequent information sharing helps SSU reach
people beyond its viewers.
The group also discussed how the show can improve further, mentioning that the program should air in
the evenings instead, as more people would then be able to watch it. As of now, the TV-show airs
around 15.00 pm on Saturday and Sunday when many are working in the fields. One farmer suggested
that the messages of the experts featured on the show could be better translated, making it easier to
understand and use on the farm.
Learn more:
- New Report: Assessing the Impacts of Shamba Shape Up (PDF)
- From 2013: Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP) report for Shamba Shape Up (PDF)
- Blog: These are some of the impacts an agriculture TV-show can have
Developing Livestock Feed Interventions with the Feed
Assessment Tool (FEAST)
CapDev outputs - Jan/2015
Developing Livestock Feed Interventions with the Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) International
Livestock Research Institute
Developing livestock feed interventions with the feed
assessment tool (FEAST): Module 15: Conclusion and postassessment
Our latest outputs - Jan/2015
Developing livestock feed interventions with the feed assessment tool (FEAST): Module 15: Conclusion
and post-assessment International Livestock Research Institute
Developing Livestock Feed Interventions with the Feed
Assessment Tool (FEAST)
ILRI Partnerships and Communications outputs - Jan/2015
Developing Livestock Feed Interventions with the Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) International
Livestock Research Institute
Developing livestock feed interventions with the feed
assessment tool (FEAST): Module 15: Conclusion and postassessment
Training and learning outputs - Jan/2015
Developing livestock feed interventions with the feed assessment tool (FEAST): Module 15: Conclusion
and post-assessment International Livestock Research Institute
Nutrient requirements and low-cost balanced diets, based on
seasonally available local feedstuffs, for local pigs on
smallholder farms in western Kenya
Our latest outputs - Jan/2015
Nutrient requirements and low-cost balanced diets, based on seasonally available local feedstuffs, for
local pigs on smallholder farms in western Kenya Carter, N.A.; Dewey, C.E.; Thomas, L.F.; Lukuyu, B.;
Grace, D.; Lange, C. de Growth performance of pigs on smallholder farms in the tropics is low. Lack of
feedstuffs, seasonal feed shortages, and feeding nutritionally unbalanced diets contribute to slow growth.
Low-cost balanced diets are needed to improve pig performance. In this study, we estimated the nutrient
requirements of local pigs on smallholder farms in Kenya and developed balanced low-cost diets using
seasonally available local feedstuffs. Diets were formulated to provide pigs with 80 % of the nutrient
density in corn and soybean meal-based (reference) diets to minimize the cost per unit of energy and
other nutrients. Estimated requirements for starting and growing pigs (8 to 35 kg body weight) were as
follows: digestible energy (DE) 2960 kcal/kg of dry matter (DM), standardized ileal digestibili ty (SID)
lysine 5.8 g/kg of DM, calcium 2.8 g/kg of DM, standardized total tract digestible (STTD) phosphorous
1.4 g/kg of DM, and crude protein 85 g/kg of DM. Nutrient requirements of local pigs on smallholder
farms in Kenya were lower than those of exotic breed pigs raised in commercial settings. Seasonally
available local feedstuffs were used to develop low-cost balanced diets. Twenty-two diets are presented
based on season, cost, and feedstuff availability. This study has broad applicability as a case s tudy of an
approach that could be applied in other tropical regions in which smallholder pig keeping is practiced
and where local feedstuffs for pigs are available seasonally.
Nutrient requirements and low-cost balanced diets, based on
seasonally available local feedstuffs, for local pigs on
smallholder farms in western Kenya
ILRI Market Opportunities Theme: Animal health and food safety for trade - Jan/2015
Nutrient requirements and low-cost balanced diets, based on seasonally available local feedstuffs, for
local pigs on smallholder farms in western Kenya Carter, N.A.; Dewey, C.E.; Thomas, L.F.; Lukuyu, B.;
Grace, D.; Lange, C. de Growth performance of pigs on smallholder farms in the tropics is low. Lack of
feedstuffs, seasonal feed shortages, and feeding nutritionally unbalanced diets contribute to slow growth.
Low-cost balanced diets are needed to improve pig performance. In this study, we estimated the nutrient
requirements of local pigs on smallholder farms in Kenya and developed balanced low-cost diets using
seasonally available local feedstuffs. Diets were formulated to provide pigs with 80 % of the nutrient
density in corn and soybean meal-based (reference) diets to minimize the cost per unit of energy and
other nutrients. Estimated requirements for starting and growing pigs (8 to 35 kg body weight) were as
follows: digestible energy (DE) 2960 kcal/kg of dry matter (DM), standardized ileal digestibility (SID)
lysine 5.8 g/kg of DM, calcium 2.8 g/kg of DM, standardized total tract digestible (STTD) phosphorous
1.4 g/kg of DM, and crude protein 85 g/kg of DM. Nutrient requirements of local pigs on smallholder
farms in Kenya were lower than those of exotic breed pigs raised in commercial settings. Seasonally
available local feedstuffs were used to develop low-cost balanced diets. Twenty-two diets are presented
based on season, cost, and feedstuff availability. This study has broad applicability as a case study of an
approach that could be applied in other tropical regions in which smallholder pig keeping is practiced
and where local feedstuffs for pigs are available seasonally.
Agri-health research: what have we learned and where do we
go next?
ILRI Market Opportunities Theme: Animal health and food safety for trade - Jan/2015
Agri-health research: what have we learned and where do we go next? Picchioni, F.; Aleksandrowicz, L.;
Bruce, M.M.; Cuevas, S.; Dominguez-Salas, P.; Jia, L.; Tak, M.
Understanding, facilitating and monitoring innovation
platforms
CapDev outputs - Jan/2015
Understanding, facilitating and monitoring innovation platforms CGIAR Research Program on
Integrated Systems for the Humid Tropics; International Institute of Tropical Agriculture; Wageningen
UR; International Livestock Research Institute
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