Step 1: Getting the Right People on Board
January 1, 2015
Identifying the project area January 2015 Familiarization with local authorities; request for their support to mobilize community groups January-March 2015 General assessment of the project area: agro-ecological zones, main economic activities communities engage in, assessment of actors in main economic sectors January-March 2015 Recruitment of field staff March-April 2015 In-depth induction and training of field staff April-May2015 Project group selection exercises on the ground, initial data analysis and preselection of groups; ground truthing of group selection data with the groups; final selection; feedback sessions with groups and authorities; signing of collaboration agreements between ICRAF and project groups May-August 2015 Identification of ten training venues for various project trainings, in which 1-4 project groups are trained (close to their homes) August-September 2015
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March 1, 2015
March 2015 Field visit and planning meeting with a team of Comart/Coady representatives
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May 1, 2015
May 2015 Project manager/lead scientist of the project participated in the ‘ABCD Festival’ in Blackpool, UK, alongside ABCD practitioners from all continents of the world; with Comart, Coady and various Coady partners https://resources.depaul.edu/abcd-institute/news-events/Pages/2015-abcd-festival-highlights.aspx
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August 1, 2015
August-September 2015 Collection of baseline data from project group members
Read moreStep 2: Basic Capacity Development
September 1, 2015
Extensive five-day ABCD trainings with all 24 project groups September-November 2015 Three-day GDL trainings with all 24 project groups December-January 2015 Five-day VSLA trainings with all 24 project groups January-March 2016 One-day CAP recap sessions with all 24 project groups, activity prioritization and selection of lead-farmers March-April 2016
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October 1, 2015
October 2015 Field visit and planning meeting with a team of Comart/Coady representatives
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February 1, 2016
February 2016 Field visit and planning meeting with a team of Comart/Coady representatives
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March 1, 2016
March-April 2016 Field staff participate in the Coady Community-based Microfinance Course in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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March 1, 2016
March-June 2016 A MSc research fellow attached to the project collected biomass data on farms of households that had participated in the ABCD pilot project
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April 1, 2016
April-May 2016 Project manager/lead scientist of the project participated in the Coady ABCD Course at Coady in Antigonish, Canada
Read moreStep 3: ToT Trainings
June 1, 2016
Five-day Agroforestry ToT training with 30 LFs, 18 male and 12 female, alongside farmer trainers and government extension officers June 2016 Five-day Horticulture ToT training with 44 LFs, 22 male and 22 female, alongside farmer trainers and government extension officers June 2016 Five-day Coffee ToT training with 18 LFs, 13 male and 5 female, alongside farmer trainers and government extension officers June 2016 Five-day Dairy ToT training with 12 LFs, 3 male and 9 female, alongside farmer trainers and government extension officers July 2016 Five-day…
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June 1, 2016
June-July 2016 Field staff collected household leaky bucket data from LFs
Read moreStep 4: Outreach and Backstopping
August 1, 2016
Opened field office in Fort Ternan for regular consultations, support and backstopping (‘field clinic’) on Mondays and Thursdays August 2016 Field staff visit individual lead-farmers, entire project groups and/or specific groupings for targeted outreach and practice implementation support on two-three days a week Since August 2016 Field staff actively engage with government and non-government actors in the area to create linkages between various actors Since August 2016 Lead-farmer experience exchange and support training December 2016 Market survey for participatory agroforestry value-chain analysis and producer group support February 2017 Market survey for participatory…
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September 1, 2016
September 2016 ICRAF communications personnel visit the project sites http://www.worldagroforestry.org/project/accelerating-adoption-agroforestry-western-kenya-triple-project
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October 1, 2016
September- October 2016 The Bea Company, a Kenyan documentary production firm, visits the field to produce 4 high-quality videos about the project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW317eBasaM&index=4&list=PLhnzWXR6gFgqQPA9xiypJU_lDwxGgQcIt
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November 1, 2016
November 2016 Field visit and planning meeting with a team of Comart/Coady representatives, as well as Coady partners from Ethiopia and South Africa
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January 1, 2017
January-February 2017 Field staff collected household leaky bucket data from LFs
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March 1, 2017
March 2017 Field staff participate in the Coady Livelihoods and Markets course in Johannesburg, South Africa
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March 1, 2017
March 2017 Field visit and planning meeting with a team of Comart/Coady representatives
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March 1, 2017
March 2017 Screening of the project videos with Toben Gaa SHG in Siwot Sub-Location
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March 1, 2017
March 2017 Ebbe Schioler, an independent Danish journalist, visits the project http://blog.worldagroforestry.org/index.php/2017/05/16/highlights-environmental-trip-kenya/
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May 1, 2017
May 2017 Field staff collected agricultural data from LFs to complement leaky bucket data
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September 1, 2017
September 2017 Sophie Mbugua, an independent Kenyan journalist, visits the project http://www.moffittsfarm.com.au/2017/12/27/agroforestry-delivers-holistic-outcomes-for-kenyan-farmers/
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October 1, 2017
October-November 2017 Field staff participate in the Coady ABCD Course at Coady in Antigonish, Canada
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October 1, 2017
October-November 2017 Project manager and lead scientist of the project participated in the Coady Livelihoods and Markets course in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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January 1, 2018
January-February 2018 Nabeela Jivraj, a Coady Oceanpath fellow, visits the field in order to project communications products
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February 1, 2018
February 2018 Field staff and project manager/lead scientist of the project participated in the ‘ABCD Imbizo’ in Port Elizabeth, SA, alongside ABCD practitioners from 25 countries in the world; with Comart, Coady and various Coady partners
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February 1, 2018
February 2018 Field visit and planning meeting with a team of Comart/Coady representatives
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March 1, 2018
March 2018
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October 1, 2018
November 2017 Field visit and planning meeting with a team of Comart/Coady representatives
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