The Kenya Network for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies (KENDAT) is no longer a simple network, with the sole objective of sharing experiences in animal traction promotion efforts and there is new light in revamping Kenya as a vibrant agricultural (mainstay) country, where smallholder farmers must remain active and productive. Under the realisation of the fact that, for agriculture in Kenya: "the basket of technological options is full but the granaries are empty" a dissemination, innovative - partnerships enhancing organisation like KENDAT is well positioned. KENDAT is today a credible farmers, transport services providers development and empowerment partner and development catalyst as well as animal welfare promoters with much experience to build upon and a mandate of project implementation in broad transport and agricultural development. KENDAT, over the years has become a prime go-between for organisation with research, industrial and other technology and information supply side operators on one side and the demand side end-users, who often do not know how to reach or work with one another, on the other side. Many technology, information and farm inputs and goods generators need help in reaching smallholder farmers, now more than ever before.
Marketers needing produce from farmers find they need agents to help reach smallholder farmers who are more or less unreachable or in amorphous operational and social structures, which make it risky to engage them as dependable business partners. You can depend on KENDAT as a partner ... |