KENDAT is a Kenya registered non-governmental organisation rural development (NGO) founded in 1990.  KENDAT operations centre around project implementation as a basis of adding substance to the networking effort.  KENDAT is also an active service provider to assignments, project and development interventions of organizations ranging from end-user to research and donor organizations, nationally, regionally and internationally.

KENDAT operates as a Network of animal power utilization practitioners including socio-economists, technologists, artisans, animal clinicians, farmers and farmer organizations, manufacturers and other NGO’s.  The KENDAT mode of operation is one of participatory methodologies, within the networking philosophy.  This provides capacity for action, with unlimited access to a pool of a wide range of professionals and practitioners.  The approach makes it easy to quickly set up appropriate teams, to handle each task and project activity while ensuring appropriate output.  KENDAT's strength is in capacity to mobilize and implement at ground-level with appropriate contacts.  Ability to do this without loss of the bigger scope and higher level mobilization is indeed a unique aspect of this multi-disciplinary organization.  Ground level contacts may be formal sector operators or informal sector ones, be they individuals, end-user organizations, churches and other CBOs, rural transport service operators, SME artisans and other business people.

KENDAT routinely trains farmers, rural transporters, paravets and village level artisans in business development and management for general agricultural mechanization, animal powered tillage and transport operations.  Proper equipment use and humane utilization of animals (nutrition and harnessing) for informed efficient and expanded range of economic operations defines the core scope of training curricula.  KENDAT also runs a workshop with a DAT accessories (harnesses, panniers, improved yokes etc.) production unit and has privately run equipment and accessories outlets.

KENDAT has a conveniently (DTU and KENDAT trained) group of artisans who assist with the local production of light and sturdy animal carts for oxen, donkeys and camels.  From collaborative work with organizations such as Triple W Engineering of Naro Moru and FARM Africa, carts for pastoralists, complete with puncture-proof tyres have come to be.

Contact Details:

Kenya Network for Dissemination of Agricultural Technologies,
P.O. Box 2859-00200,
City Square,
Nairobi, Kenya.

Tel/Fax: +254-20-6766939
Mobile: +254-720-830260 or +254-734-525716
Email: kendat@africaonline.co.ke OR info@kendat.org
Website: www.kendat.org