Citation
(2005), "Not enough food", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 54 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm.2005.07954cab.009
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Not enough food
Kenya risks losing World Bank funding for agricultural research within three years unless the Government puts in place a comprehensive extension service to translate research findings into increased productivity.
The Bank has funded agricultural research to the tune of billions of shillings and recently approved the Kenya Agricultural Productivity Programme (Kapp), a follow-up to the National Agricultural Research Programme.
However, despite this colossal investment in research, food production continues to fall. While ministry officials have attributed this to prolonged periods of drought, this does not stand up to scrutiny.
The Bank now recommends that researchers must come down from their ivory towers and become champions of poverty reduction. This they can do by making sure their findings reach the end-user, who is the farmer.