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KHEA Handbook _IFOAM Organics International Quality Assurance Manual

Emmanuel Kimulu — Wed, 03 May 2023 11:14:52 +0000

The Master Trainers from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda under the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in Eastern Africa (KHEA) worked with a consultant from IFOAM to develop a Quality Assurance Manual for multiplier and farmer-level trainings in Ecological Organic Agriculture (EOA). This guide will support in attaining quality assurance in trainings of the Training of Teams of Facilitators (ToToF) approach, which is being used under the KHEA project, funded by GIZ. This guide has been prepared as a tool to support diverse initiatives, especially in building capacity of agricultural extension workers and value chain actors involved in designing, implementing, and assessing programs in EOA.

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KHEA_PELUM Uganda PGS Facilitator’s Guide

Emmanuel Kimulu — Wed, 03 May 2023 11:10:13 +0000

The Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) Facilitators’ Guide for Farmer Groups was developed under the auspices of the Knowledge Hub for Organic Agriculture in Eastern Africa (KHEA). This Facilitators guide illustrates a simplified approach of a PGS and provides a step-by-step process of how a farmer group can establish, operationalize, and implement the system.

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Mwangani (Swahili), Thageti (Kikuyu), Tsisaka (Luhya), Alot-dek (Luo), Saget (Kalenjin), Chinsaga (Kisii), Mwianzo (Kamba)

Hudson Shiraku — Tue, 04 May 2021 11:44:57 +0000

Spider plant is an erect herbaceous annual herb with hairy, often purple stems and many branches growing to a height of about one metre. The plant has edible
leaves; each leaf has up to 7 leaflets spreading like fingers, which are usually 2-10 cm long and 2-4 cm wide. The flowers are
rather showy, long and bearing many small white or pink flowers. The elongate fruit resembles a pod, but is referred to as a
capsule, containing many small, dark seeds.
Spider plant originated in Africa and Tropical Asia but now has a worldwide distribution.

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Cowpea, Kunde, Thoroko (Kikuyu), Likhuvi (Luhya), a lot-bo (Luo), Nthooko (Kamba), Egesare (Kisii)

Hudson Shiraku — Tue, 04 May 2021 11:15:25 +0000

Cowpeas are leguminous crops that can be used to provide vegetable and grain for food. The crop can withstand drought, short growing period and its multi-purpose use makes it an attractive alternative for farmers in marginal, drought-prone areas with low rainfall. It is suitable for a variety of intercropping system

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Amaranthus or pigweed (Mchicha (Swahili), Terere (Kikuyu), Lidodo (Luhya), Ododo (Luo))

Hudson Shiraku — Tue, 04 May 2021 10:10:59 +0000

Amaranth is an herbaceous annual belonging to the family Amaranthaceae with green or red leaves and branched flower stalks (heads) bearing small seeds, variable in color from cream to gold and pink to shiny black. There are about 60 species of Amaranthus, however, only a limited number are of the cultivated types, while most are considered weedy species and hence rarely preserved. Many amaranth species are collected from the wild for subsistence, while only few are cultivated or occur as protected weeds in backyards and home gardens (Stallknecht and Schulz-Schaeffer, 1993; Ouma; Biovision TTU, ICIPE: Keller, 2004). The flowers are used to produce the grain, while the
leaves are used as a green leafy vegetable.

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Black nightshade or Garden huckleberry. Mnavu (Swahili), Managu (Kikuyu), Lisutsa (Luhya), and Osuga (Luo)

Hudson Shiraku — Tue, 04 May 2021 09:58:02 +0000

Narrow-leaved African nightshade is widely distributed throughout the tropics and can be found throughout East Africa. The plant is an erect,
many-branched herb growing 0.5 to 1.0m high. The plant bears thin, oval, slightly purplish leaves up to 15 cm in length, has numerous white flowers, and usually purple to black , round berries about 0.75 cm in diameter containing many small, flattened yellow seeds.

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WATER HARVESTING TECHNIQUES

Hudson Shiraku — Tue, 04 May 2021 09:50:30 +0000

In the arid lands of Africa, a lot of rainwater is lost as it falls and flows away. We can harvest a great deal of this water and store it to use when we need it.
The 2 main ways of harvesting rainwater are collecting it from roofs and collecting surface runoff—the water that flows off and when it rains.
When this water is harvested it can be used for farming and domestic activities. After water is harvested from various watersheds, it is conveyed to storage reservoirs.

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POULTRY HOUSING

Hudson Shiraku — Tue, 04 May 2021 09:45:20 +0000

A poultry house is a building for housing poultry. There are different types of poultry which are greatly influenced by the rearing system in use.

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DAIRY HOUSING /ZERO-GRAZING UNIT

Hudson Shiraku — Tue, 04 May 2021 09:06:33 +0000

A dairy house is a farm structure designed to provide sleeping, feeding and milking facilities. It is also known as a zero-grazing unit and the cattle remain in the structure for most of the time.

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PLANT EXTRACTS IN ORGANIC FARMING

Hudson Shiraku — Tue, 04 May 2021 09:03:39 +0000

Various parts of plants and their extracts are known to be either toxic or repellant to the pests of agriculture and are widely used in rural settings.
Some of these extracts have been investigated in the laboratory and found to be effective against termites. Plant extracts from neem and chilly have
been used to control termites both in the field and in storage

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