By Martin Murangiri
The Farm
Records Management Information System (FARMIS) on January 14, 2015 played
host to a team from United States Agency
for International Development (USAID). The team was led by Irene Andanyi a communication
officer with USAID. She was
accompanied by Susan Nkirote and Victor Mirori both of them Meru-based field
staff of the Kenya Feed the Future Innovation Engine
(KFIE).
The team was particularly interested
in learning how FARMIS has assisted
farmers grow economically as well as enabling them access credit services from
the financial institutions. They met Sokopepe officials and a few
beneficiaries who were interviewed. Two farmers, Hilda Gitobu and Joseph Munyua
received the visitors on their farms.
The farmers explained that keeping
records is a thing they have never done before but appreciated the efforts made
by Sokopepe to help them keep records.
”Sijawahi kuwa na vitabu vya ukulima
wala kuweka mahesabu ya shamba langu hapo mbeleni,lakini kwa sasa naeza jua ni
mmeagani unaleta faida Zaidi ya mwingine(I have never kept farm records before. Thanks to Sokopepe since I can now tell which crop
is doing well than the other from the records),” explained Lucy Gatobu a farmer
from Kainginyo.
About 2,000 farmers in five
sub-counties in Meru namely: Buuri, Central Imenti, North Imenti, South Imenti
and Tigania West are applying the FARMIS
innovation.
The KFIE
has supported various agricultural innovations funded by USAID, one of them being FARMIS, which is rolled out by a social
enterprise company called Sokopepe
affiliated to Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN).
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