ABSTRACT
Agri-transfer is a 2-year technology transfer project supported by the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Flexible Interchange Programme and two UK charities: the Malaysian Centre for Commonwealth Studies (MCSC) and the Cambridge Malaysian Education and Development Trust (CMEDT). It involves National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB), KALRO, MCSC and CMEDT staff working with the extension officers in Narok and Nakuru counties. The overall aim of this project, which started in March 2015, is to engage with smallholder farmer communities in Kenya to
Figure 6 Estimates of relative variety acreage in Kenya in 2012, variety names are listed with the year of release. Varieties released since 2010 accounted for about 20% of the acreage, while varieties released more than 10 years earlier accounted for 75%. Varieties released in 2012 (Tae, Sunbird, Wren, Korongo, Kingbird, Hawk 12) were completely missing from farmers’ fields (CIMMYT, 2016a).
