A Practical Training Manual for Extension Officers in Bungoma County.

The Soil Protection and Rehabilitation Project in Western Kenya (ProSoil Phase III) is part of a technical support program assisted and funded by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.

The project aims to implement soil conservation and rehabilitation measures in order to reduce soil degradation, improve food security and climate change adaptation under the SEWOH initiative of BMZ, supported in seven countries.

Conservation agriculture (CA) is an increasingly adopted production system to meet the goals of sustainable crop production intensification in feeding a growing world population whilst conserving natural resources. Mechanisation (especially power units, seeders, rippers and sprayers) is a key input for CA and smallholder farmers often have difficulties in making the necessary investments. The German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) through GIZ is implementing a global soil program “Soil protection and rehabilitation for food security” in seven countries, Kenya being one of them. This project aimed to facilitate the implementation of sustainable approaches for the inclusive promotion of soil conservation and for the rehabilitation of degraded soils.

Conservation Agriculture is a system which aims to produce high crop yields while reducing production costs, maintaining the soil fertility and conserving water. CA facilitates good agronomy, such as timely operations, and improves overall land husbandry for rain-fed and irrigated production.  It is a way to achieve sustainable agriculture and improve livelihoods.

The ProSoil project together with the Madhya Pradesh State Rural Livelihood Mission has developed e-Prakriti, a GIS-based planning tool to facilitate efficient and timely planning of scientific based-natural farming practices.

The e-Prakriti app is a planning, monitoring, evaluation, and learning application designed for seamless implementation of natural farming practices.

It aims to enhance the effectiveness of agricultural initiatives through advanced monitoring and learning mechanisms.

It is available as an easy-to-use mobile app for community resource persons (CRPs) in the field. It also features a comprehensive dashboard for managers and executives.