1. FGD using LC tool-Kenya ICRAF/KALRO (Maurice/Irene/Ingrid)
LEGUMECHOICE TECHNICAL MEETING
15-16th June, 2015.
DUDUVILLE CAMPUS ICIPE KASARANI, NAIROBI, KENYA.

2. Outline Demand for legumes-gender, typology
Pair wise ranking by gender
Constraints for the community
Concerns on the tool
Challenges experienced

3. Demand for legume functions in Kitutu
Food-income-feed & soil fertility -erosion control - fuel .
Food is the most demanded for both genders and across resource endowments.
Feed is highly demanded because farmers keep dairy cows

4. Demand for legume functions

5. Priorities for functions based on gender in Kitutu
Female: Food-feed & income-fuel -erosion control & soil fertility.
Male: Food-income-soil fertility-erosion control-feed-fuel

6. Demand for functions-Resource Endowment
High resource: Food-erosion control & fuel-income-soil fertility-feed.
Medium: Food-feed/income-soil fertility-erosion control-fuel
Low: Food-income-soil fertility-feed-
erosion control - fuel

7. Constraints to legumes in Kitutu
Inputs and services-markets-knowledge & seeds-labour-water-land
Despite the small land holdings, farmers do not view this as a challenge.
Water is a perceived to be a challenge to legume production due to unpredictability
Too much rain destroys legume in fields i.e. common bean

8. Pairwise ranking- Kitutu
Men: Soil fertility- erosion control- food- feed & income-fuel
Women: Food-feed-erosion control-income-soil fertility-fuel
Average: Food- erosion control- soil fertility-feed-income-fuel
Fuel was least demanded for both gender

9. Possible interventions-Kitutu
Pigeon pea PGL 1
Lupins SGL 1
Field pea SGL 2
Climbing beans PGL 1
Figures were arrived at by subtracting the constraints value from the function scores

10. Nyaribari Chache Constraints
Inputs and services-knowledge-seeds-land- markets- labour-water
Small land holdings viewed as a challenge here
Water is the least challenge . The area receives adequate rainfall throughout the year

11. Pairwise ranking-Nyaribari
Women: Food-feed-income/erosion control /soil fertility-fuel
Men: food/income- Soil fertility/fuel- feed- erosion control

12. Demand for legume functions-Nyaribari
General: Food- income- feed- soil fertility- erosion control- fuel
Men: food- income- feed- Soil fertility- erosion control- fuel
Women: Food- income- feed- soil fertility- erosion control -fuel
Women are more keen on feed than men
High resource: Food- income- feed- soil fertility- erosion control -fuel
Medium: Food- income- feed- fuel- soil fertility- erosion control
Low: Food- income- soil fertility- feed- erosion control -fuel

13. Possible interventions Nyaribari
Pigeon pea –PGL 3
Lablab - HL/SGL 2
Chick pea- SGL 2
Field pea 3
Lentils 2
Lupins 2
Grass pea 2
Climbing beans 2

14. Constraints Suna West
Inputs and services-seeds- knowledge-water/markets- labour-land
Suna west experienced frequent/severe droughts . Total crop failure can occur for three consecutive cropping seasons
Labour poses a great challenge given the large land holdings

15. Pairwise ranking-Suna west
Men: income- erosion control/fuel - Soil fertility/ food- feed
Women: soil fertility- feed/erosion control -income/fuel- Food

16. General: Food- income- soil fertility- feed- erosion control- fuel
Men: food- income- feed- Soil fertility- erosion control- fuel
Women: Food- income/soil fertility- erosion control- feed/fuel
High resource: Food- soil fertility- feed/income- erosion control- fuel
Medium: food- feed/income- erosion control/soil fertility- fuel
Low: Food- income- soil fertility- feed- fuel- erosion control

17. Options for Suna West
Pigeon pea PGL 1
Lupins SGL 1
Field pea SGL 1
Climbing beans PGL 1

18. Rongo constraints
Inputs and services- seeds- Knowledge- Labour- Markets-Water-Land

19. General: Food- soil fertility- income- feed- erosion control- fuel
Men: Similar to general scenario
Women: Food- soil fertility- income/feed- erosion control- fuel
High resource: Similar to men
Medium: food- feed/soil fertility- income- erosion control- fuel
Low class farmers not present

20. Pairwise ranking- Rongo
Men: food- feed/income- erosion control/Soil fertility
Women: erosion control/soil fertility- feed- income/ Food
No rank for fuel at all.

21. Legume options
Pigeon pea
Lupins
Field pea
Leucaena leucocephala

22. Concerns on the tool
What happens when there is a tie in score during pairwise ranking?
Is there clear difference between pairwise ranking and scores from participatory matrix scoring?
Does the difference in resource endowment categories affect results?
Interpretation of results from legume attibutes and scores section not clear. Could we assume that when benefits override constraints then option is worthy? (+ve, -ve balances)
The tool require longer time
Participants tend to influence one another's opinion during discussion
Annex 6 requires rather longer time that cannot be possible during FGDs

23. Challenges encountered
Poor/low participation
Limited time
Report coming soon

30. THANK YOU.