Farmers' KAP towards African Indigenous Vegetables in Kenya

Food insecurity has been a major challenge in Sub-Saharan Africa. With land frontier closing, farmers in SSA must intensify and diversify food production to alleviate food insecurity. In the face of climate change, African Indigenous Vegetables can offer opportunities to diversify production systems and improve food security in many countries of SSA. Despite their potential, the importance of AIVs in alleviating food insecurity is not fully exploited in Kenya. Further until recently there is less research and development efforts and limited information on farmers¿ knowledge, attitude and perceptions about AIVs. Therefore, this book provides baseline information regarding knowledge, attitude and practice gaps among AIVs farmers in different regions subject to the study in Kenya. The study was carried out on 600 farmers in three separate agro-ecological zones namely the Agro-Alpine Zone (Nyamira), the Medium Potential zone (Busia) and the Semi-Arid zone (Machakos). Findings in this study should guide researchers and policy makers in developing technologies and formulation of policies aimed at improving the performance of AIVs production in Kenya.