Project Description

Capacity Building and Development Programme

Agri-IQ developed a Technical Sugar Cane Training Programme to provide “Capacity Building Training and Mentoring Support” to 95 TransMara Sugar Company section managers. This programme will support 14 000 Small Scale Sugar Growers in the Enoosean area of Transmara. These farmers are engaged in the growing of sugar cane and food crops.

  • Country: Kenya

  • Location: Kilgoris, Transmara

Key tasks:

  • Train 95 Transmara agricultural staff members in technical best practice sugarcane production 
  • Provide training to ‘Centre of Excellence’ staff and mentor them in the training of 14,000 small scale farmers who supply sugarcane to the Transmara sugar mill 

Facts / Outcome / Impact

  • Improve the technical knowledge of the Transmara staff
  • Capacitate the staff to positively influence the farming operations of the growers
  • To develop the Transmara training Centre of Excellence. This will ensure sustained in-house  training capacity

Agricultural staff capacitated

95

Centre of Excellence trainers capacitated

2

Farmers capacitated – cumulative

1080

Training Modules

33