DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF DEMONSTRATION OF

UTILIZATION PRODUCTS IN UTILIZATION PRODUCTS IN KENYAKENYA

PRESENTED DURING THE FINGER MILLET MID YEAR REVIEW MEETING IN ETHIOPIA 2013

By: Rhoda Nungo

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

Kenya’s agricultural sector is

dominated with: Primary production, Limited information in, Postharvest handling, Product development and Utilization of staple foods like finger millet.

INTRODUCTION CONT,INTRODUCTION CONT,

The limitations translate into:

High postharvest losses, Few diversified & nutritious products,

Poor health Few job opportunities, Low incomes and high levels of poverty.

TRADITIONAL UTILIZATIONTRADITIONAL UTILIZATION

Finger millet traditionally limited to a narrow base of products in the form of flour used for:

Thin paste (uji) mainly used by children and the sick.

Thick paste (ugali) consumed as staple with fish, meat or fermented milk.

Cultural alcoholic beverages.

NUTRITION EDUCATIONNUTRITION EDUCATION Finger millet has 7.4 to 14% protein, Has Methionine which is lacking in

starchy staples such as cassava, plantain, polished rice or maize meal.

Methionine helps in the proper function of vital body organs, (heart, brain, liver) and strengthens the body.

Finger millet has 0.33% calcium, 5-30 times more than in most cereals. Calcium is required for bone formation and maintaince.

High in minerals like iron required for red blood cells production, transportation of oxygen and functioning of the immune system.

NUTRI EDU CONTINUEDNUTRI EDU CONTINUED Has excellent storability & ideal for food security, income and Climate Change

Excellent diet for weaning children, diabetics and invalids due to its ease of digestion.

Finger millet flour can be blended with soya bean flour, orange fleshed sweetpotatoe (OFSP) mash/flour and wheat for making value added special purpose products for home use and income generation.

DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTPRODUCT

FIMSWEET MEAL Developed and Taste tested by 20 stakeholders at Busia ATC. Males preferred product > than F (4.2:3.7) means compared. Product sample tasted by 120 farmers in Mombasa at KARI Mtwapa field day.

Acceptable but needs some improvement

DEMONSTRATION OF VALUE DEMONSTRATION OF VALUE ADDED PRODUCTSADDED PRODUCTS

Six training/demonstrations in six new districts to 161 rural people (97 women and 64 men).

Bungoma East 20 farmers (8F, 2M), Bungoma North 25 farmers (17F, 8M),

Mt. Elgon 45 farmers (21F, 24M), Mumias 42 farmers (24F, 18M), Nambale Products promotion in 11 Farmer Field

days

DEMONSTRATION OF VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS

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Open fire Cake baking and ready Cake in Mt. Elgon

School children enjoy FM Cake

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DAO in North Teso practicing Crackiesdough preparation at group training

Bungoma North group pose with products before evaluation

OTHER FORUMSOTHER FORUMS SUN Symposium, Nairobi Display of Products: Tamuu, Composite flour, Crackies and Nutrition Education.

POSTER: Enhancing Nutrition of Communities in Western Kenya through the Finger Millet (Eleusine coracana L) Value Chain

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GAIN Marketplace for Nutritious Foods Launch in Nairobi

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KARI Kakamga created FM Value addition at UoN/RUFORAM Workshop in Machakos to farmer groups and UoN students

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Products display and Nutrition Education during:

PALWECO Launch in Busia County

DRR Symposium in Eldoret Biodiversity International Kenya, KARI

HQ,

Field Days & Agricultural Shows

PALWECO SUPPORT FOR PALWECO SUPPORT FOR CRACKIES SCALLING OUTCRACKIES SCALLING OUT

Busibwabo W/O, for improvement in packaging,

Equipment Marketing & Promotion

Baba Foundation Composite flour nutrient analysis and to train in Crackies production in Bunyala.

TOT VAD TRAININGTOT VAD TRAINING

30 Female farmers trained at Busia ATC 5th – 10th February 2012

From: Bungoma East, Teso North, Teso South, Nambale, Matungu and Butere districts.

Topics Covered: Post-harvest handling Processing technologies, Utilization and storage.

TOT VAD TRAININGTOT VAD TRAINING

SMALL SCALE BUSINESSSMALL SCALE BUSINESS

EAST COM, Composite flour in SPMKT, Tamuu in Siaya county Busibwabo W/O and Wamama Tuamue,

Crackies, seed Busia County Mayoni Expert Caterers, Cakes and Buns, Kakamega County Baba Foundation composite flour, Busia TOT GROUPS in Teso District Crackies and composite flour.

ACHIEVEMENTSACHIEVEMENTS

Composite flour KEBs Certified Crackies scaled up for commercialization Tamuu, product for improving Child

Health, working on standards with KEBs

More Interested Partners in VAPs (PALWECO, GAIN, FAO, DRR, UoN, MNI)

CONSUMER CONSUMER PERCEPTIONPERCEPTION

From all the forums products were acceptable for home use and income generation.

Some products like Tamuu, Crackies and Fimsweet Meal are on very high demand for commercialization.

Nutrition Education embraced as a high promotion tool and requests for replication to other food crops.

BRAVO WIMBI

LET US FIGHT HUNGER POVERTY MALNUTRITION AND CLIMATE CHANGE

ASANTENI SANA