ADOPTION OF INNOVATIONS

Innovations introduced by the project are being widely adopted by communities involved in the project and those outside the project as well. For example, farmers involved in the project have taken the initiative to clear extra pieces of land adjacent to their plots to expand the land available for irrigation and crop production. We also observed many households not involved in the project, that have cleared pieces of land next to the project. They hire pipes and sprinklers and draw water from plots of farmers who are beneficiaries.
The availability of tree seedlings from the nursery established by the project has encouraged farmers to plant fruit trees around their homesteads. Trees that provide windshields are also planted around homesteads and fields. Growing of Vetiver grass to control gully erosion is now widely practised both within and outside the project area.