CAPACITY BUILDING ACTIVITIES AND POVERTY REDUCTION AMONG SMALL SCALE FARMERS; A CASE OF ONE ACRE FUND IN LURAMBI SUB-COUNTY, KAKAMEGA COUNTY; KENYA
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Over the years, farmers in Kenya have continued to suffer from poor harvest due to problems like unpredictable weather conditions and poor storage facilities which lead to great loses of what is harvested. Moreover, unfavorable competition at the market for sale of produce occasioned by the importation of similar products that are cheaper than what the farmers have has led to untold suffering of the latter. Consequently, farmers in western Kenya, whose main source of income is farming, have continued to remain poor even as the government revamps money into this agricultural sector to revive it. Studies reveal that a gap exists between the activities of farmers and the reduction of poverty. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of Capacity Building Activities on Poverty Reduction among small scale farmers of One Acre Fund of Lurambi Sub County, Kakamega County; Kenya. The study adopted descriptive research design. The target population of this study consisted of reliable farmers registered by One Acre Fund. The study used a structured questionnaire on collection of primary data from the farmers. Pilot study was done in Kakamega Municipality; Kenya, hence this enabled for testing of the reliability and validity of the research instrument. The study descriptive and inferential statistics was analyzed by use of SPSS software version 24, further; a regression equation model was developed to test the relationships between the variables. The results of the findings indicated capacity building activities had significant influence on poverty reduction. The study recommended for farmers to embrace the use of capacity building activities since it improves the poverty reduction. The study recommended for further studies on the same considering same variables but different methodologies.
Key words: Capacity Building Activities, Farming Development Activities, Poverty Reduction
CITATION: Mutonyi, B., Mudi, B., & Juma, D. (2022). Capacity building activities and poverty reduction among small scale farmers; a case of One Acre Fund in Lurambi Sub-County, Kakamega County; Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 9 (2), 506 – 522.
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