GRASSUP NOW Initiative: Sustaining the Vulnerable (1 of 4)
Channel: Commonwealth of Learning
Date: 13/05/2011

Drawing on work technically and financially supported by the Commonwealth Of Learning (COL) supported GRASSUP NOW; a technology-mediated Open and Distance Learning (ODL) initiative; that uses radio, print-media and computers in improving learning, knowledge/skills transfer and sharing among the rural small-holder farmers in the Lake-Victoria basin, Kenya. The project aim to create sustainable livelihood support options through learning by doing approach, it has been promoting the use of ICTs in support agricultural livelihoods for the last  4 years in the lake-Victoria basin, Kenya. Agriculture is an important economic sector, since it provides income and food for a large segment of the population in developing countries. Intensification of production and increased market orientation are the main processes that can contribute to the future viability of the sector and create income for the people that depend on it.