http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/afns/en/ Presentation from Muo Kasina, Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, describing his experience in disseminating knowledge on the importance of pollinators in agriculture among farmers in Kenya. The presentation was prepared and delivered in occasion of the International Symposium on Agroecology for Food Security and Nutrition, held at FAO in Rome on 18-19 September 2014.

1. Management of
pollination services in the
horticultural industry: KE
Muo Kasina
Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kabete

2. Situation before
 Knowledge of pollination value very low
 No pollination management plans
 Increasing cost of production and declining crop
yields
 Fruit and pod quality deteriorating even with high
pesticide interventions

3. What we have been doing
 Target research to respond to various crop challenges
 Publish information
 Creating awareness on value of pollination
 Relate insufficient pollination with poor yields and low quality
produce
 Capacity build extension staff and farmers on pollination,
pollinators and their conservation
 Engage policy formulators and institutional leaders

4. Lessons learnt
 Farmers are keen to adopt pollination management
because of the benefits
 Farmers want to know how to manage pollination
 Trained extension staff are keen to include
pollination message in their service provision
 Renewed interest in understanding how to package
pollination for improved crop yields by leaders
 Scaling up is essential: good practices that conform
to agroecology principals