Agro Input Dealers and Knowledge

Exploring Relevance of Agro Input Dealers in Disseminating and Communicating of Soil Fertility Management Knowledge: The Case of Siaya and Trans Nzoia Counties, Kenya

T.B. Etyang, J.J. Okello, S. Zingore, P.F. Okoth, F.S. Mairura, A. Mureithi and B.S. Waswa. Agricultural Information Worldwide – vol. 6 – 2013/2014. 2014

In most parts of sub Saharan Africa (SSA), a lack of access to necessary agro-inputs contributes to low agricultural productivity and slows the overall economic growth and development. Agro-input dealers make inputs more easily accessible to rural-based smallholder farmers. This study assessed the role played by agro-input dealers in disseminating and communicating information to smallholder farmers, and looked at agro-input dealers’ awareness of practices and communication channels used to access agricultural information. Thee study underscores the important role played by community based channels of communication in knowlwdge dissemination and suggests a need to improve the provision of extension services to agroinput dealers to enable them effectively communicate information to farmers.