We Are Tomodachi Japan in Africa Edition 2016

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2360,00050,00040,00030,00020,00010,000020112014(Ksh.)Average Farming Households’ Incomes AfterSHEPBeforeSHEP1. Kikuchi organizes training aimed at extending the SHEP approach to various African countries, together with SHEP Team members consisting of government officials in Kenya and JICA experts. 2. A local market: Through SHEP activities farmers developed direct connections with the market and became able to choose buyers offering higher prices rather than relying just on middlemen. 3. At gender training sessions for farming couples, husbands and wives are asked to write down the contents of their spending and of their everyday chores so as to make this information visible. The attitudes of husbands reportedly change as they focus on achieving the couple’s shared goal of increasing their income. 4. Real horticultural income per farmer increased by 58% from 2011 to 2014.Source: Data collected by SHEP Team by interviewing farmers and extension officers.Notes: Figures have been adjusted for consumer price inflation. 10,000 Kenyan shillings = approx. USD 120 as of March 2014.1243Arisa KikuchiCompleted graduate studies in agriculture. As she studied the connections between farmers and markets, she aimed to become involved in international cooperation activities based on agriculture. In 2009 she joined JICA, where she initially worked in the area of South Asian farming and rural development. From 2014 to 2016 she was stationed in Kenya, where she conducted activities as a project expert promoting the SHEP approach. Published in We Are Tomodachi, Autumn 2016.

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