@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ KENYA: The Land Soil and Crop (LSC) Hubs project organised two sub-national work
The workshop aimed to acquaint participants with the LSC hub’s content, functionality, interface and relevance. In doing so, participants were first brought up to speed on the concept of climate smart agriculture, the related practices, and the relevance of using the LSC hub by J. Recha of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). Stakeholders were then trained on the Participatory Integrated Planning (PIP) approach by M. van der Poel of Wageningen Environmental Research (WEnR). The training emphasised the need for bottom-up empowerment to achieve long-term impact. Through a series of exercises, participants first analysed their current landscape, followed by an imagined future landscape, and were asked to draft an action plan to attain their visions.
“The most interesting part of the training we had was the PIP [...]. This model is capable of helping and changing our communities a lot [...],” said one participant.
“The most interesting part of the training we had was the PIP.... This model is capable of helping and changing our communities a lot,” said one participant.
The PIP approach is an inclusive, bottom-up approach that engages people in environmental stewardship through transitioning from short-term and individual thinking toward long-term integrated planning. Through a series of workshops and exercises, it motivates stakeholders to invest in the resilience of their landscape.