:: Improving Finger Millet, then Returning it to Farmers' Fields

Fact sheet on the project under the Benefit-sharing Fund in Kenya, which addresses the characterization, genetic enhancement and revitalization of finger millet in western Kenya. The objectives of this project are to further advance in earlier finger millet research and disseminate to farmers improved finger millet varieties in order to increase the productivity of this crop, raise the income of small-scale farmers and contribute to poverty alleviation.