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Abstract
Integrating natural resources management in the secondary
school curriculum in Kenya has received a lot of talk without
adequate practical activities. The Farmers of the Future Programme
under the World Agroforestry Centre, formally the International
Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF),
initiated a practical approach to integration of natural resources
management in the secondary school curriculum in Kenya.
This paper provides information on significant findings of a
study that was carried out to determine the potential of FoF in
integrating natural resources management into the secondary
school curriculum in Kenya. A comparison between secondary
school students who are involved in FoF programme and those
not involved was done to determine their perceptions towards
natural resources management. Further, comparison of perceptions
by gender among learners who are involved in the FoF initiative
was done. The study employed an ex-post-facto design in data
collection using questionnaires. Questionnaires and were
analysed using t-test at alpha = 0.05. The findings indicated
that the FoF programme had a significant influence on learners’
perceptions towards natural resources management. It was
therefore concluded that FoF programme enhanced positive
perceptions towards natural resources management among
learners. On the basis of the findings, it was recommended that
the FoF programme be expanded to cover more schools.