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FORMAT III: Contests and Contestants

Pumpkin King or Queen Contest | Traditional Green Vegetable Cookoff | FORMAT III Main Page

Compost Crafts Contest

Contest entries will be placed on display until the contest is held in the Exhibition Plaza at 1700 hours 18^th September. Participants are encouraged to evaluate the composts using the contestant list (below) and to compare their score to that of the judges. Composts will be judged on the basis of texture (low mineral content), appearance (dark and uniform), smell (aromatic and mature) and a rapid chemical analysis conducted by the judges.

Entrants must provide a 4 kg compost sample accompanied the Compost Crafts Contestant Form which contains a list of ingredients, brief description of composting procedures and the age of compost. Each entrant will be provided 1 minute only to describe their composting skills. The contest panel of judges is led by Dr. J.K. Lekasi, Head of the Soil and Water Laboratory of the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute’s National Agricultural Research Centre (Muguga). Prizes are as follows: First Place 6000: Second Place KSh. 4000; Third Place KSh 2000; Honorable Mention KSh 1000. Decision of the judges is final and entered composts become the property of FORMAT organizers. Only one entry per participant is permitted.

Contestants and Compost Craft Score Card

Name	Location	Texture	Appearance	Smell	Total

Judy Chirchir	Lodwar	_______	_______	_______	_______
Fredirick Kailo	Matuga	_______	_______	_______	_______
Timothy Kiroga	Thika	_______	_______	_______	_______
Jonathan Kosgei	Iten	_______	_______	_______	_______
Jackton O. Nyapala	Bungoma	_______	_______	_______	_______
Churchil Odhiambo	Awendo	_______	_______	_______	_______
Margaret K Ouma	Nakuru	_______	_______	_______	_______
Ferdinand W. Wafula	Kisumu	_______	_______	_______	_______
Sarah Waithera	Mombasa	_______	_______	_______	_______
Patrick S. Watua	Bungoma	_______	_______	_______	_______
Caleb M. Ameka	Emuhaya	_______	_______	_______	_______
Edward K. Telewa	Kimilili	_______	_______	_______	_______
Robinson K. Ng'ethe	Kalimoni	_______	_______	_______	_______
Keziah W. Kamau	Nairobi	_______	_______	_______	_______
Edward K. Simiyu	Tongaren	_______	_______	_______	_______

Note: The organizers suggest that the composts be scored on the basis of 0 to 3 where 0 = poor, 1 = fair,

2 = good and 3 = excellent. The total score is the sum of texture, appearance and smell.

Contact details: FORMAT, P.O. Box 79, Village Market 00621, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, Tel. +254-20-6752866;

Email: format@wananchi.com, Internet: www.formatkenya.org

FORMAT is a national forum on organic resource management in Kenya funded mainly by The Rockefeller Foundation

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