This project with BGR partner the Grow Biointensive Agriculture Centre of Kenya (G-BIACK) has been created to address food insecurity and malnutrition and to raise the income of poor farmers in parts of Kiambu and Machakos Counties, areas that are predominantly inhabited by the Kikuyu and Kamba tribal communities, respectively. Building on previous BGR–GBIACK programs, the project is training smallholder farmers in organic and environmentally sustainable agricultural methods with the long-term aim of achieving self-sustainability. Trainings focus on the cultivation of short-maturing drought-resistant crops, reclamation of species of indigenous foods, and soil fertility management. Farmers will also learn methods of seed-saving, rainwater harvesting, and tree farming. The project is directly training 500 farmers, including 320 women; additionally, GBIACK estimates that each farmer will train their immediate family members and at least two other community members, expanding the project’s reach to an estimated 3,500 indirect beneficiaries who will improve their food production and consumption.
This project with BGR partner the Grow Biointensive Agriculture Centre of Kenya (G-BIACK) has been created to address food insecurity and malnutrition and to raise the income of poor farmers in parts of Kiambu and Machakos Counties, areas that are predominantly inhabited by the Kikuyu and Kamba tribal communities, respectively. Building on previous BGR–GBIACK programs, the project is training smallholder farmers in organic and environmentally sustainable agricultural methods with the long-term aim of achieving self-sustainability. Trainings focus on the cultivation of short-maturing drought-resistant crops, reclamation of species of indigenous foods, and soil fertility management. Farmers will also learn methods of seed-saving, rainwater harvesting, and tree farming. The project is directly training 500 farmers, including 320 women; additionally, GBIACK estimates that each farmer will train their immediate family members and at least two other community members, expanding the project’s reach to an estimated 3,500 indirect beneficiaries who will improve their food production and consumption.
