Farmers Helping Farmers

Published purpose

The ultimate outcome of this four-year project is improved food and nutrition security of farm families (women, girls, boys and men) in the Buuri Dairy milk collection area and adjacent rural communities in Meru County, Kenya. The project integrates a number of innovative approaches to increase agricultural productivity, income, nutritional knowledge and skills among the target population. Women are the focus of the project as they are eager to learn and apply knowledge and skills that will help improve the lives of their families. Farmers Helping Farmers proposes to work with the local government extension network and nutrition experts to train 400 farming women who are members of ten women’s groups and/or three dairy groups on best practices in dairy, egg, vegetable and fruit production, as well as biogas, rain water harvesting and solar power technologies. It will also work with five schools in the project region to establish vegetable gardens and cookhouses for a school feeding program. The project will directly benefit the women’s families (1600 people), and an additional 1500 students in the schools.