Farmers Experience Increased Revenue through Sorghum Farming As Purity Njeru walks through one of her farm in Tharaka South Sub County, Tunyai Location, Tharaka Nithi County, she points to the bounty of growing sorghum. “I have practiced farming for several years now, to be precise over 20 years. Farming is what I do for life. It is what I eat, drink and use to raise…
Linking farmers’ hubs to potential buyers to enhance inclusive growth Established in 2019, Gakiuma Hub located in Tharaka Nithi County serves 507 farmers from three main groups. Before the formation of the hub, members had pre-production and post-harvest challenges. They could not access quality seeds to plant and this factor dwindled their harvests by a greater margin. “Farmers used to smear a mixture of cow…
Growers trained to improve production, connect to markets, increase sales Tabitha Kilonzo, a 57-year-old mother of five, is one of the 255 members of the Kwa Mikuyu CBO Hub who grow sufficiently high quality sorghum and green grams to meet market standards, thanks to Cereal Growers Association (CGA) training, which began in 2018. Tabitha has seen her harvest increase since the intervention of CGA’s Cereal…
