More Food: Empowering Kenyan Women

The ultimate outcome of this 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 help improve the lives of their families. The project works 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 also works with five schools in the project region to establish vegetable gardens and cookhouses for a school feeding program. The project directly benefits women’s families (1600 people) and an additional 1500 students in the schools. Farmers Helping Farmers became registered in Kenya and established a fully owned subsidiary as an incorporated company Wakulima Waididia Wakulima (FHF in Swahili).

The expected results for this project include:(1) increased agricultural income and productivity (vegetables fruit milk eggs) of women farmers; and (2) improved dietary diversity (consumption of vegetables fruit milk eggs) for women girls boys and men.