The goal of Nuru Kenya’s agriculture program is to reduce food insecurity and foster a stable and sustainable economic base to prevent episodic hunger in communities, while empowering farmers to diversify their livelihoods. One of the most important elements needed to achieve this goal is timely access to seed and fertilizer for planting by Nuru farmers.
Nuru Kenya prepared for the rainfed production season by storing agriculture inputs in our warehouse located in Isebania town, Migori County, Kenya.
The fertilizer ready for distribution to Nuru farmers in February 2017.
Nuru also assists groups of farmers in establishing locally-owned and -led cooperatives. Regular meetings are held with cooperative farmers to communicate about many issues, including the start of input distribution.
A Nuru Kenya cooperative meeting to discuss current training and inputs.
Timely planting to align with the coming of the rains is one of the most important steps a smallholder farmer in Kenya can take to ensure they increase their yields under rainfed agricultural conditions. This farmer’s field was prepared in early February, well before the beginning of the rains, to ensure that her field was ready to plant when Nuru communicated that input distribution would begin.
A visit from Nuru Kenya staff providing extension service on the best agronomic practices.