Description
The project is focused on agriculture and food security in one of the ten poorest regions in Kenya, Kilifi County on the Eastern Coast. The project aims to increase food production in households and schools, in particular poultry, rabbits, beekeeping, organic farming and crop and food processing. It aims to increase food production in communities and municipalities through fish farming (fish and shrimp) in breeding ponds and rational management of natural resources of coastal mangrove forests as well. The project is an extension of joint activities with the partner organization Kwetu on the coast of the Indian Ocean (project SAMRS/2012/01/18). The project will have direct impact on 844 primary beneficiaries (farmers, and students) associated in community groups, school agricultural clubs and forest community associations covering 13 villages. Through project activities we will educate and provide direct material support to 5 community groups engaged in mariculture, 5 community groups focused on beekeeping, 3 community groups focused on rabbit breeding, 1 community group focused on organic farming , 5 schools focusing on poultry and rabbits (3 of them crop processing as well) and 13 municipalities focused on rational management of natural resources, mangrove forests and their protection. The project will have positive impacts on 24,000 people in the county of Kilifi.