AGRICULTURE
A meaningful and sustainable income is the cornerstone of success for families struggling to rise above poverty.
AGRICULTURE
In western Kenya, agriculture is the backbone of livelihood and life. Nearly every family we support are farmers in one way or another. With a diversified, thriving farm comes better nutrition and higher income. On full stomachs, children can focus on learning, and parents on working. And with enough bounty from the land, a family can sell as well as cook, to earn more for their other needs.
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The challenge
Western Kenya is a crowded agricultural area, with a population density equal to many American suburbs. With climate change and ever-more depleted soils, it’s an increasingly difficult place for subsistence farmers.
Traditional systems passed down from long ago don’t work with tiny plots and a changing climate. You can’t leave fields fallow when you have half an acre and several mouths to feed. And you can’t magically replace towering trees or the plenty of pollinators.
For many adults, their great-grandfathers had 100 acres of land. But their grandfathers only had 20 acres, and their fathers just had a few acres. Farms get smaller as they are divided among sons, per tradition. For those without means, plots have been sold to outsiders, whether recently or long ago.
Today, the poorest families are left with a fraction of an acre to host their home and grow their food. Innovation is required to produce enough - in both present and future.
Family Care's holistic approach to this complex problem
We believe that families can make their farms thrive despite these challenges.
Trough lessons that draw on organic and permaculture methods, as well as conventional agricultural practices, families can both regenerate their land and produce more to eat and sell for the present. We’ve seen it happen across many thriving model farms in the area, including some developed under our own program.
With the right knowledge and support, every UKR family can make their farm a thriving model for their neighbors to envy and emulate.
HOW FAMILY CARE
AGRICULTURE SUPPORT
WORKS
RIGOROUS TRAINING ON SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION OF FARMS
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EXPOSURE TO NEW FARM
PRODUCTS AND METHODS
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PROVISION OF NOVEL SEEDLINGS -
FRUIT, FODDER, TREES, AND CROPS
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ASSISTANCE BUYING TOOLS, INPUTS,
AND FARM ANIMALS
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FAMILY CARE
AGRICULTURE
SUPPORT
RIGOROUS TRAINING ON SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION OF FARMS
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EXPOSURE TO NEW FARM
PRODUCTS AND METHODS
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PROVISION OF NOVEL SEEDLINGS - FRUIT, FODDER, TREES, CROPS
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ASSISTANCE BUYING TOOLS, INPUTS, AND FARM ANIMALS
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I have surplus harvest... [and] enough to eat with my family. Sleeping hungry
is now a thing of the past.
Phoebe, UKR father
