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Showing posts with label Kibirigwi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kibirigwi. Show all posts

Friday, November 03, 2006

Rural Finance Learning Centre - Marketing for small-scale producers

A book (pdf available online) on marketing intended for small-scale producers, contains an interesting anecdote about Kibrigiwi farmers' experience with marketing of tomatoes and the history of the current switch to French Beans, sweet potatoes and maize.

The Rural Finance Learning Centre "is about providing financial services for people living in rural areas. This Learning Centre aims to assist organisations in developing countries to build their capacity to deliver improved financial services which meet the needs of rural households and businesses." A variety of training, online lessons and publications are available.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Possible Sites

  1. Kibirigwi or Kagio (Kirinyaga) **
    • ** 150 km
    • Tomatoes for local market French beans for export
    • 3 years in exploiting new varieties of French beans

  2. Gutheria or Ruthagati or Mbiriri (Kieni East)
    • 200 km
    • Snow peas for export
    • 3 years in exploiting new varieties of snow peas and agronomic management

  3. Naromoro (2 sites)
    • 230 km
    • Snow peas for export
    • 5 years in exploiting new varieties of snow peas and agronomic management

  4. Maragwa
    • 60 km
    • Sweet bananas for local and export markets
    • 4-5 years in exploiting tissue culture banana varieties

  5. Kibwezi (Makueni) **
    • 240 km
    • Range of horticultural products
    • 2-3 years advising on agronomic management

  6. Butula, Teso, Bukura (Western)
    • 350 km
    • Indigenous vegetables
    • 3-4 years advising on varieties and agronomic management

  7. Ndaragua **
    • 250 km
    • Local vegetables
    • Advising on control of nematodes using Methyl Bromide

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