Sustainable Agriculture & Food Security — Seed Potato Multiplication, Njoro
Hosted by
- Kenya
- Nakuru
Frequently asked questions
This program requires participants to be at least 17 years old.
This program starts at $550 USD. For full pricing, visit the provider’s website.
The program runs for 1 to 12 weeks.
This program is located in Nakuru, Kenya.
The program fee includes accommodation, activities, airport transfers, equipment, meals, transportation, and wifi.
Yes, the program includes housing. Participants stay in guesthouses or lodges.
You can apply to this program by clicking the "Apply Now" button.
About Program
Farming families in Mauche Ward, Njoro, on the edge of Kenya's Mau Forest face a quiet but serious problem: seed potatoes carrying disease season after season, which guts yields and household income. Working with our local partners, join our agriculture team in multiplying clean, disease-free Shangi seed potato, Kenya's most widely grown variety, alongside local farmers, plus conservation techniques suited to this Rift Valley climate: minimum-tillage planting, intercropping, cover cropping, and rainwater harvesting. You'll spend afternoons running nutrition and income-generation sessions with local mothers' groups, linking what's grown to household nutrition, income women control directly, and, for many families, whether a child stays in school that term, since school fees here are often paid straight from the harvest. Weekends are free to explore Nakuru County.
Program Highlights
- Hands-on seed potato multiplication with local farming families and our local partners — directly tackling the disease that guts yields here
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Program Impact
Volunteers work hands-on alongside farming families multiplying clean, disease-free Shangi seed potato directly reducing the crop losses that come from disease-carrying seed stock. That means more reliable yields and income for the households you work with, income that in many cases goes straight to paying school fees. You'll also help run nutrition education sessions with local mothers' groups, so the impact reaches beyond the field into household diets and children's education.
