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Post date: Jun 19, 2013 11:38:00 AM
Voi: Voi and Woldanyi riverbank protection by Paul Kombo.
Machakos: one nursery is established, and farmers trained, in collaboration
with a local group (Annastacia); Paul Mwadime Kombo from Voi did the training. Funding: Tubbergen Rotary. Photo: right).Kajiado/Matampasi (on railway to Magadi), mile 46: Catchment intake and dam (no nursery), Paul Kombo with Neighbours Initiative Alliance - 2012 or 2013? Kajiado/Isinya: Small demo on stream embankment protection and small nurseries in 2 schools and on 2 dams all established in January 2013. Funding: Tubbergen Rotary. Photos: nurseries (2) and stream bank protection, on black cotton soil: gap filling, mulching, adding vertical lines and protection against animals (1).
Naivasha The Naivasha Basin Sustainability Initiative funded African Trees in 2012 to introduce Vetiver System in the Mau; nurseries were established (see below: 2012). Now (April 2013) NBSI has plans to hire PLUS-K expertise to expand the practice: three dams in the wider L. Naivasha catchment (some near Gilgil) are going to be protected: embankments, dam, and inlets. Elise Pinners (Green Cycle Consulting Ltd. - GCC) is the lead expert, Christian Makokha and Jane Wegesa are preparing the works.
Rongo: more nursery establishment and training took place, for a community near Rongo and also a community in Migori. Funded by Tubbergen Rotary.
Busia: Introduction of Vetiver System on-farm (with PAFID as part of Conservation Agriculture) on-going since 2011.
Kerio valley: our p
artnership with Empowering Lives International (ELI-Eldoret) is continuing: 2012 gully works are expanded (more gully works) and more farms will establish contour hedgerows; there is now sufficient planting material. Plans are made to work on landslide prevention and control, and for that more PLUS-K and TVNI expertise is going to be mobilised. Funding: ELI and GCC (in 2012), and Tubbergen Rotary (in 2013).
Kitale: nursery establishment on-going. Funded by Tubbergen Rotary. Photo: left.
Lodwar: Crossroads Christian Communications Inc. starts irrigation along Turkwel river, PLUS-K assistance started in Feb. 2013 with nursery establishment: Caleb, Jane,
Christian & Elise. We got our hands dirty and we're not done yet! - See 'News & events'. More technical support is planned for May and June. Photo: right.
Murang'a school: nursery establishment and training upcoming. Funding committed by Tubbergen Rotary.
Thika: nursery establishment and training upcoming, in collaboration with Kenya Institute for Organic Farming (KIOF). Funding committed by Tubbergen Rotary.
Kabarnet/Salawa: nursery establishment and training upcoming.
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