Karibu! (Welcome)
The Backpack Farm Team is pleased to announce its newest franchise partner, Elyon Trust. By mid August, 4 new training farms will launch in Kikuyu, Meru, Nyeri and Thika. Each site will provide smallholder farmer's access to a fully qualified agronomist and trainer demonstrating more than 40 capacity building classes and our unique program of green agri-tech and irrigation. Training leveages local crop varieties such as Kunde (beans), Sorghum, Sukuma Wiki (kale) and higher value crops such as red onions, potatoes, fine (french) beans and even passion fruit. More important, farmers will have access to low interest finance to purchase for the next planting season.
Eldoret Training Farm: June 2011
ElyonTrust is non-profit organization with a mission to propagate self reliance and socio-economic resilience among young entrepreneurs and women primarily in rural, agriculture communities. They focus on mobilization, training and grouping of members into a minimum of five and a maximum of 20 persons to form a unit. Each unit has people of common geographical and economic interest. These units are then equipped with knowledge and skills on entrepreneurship, record keeping, business growth assessment, conflict management, savings and loans.
Elyon operates within the boundaries of Kenya and brings together people of different cultures, race and religion without prejudice. Since inception, the organization has served more than 3,500 operating in Nairobi, Muranga, Sagana, Nyeri, Embu, Naivasha, Nakuru, Gatundu North, Limuru, Lari, Githunguri, Engineer, Kabete, Chogoria and
For more information, please contact GROW@backpackfarm.com or backpackfranchise@gmail.com
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