Ustawi, Kiswahili for Prosperity, is an initiative that is formed out of the conviction that for Kenya to achieve food security, we all must take a long term approach. In the past decade, unpredictable weather patterns have caused the rains to fail and when they came, they were too inadequate to support the growth of crops to feed Kenyans.
The initiative has been designed to rally all of us to support communities all over the country to achieve food security. This is being done by empowering them to use new agricultural methods such as Greenhouse farming and drip irrigation among others. Also, the communities are being encouraged to grow more drought resistant crops that were people depended on in times of hardship in the old days. These include cassava, millet, sorghum and potatoes.
The Ustawi initiative is driven by three core values:-
- That everyone has something to give – regardless of the amount or significance.
- That every human being has a right to food – regardless of their station in life
- That together, we can achieve food security.
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