SYLVIA’S BASKET

CATEGORY:	Private Sector
CSA PROJECT:	Sylvia’s Basket
SCALE:	Community
LOCATION:	Limuru, Nairobi
PERIOD OF THE PROJECT:	Since 2016
GRANT SIZE OF THE PROJECT:	N/A

• Growing Organic produce
• Training small scale farmers on Organic Agriculture
• Selling organic produce in our branded shop (Sylvia’s Basket)
• Agroforestry- set up a tree nursery

We are looking to support small scale farmers targeting women and youth to learn how to grow their own organic kitchen gardens and thereafter buy their surplus produce which we sell at our organic shop.
Agroforestry is also a huge part of our work. We love trees! We have decided to work toward reforesting our village and have set up a tree nursery on our farms grown 2000 + indigenous trees during the rainy seasons

Kitchen gardens: Our main objective is to ensure small scale farmers are able to grow their food first. And grow it organically. If majority of small scale farmers had enough food for thier homes we will have dealt with at least 5 SDG goals!
Marketing: we are currently buying produce from 20+ farmers every week selling at our outlet. We are working towards supporting 100 + farmers in two years and help solve the problem of organic farmers accessing reliable markets.
Training: I have been traning farmers in my village voluntarily on conversion to organic and with partners i have trained 1000+ around Central Kenya. Access to information is a major problem we are also addresing.
Agroforestry: Last year, we planted 2000+ trees on our farms and donated a few to two local schools. Our 2021 plan is to plant 3000 trees in the community!

FARM LEVEL	TARGET (NO OF FARMERS)	INDICATORS MONITORED
Soil management		–       CSA Excellence centres established –       Number of farmers trained on the CSA Excellence centres –       Number of trainings held
Smart water management		–       CSA Excellence centres established –       Number of farmers trained on the CSA Excellence centres
Renewable energy		–       Use of solar powered technology in agricultural equipment in the CSA Excellence Center –       Adoption of solar powered equipment by farmers for their farming activities
BEYOND FARM LEVEL	TARGET BENEFICIARIES	INDICATORS MONITORED
Gender (Youth and Women inclusion in CSA)	Youth and women	–       Number of members that CSAYN has (because all of our members are youths) –       Number of female members that CSAYN has –       Number of activities in institutions of higher learning for students taking agricultural courses –       Number of Programs and activities on youth engagement in CSA

I am a member of the steering committee of the Kiambu Agroecology policy which is almost in it’s final stages of presenting the proposal for tabling at the Kiambu county level. Working with a local NGO on setting up tree nurseries in two schools in my village.