Kenya: How a Group of Turkana Herders Became Vegetable Farmers

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Kenya: How a Group of Turkana Herders Became Vegetable Farmers

[allAfrica] Nairobi -Natiira Ateni Self Help Group was formed in August 2014 in northwest Kenya, near the borders of South Sudan and Uganda. The community group was launched by former pastoralists who had lost their livelihoods after their herds were diminished by cattle raiders. Wycliffe Juma, a management specialist at the consulting group CEZAM, has worked with the group since 2017 to help administer an amibitous expansion project, supported with funds from . AllAfrica's Nancy Onyango talks to Juma about the community

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