Upscalling & Implemetation Details:

Caritas Kitui received KES 6,813,000 in March 2020 to implement a 2-year project titled “Dissemination of 5 Cowpeas varieties for production and commercialization by farmers for food and income generation in Kitui and Makueni Counties”.  The project was upscaling adoption of five varieties namely: Kat- Kunde, Tamu, Faulu, Soko and Tumaini.

The project was implemented in Kitui (Mwingi West-Ngutani & Mutonguni wards) and Makueni (Kibwezi West-Makindu and Nguumo wards).The project leveraged on established Catholic network of aggregation/collection centres in; Nguutani and Kakumuti in Kitui County, Kiboko and Kaunguni in Kibwezi.

The project targeted to reach 4,000 farmers directly and 10,000 farmers indirectly.