Introduction to Kyuso maarifa centre
The Kyuso Maarifa centre is located in Kyuso district of Eastern province in Kenya. It is at a distance of about 60km from Mwingi town.The center was established in 2005 as a OISAT pilot project (Online Information Services for non-chemical pest and disease management in the Tropics - Website(www.oisat.org) that was successfully undertaken by the Kyuso farming community.The Kyuso community comprises the Akamba who practices small scale mixed farming . However the community lacks information on dry land farming practices and on water harvesting techniques and hence that is where we come in to fill the information gap.Read full detail