KOMAZA

Why do farmers join KOMAZA?

komaza — Thu, 23 May 2013 05:32:16 PDT

Komaza is often asked the question: “Why do farmers join KOMAZA, when it is such a long term project? Don’t farmers have immediate needs like food security that they need assistance with today?” We sent out our Project Management Officer, Samson Francis Ngoba, to pose this question to our farmers. Here’s what he found: 1. [...]

First Mahogany Farm

Patricia — Tue, 07 May 2013 03:42:00 PDT

Komaza is excited to share photos of our current April 2013 planting season. This season we embark on planting our first 10 mahogany (melia volkensii) tree farms. We are diversifying beyond our flagship eucalyptus into this indigenous, drought-resistant, termite-resistant tree. It has been a difficult tree to germinate from seed and our Nursery team had [...]

Coconut tree seeds are sprouting

Patricia — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 06:32:31 PDT

As Komaza endeavors to expand its nursery operation into a profit center, we have diversified into tree species besides eucalyptus. The third tree species we have begun germinating is the coconut. After attending training at Kenya Coconut Development Authority (KCDA), Komaza is now a certified nursery operator and has its first contract to supply KCDA [...]

A Family Affair

Patricia — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:03:54 PDT

Komaza is privileged to have many fantastic field staff who work very hard to support our farmers. In fact, many staff believe in the model so deeply that they too become farmers and plant trees on their own land. One example is our Field Manager, Alfred Kiti. He is a such a proponent of the [...]