Women-led cooperative driving adoption of climate-smart agriculture strategies in Makindu, Makueni County
Photo: Esther Nzuk
Women disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change impacts, often because they have limited access to services, resources, and technologies, which makes it difficult for them to adapt to a changing climate. Kimatwa Women SACCO in Makindu Makueni County has embarked on a journey to change this by promoting its members' adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA).
Since the 1930s, farmers in the lower eastern regions of Machakos and Makueni in Kenya have a history of collective working through Mwethya groups- a name referring to organized farmer groups focusing on soil conservation. Farmers forming modern cooperatives have sustained this group model to work together to achieve their social and economic growth.
Kimatwa SACCO is a women-led cooperative serving over 700 members. The Society seeks to empower its members financially. Agriculture is one of the pillars through which the members are supported to grow as alluded to by the group chair.
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