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Agrics distributes ordered seeds and fertilizer
The long rainy season in Kenya is about to start. Right before the rains fall down the land needs to be sowed. Which is now! That's why Agrics, one of our social businesses, distributed all ordered seeds and fertilizer last week to small farmers in Kakamega.
Diary of a Skillful Parenting employee in Tanzania
Pia van den Boom, ICS employee on Skillful Parenting, kept a diary during her trip to Tanzania. Pia: "I’m impressed by the facilitator, a young man who encourages parents to express their opinions." The question "who is most important in the family?" triggers an intense discuss
Record number of farmers buy seeds on credit
In western Kenya no less than 15.104 farmers are interested in buying agricultural products on credit. That’s 4 times as many as last year. The farmers have the possibility to buy seeds, fertilizer, chickens and solarlights and pay back in installments.