Filing Room MD visits western Kenya to assess the results of poverty-alleviating farming project
Two weeks ago, on the 2nd of February, the Filing Roomâs MD, Patrick Grant, journeyed to Ramba, a village in Western Kenya, to celebrate something special. He took time out from his day-to-day duties running the document storage company to visit an inventive farming project in western Kenya. When Coronavirus restrictions were imposed across Kenya, now nearly a year ago, it had a significant impact on a country as a whole. In Kenyaâs rural areas, where open food markets are the main method most people use for securing their essential foodstuffs, these measures often added to hardships experienced in rural communities. In many of Kenyaâs poorer areas, subsistence farmers are reliant on open market places. Without them, they cannot sell the produce they grow â mainly maize â and they cannot buy the food necessary to sustain themselves or their families. When the markets were closed, many of the subsistence