Opposite the main house of poultry farmer Wilberforce in Homabay County in Kenya, is the chicken coop. Trees provide a protective shade to cover the poultry chicken coop — a preventive measure from sun rays shining directly into the poultry house according to Community Agrovet Entrepreneur (CAVE) Emmanuel Owino, who trains Wilberforce, among 33,600 farmers, on biosecurity and good farm management practices through KAGO FPO and supported by Heifer Kenya USAID TRANSFORM Project.

At the break of dawn, most women in the villages of Thakurmunda leave their homes and march toward the forest, singing tribal songs and folklores and carrying baskets woven of golden grass on their heads, intent on collecting mehuli flowers fallen from the local mahua trees.

Imagine living on less than $2 per day. This is reality for 85% of livestock farmers around the world. Many small- and medium-scale producers earn an income that makes it difficult to cover basic needs like food, shelter and education for their children.

Christine Okode has a vision that drives her every day. “[I] want a modern farm [where] people can come and learn,” she shared. “An agroecology-oriented farm [where] there is no wastage. That is my dream.”