Jennifer's maize crop

Jan 27, 2007
Teresa Mellish

Jennifer Murogocho says she always wants to be at her shamba (farm) now so she can watch her maize (corn) grow. She has 3 ½ acres of maize which already had cobs on it. It is so tall that we could not reach the top of the plants. Jennifer is the chairperson of the Muchui Womens Group who farm in Kirua, an area near Meru.

What a difference from last year when the members of the Muchui Womens Group had no crops growing at all because of the drought. Now the entire area is green and the maize crop will be ready to harvest in about 6 weeks.

The problem we discussed with her this year is how she is going to store all the maize. What a good problem!