US EditionSidney-based company aims to uplift "she-weed" farmers in Kenya
KWALE COUNTY, KENYA, JUL 21 – Cascadia Seaweed's four-year project empowers women-led and youth-led groups with improved seed stock and market access to enhance seaweed farming livelihoods in Kenya, funded by Global Affairs Canada.
- In Kwale County, Kenya, Cascadia Seaweed, a Sidney-based company, is launching a four-year project to improve seaweed farmers’ livelihoods.
- With funding from Global Affairs Canada, the initiative unites Kenyan government, NGOs and the private sector, implemented by Plan International Canada with Jane Goodall Institute Canada.
- Cascadia Seaweed provides engineering, biology and market expertise, designs land-based nurseries as biobanks and moves them closer to the water for efficient seed management.
- Currently, the project works with at least 20 she-weed farmer groups, and Jennifer O’Neill said `One of the most impactful ways we believe we can assist is by providing farmers with access to better domestic markets that offer higher profit margins and greater stability over time`.
- Cascadia Seaweed is exploring a Kenyan-made seaweed-based biostimulant, aiming to break the monopoly buyer scenario and optimize farm drying processes to ease labour burdens.
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