Nitya Jacob

I am passionate about water issues and where they intersect with human lives. I've strong skills in communication, networking and advocacy.

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Faanya juu

Throw it upwards in Kenya

Terrace farming on slopes helps conserve water. Along with other measures such as micro-dams, stone bunds and percolation pits, this can reduce surface runoff and increase soil moisture. One such system called Fanya juu terrace have expanded in several parts of East Africa, particularly in the Machachakos District in Kenya where 85% of the land is now terraced.

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Tigray

Arresting land erosion in Ethiopia

There has been a remarkable landscape transformation in Tigray. Soil and water conservation activities have covered half of the agricultural land building. The activities have caused crop production to increase by 50%-100% and a large range of innovations to take root. This soil and water conservation programme is very much a story of scale begets scale and success breeding success
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Urban farming group in Nairobi (Kayole Mtaa Safi)

Urban farming in Nairobi

In Nairobi, several communities, both rich and poor, started urban farming during the COVID-19 pandemic. Supported by government policies and NGO programs, people in informal settlements and gated communities grew their own food and livestock to supplement what they could buy and enhance their nutrition.

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Urban agri'culture'

Casablanca's 360 urban farming project

Urban farming in Casablance, Morocco, has encompassed several issues such as land, water availability, market linkages and empowerment of women, in addition to providing nutrition to practicing families.

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Food for schools

Fresh vegetables for school kids in Antananarivo

The Urban Agriculture Low Space and No Space supported by Antananarivo’s Better Food for Kids program has been establishing vegetable gardens in school yards. Vegetable gardens have been set up by the Institut des Métiers de la Ville and the Urban Community of Antananarivo in 14 public schools in the city that provide school children with nutritional school meals and help to increase school retention rate and improve children’s ability to learn.
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Urban farming

Nakuru's urban crop cultivators

More than a quarter of Nakuru households could be classified as ‘urban crop cultivators’ and about a fifth as ‘urban livestock keepers’. The cultivation of a vegetable, known as sukuma wiki, that is the local name for a green, leafy vegetable of the spinach variety (Spinacea oleracea) is very popular.
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