CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
“From my training at Sireet CoE I learned you do not need to have a large piece of land to have farm innovations”
Profile
Sireet was formed in 2004 by small scale tea producers from the tea estates in Nandi Hills. Its factory is fully owned by its members and produces around 3.5million kgs of tea a year.
Owing to the fluctuations in tea prices Sireet OEP in partnership with CPF established centres of excellence in microenterprise development with an overall objective of creating alternative sources of income for smallholder farmers.
Name
Sireet OEP
Location
Nandi Hills, Kenya
Speciality
Micro-Enterprise Creation
Top Farmer Innovation
Number of Members
Percent of women
Promoter farmers
Core
Trainings offered:
- Micro-enterprise development
- Bee-keeping
- Dairy
- Banana
- Record keeping and access to data services.
MEET THE FARMER
Meet star promoter farer Pauline. Pauline’s farm hosts over 10 different enterprises from various fruits and vegetables to a fish pond and beehives producing honey.
Directions
By Air:
Eldoret: 47km from Nandi Hills. Daily flights from Nairobi
Kisumu: 85km from Nandi Hills. Daily flights from Nairobi
By Road: 310km drive from Nairobi
