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Sustainable agriculture: A pathway out of poverty for East Africa’s rural poor
Maureen Wanjiku K
Youth officer, Baraka Agricultural College
PO Box 52, Molo 20106, Kenya. Tel. +254-51-721091, fax +254-51-721310, email community@
sustainableag.org, maureen@sustainableag.org
Maureen graduated from Egerton University in 2005 with a BA and specializations in economics and
sociology. As a youth officer at Baraka Agricultural College, she coordinates youth activities in Kamara
Division in Nakuru District, and Tenges Division in Baringo, as well as in regions where the College’s
students are recruited. She has also helped formulated a strategic plan for Self Help Development
International (a donor agency), has facilitated and trained agricultural heads in Nakuru District in
participatory monitoring and evaluation, and has worked with Kenya Breweries and Barclays Bank
of Kenya.
Tabitha W Waweru
Extension officer, Christian Community Services of Mount Kenya East Region
(CCSMKE)
PO Box 290, Kerugoya, Kenya. Tel. +254-60-21699, 21478, +254-68-21680, +254-723-866026, fax
+254-60-21699, email ccsmke@yahoo.com
Tabitha holds certificates in general agriculture from Rwika Institute of Technology, and in leadership
skills and rural development from the Asian Rural Institute in Japan. She has 14 years of experience in
community training and mobilization using participatory approaches, the formation and management
of interest groups, and project monitoring and evaluation.
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