Sande shows the team specific agriculture techniques he uses to maximize his yield.
Produce Solutions
Walter gathers data on produce transportation form a vendor at a local market.
Produce Solutions
Xristos poses for a picture with a local farmer after collecting data on crop storage and transportation.
Produce Solutions
Students arrived at the market before sunrise to observe the chaotic early morning produce trade at Kibuye Market.
Produce Solutions
Addison speaks with a women who sells produce to better understand the value chain for produce in and around Kisumu.
Produce Solutions
After a long farm tour, HESE students were invited to try fresh cut sugar cane as a snack!
Moichor
Moichor
Produce Solutions
HESE students gather data from whole-sale distributors at Kibuye Market.
Green Briq
Students traveled to Dunga Beach to collect water hyacinth for testing.
Green Briq
Students speak with the waste management services at Kibuye Market to learn more about their compressor and how it may be used to make briquettes.
Green Briq
Nicole adds dried, ground hyacinth to a bucket to be mixed with other binding agents and ultimately create a briquette.
Green Briq
Water hyacinth is an invasive species that plagues Lake Victoria. Here it is seen overtaking unused fishing boats.
Green Briq
Workers show HESE students how to use the hand screw compressor to create briquettes.
Green Briq
Students on Green Briq took a boat tour to see how water hyacinth travels around Lake Victoria according to wind patterns.
Green Briq
A briquette is evaluated.
Green Briq
To collect water hyacinth, Paul pulls the plant out of the water and cuts it at the roots. The stem and leaves are added to the bag for processing while the roots are discarded back into the lake.