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Afro Farm

The Farm

Beneath the mountain.

One hundred and twenty-eight acres in Loitokitok, Kajiado County, at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro.

The spinach field at Afro Farm in full leaf, a tree at its edge and Mount Kilimanjaro behind.
The spinach field, the mountain behind
128acresLoitokitok, Kajiado County
30+cropsVegetables, herbs and fruit
5commitmentsWater, soil, waste, standards, technology

Water

Irrigation that never waits for the rains.

Kajiado is a dry county, and the long rains keep their own timetable. So we stopped looking at the sky. Every block is irrigated on a schedule, every water source is metered and logged, and every drop goes exactly where the crop needs it.

A greenhouse at Afro Farm with its end open, showing rows of young plants on drip lines, under a blue sky.Drip lines on every bed

Water keeps today’s crop alive. The soil decides whether tomorrow’s will be just as good.

Beds of spinach in full leaf at Afro Farm, a path of deep red soil between them, with shade net posts and low hills behind.

Soil

The shamba rests as muchas it works.

Our farm is laid out in 60 blocks, close to 59 acres under crop, and each one keeps a record of what grew there last. That memory is how rich red Kajiado soil keeps giving, kila msimu, every season.

  1. 01RotationBlocks move between crop families, so no field is worn out by the same crop twice.
  2. 02Organic matterCrop residue goes back into the ground and every bed is fed. The soil gets richer, not poorer.
  3. 03Planned feedingFertility is planned for every crop cycle: measured, never guessed.
Four of the Afro Farm team in overalls and gumboots talking through the work in the field, one of them pointing across the farm.
Specialists in action

The team

People who know the ground.

A highly trained field team, led by experienced agronomists and supervisors who know these soils season by season. Every harvest is handled by people who have done it many times before.

How we work

Simple rules, kept daily.

  1. 01

    Led by data

    Every field, input and harvest is recorded, and AI helps the team plan ahead and catch problems early.

  2. 02

    Held to standards

    Kenyan regulations and Global G.A.P. principles, from the seedbed to dispatch.

  3. 03

    Run by experts

    Agronomists and trained supervisors on the ground every day, not just at planting and harvest.

Gallery

Around the farm.

A wide block of lettuce growing under a shade net at Afro Farm, the sky and clouds showing through the net.
Lettuce under the shade net
Inside a greenhouse at Afro Farm: raised beds of seedlings, each with its drip lines, running the length of the tunnel.
Inside the greenhouse, drip lines on every bed
Solar panels, a Starlink dish and a radio mast on the roof of a green container at Afro Farm, under a blue sky.
Solar powered, connected by Starlink
A wide field of crop in rows at Afro Farm, running to a lone tree and a hill under a sky of small clouds.
Rows running to the hill
A red Massey Ferguson tractor with a driver at the wheel, pulling a trailer across the red soil of the yard at Afro Farm.
The tractor and trailer, ready for the fields
Plan a visit

Come and see.

Visits are by appointment, for buyers, partners and institutions. Tell us who you are and when you would like to come, and we will confirm a date.

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