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Annual Report

G-BiACK Annual Report 2024

Full programme overview, financial summary, community impact stories and data from the 2024 field season across Central, Eastern and Nairobi Counties.

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Annual Report

G-BiACK Annual Report 2023

Training data, seed bank growth, outreach reach, women’s programme outcomes and full financial accountability for the 2023 calendar year.

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Impact Summary

3-Year Impact Summary 2021–2023

A condensed impact report for donors and partners — highlighting key milestones, community outcomes and return on investment across three years of programming.

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Evaluation Report

G-BiACK Programme Evaluation Report

An external evaluation of G-BiACK’s training model and field outcomes — methodology, findings and recommendations across the programme’s core activities.

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Browse every weekly issue — 50+ editions and counting — in our full archive.

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Farmer Guide

GROW BIOINTENSIVE Farmer’s Mini-Handbook (English)

A practical self-teaching guide covering the 8 Essential Elements of GROW BIOINTENSIVE farming — written for smallholder farmers, free to download.

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Kiswahili Guide

Jinsi ya Kukuza Mboga Zaidi — Kiswahili Edition

“How to Grow More Vegetables” in Kiswahili — making GROW BIOINTENSIVE accessible to Kenyan and East African farming communities in their own language.

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Composting Guide

Cold Composting & Soil Health for Smallholders

Step-by-step cold composting guide developed from G-BiACK’s farm practice — building soil fertility from locally available materials, no external inputs required.

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Seed Saving

Seed Saving for Food Security — A Community Guide

How to select, clean, dry and store open-pollinated seeds — building household and community food sovereignty through practical seed bank management.

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Water Guide

Water Harvesting for Smallholders — Field Manual

Practical water harvesting structures that kept G-BiACK-trained farmers productive through Kenya’s multi-year drought. Applicable on any farm size.

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Research

50 Years of GROW BIOINTENSIVE Research — Ecology Action

Ecology Action’s foundational research base covering soil regeneration, yield data, water conservation and climate adaptation evidence over five decades.

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Research

African Biointensive Movement — Kenya, DRC, Ghana & Beyond

How G-BiACK, Manor House Centre and partner organisations are spreading GROW BIOINTENSIVE across East, Central and West Africa. Includes country-by-country data.

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Case Study

G-BiACK as a Model Farm — Daily Nation Seeds of Gold (2024)

The Daily Nation’s investigative feature examining G-BiACK’s integrated approach, Samuel Nderitu’s methods, and how the centre has trained 30,000+ farmers sustainably.

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Case Study

G-BiACK Case Study

A detailed look at G-BiACK’s farmer training model, seed sovereignty work and community impact across Central and Lower Eastern Kenya.

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Partner Report

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds — Field Report

A partner report from Baker Creek documenting seed exchange and heirloom variety trials carried out in collaboration with G-BiACK’s farmer network.

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PELUM Booklet

Seeds of Change — PELUM Kenya Booklet

A PELUM Kenya publication on farmer-led seed sovereignty across the region, featuring G-BiACK among the community seed initiatives profiled.

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Press

YES! Magazine — “In Kenya, Farmers Grow Their Own Way”

International feature by Heather Day and Travis English profiling G-BiACK as a world-leading example of community-led ecological farming and seed sovereignty.

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Press

Food First — “G-BiACK: A Lighthouse of Sustainability”

Food First’s profile of G-BiACK following the 2015 African Biodiversity Community meeting — a portrait of Samuel Nderitu’s vision and the farm’s impact.

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Daily Nation — Seeds of Gold (2024)

“Inside a model farm that maximises farm spaces and resources” — Nation Africa profiles G-BiACK’s integrated, chemical-free approach and 30,000+ farmer reach.

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