Sunday, January 25, 2009

Butterfly Farming-The Kipepeo Project

From NewInt. Katy Simon reports:
...the Kipepeo Project (Kipepeo means butterfly in the local Kiswahili language) enables farmers to make about US$20(in a good week) from selling the pupae, compared to 25 cents before the project started...
The majority of butterfly farmers are women. Looking after the caterpillars is a job that they can fit in between their many other domestic chores...[continue reading]

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