Marimba Farm
Marimba farm is found in the cold uppermost part of South Imenti which borders the Mount Kenya forest. The farm is famous for breeding Ayrshire and Fresian cows and rabbits.
The farm had been started as a colonial farm during the colonial era by a white settler who had been nicknamed as Kitheti by the local community members. It remained as a settler farm up to 1963 when Kenya attained independence and the settler left.
The farm was originally 400 acres but nowadays its 120 acres due to settlement of community members after Kenya attained independence in 1963. Some community members had to be settled in farms which had been occupied by settlers.
The colonial legacy which has been left at Marimba farm is the farm house which the colonial settler (Kitheti) used to live in and which today serves as the residential house of the farm manager.
Kaguru Agricultural Training Centre.
Kaguru ATC is located 2Km from Nkubu town along the Embu-Meru highway. It is under the Department of Agriculture-COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF MERU majoring in Residential and non-residential trainings on farming technologies backed with demonstrations, Field and class trainings on agriculture production and Value addition, Demonstration farm for learning, Bulking of planting materials for farmers at affordable cost, Adaptive on-farm trials in collaboration with agricultural research institutions and companies, Co-hosting of agricultural field days with stakeholders, Development of commercial agricultural enterprises for self-financing, Hiring out training facilities to stakeholders in Agriculture and development, Field Attachment for students in Agriculture, Farmer sponsored trainings / Cost shared farmer trainings, Schools education visits / Farmers tours at a fee, Computer literacy training under WED II program.
