Groundnuts and soybeans are a priority grains value chain with highest potential to increase the incomes and impact livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Butere-Mumias, within Kakamega County of western Kenya. This is according to a survey done by the Kenya Agricultural Productivity Project (KAPP) in the region. Butere-Mumias with a population of 601,796 (Kenya Population …
By Fredrique Achieng’ A poultry farmer from Kakamega County has reduced his bird feed expenditure from Sh23,500 a month to just Sh7,050 by substituting commercial feeds with maggots extracted from pig waste. Pigs utilise only 60 per cent of the food they eat, with 40 per cent coming out as waste. But Kakamega farmer Bernard …
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Poultry farmers in Kakamega County have received 48,000 improved chicks from the County government in a bid to raise income at a time when76,000 farmers have abandoned sugarcane farming the county driven by failure of Mumias Sugar factory to pay them Sh600m dues accrued over the last two years. In this, 120 farmer groups have …
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Veterinary officials administering artificial insemination service to a cow. Photo courtesy. The Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organization has embarked on a research study in Kakamega County following rising cases of livestock death and infertility which has been blamed on, among others, the use of dead semen during artificial insemination by farmers in the county. …
Emmanuel Wasike, a group member who was selling the produce during the Kakamega County Agricultural Society of Kenya Show Emmanuel Wasike, Galaxy United Youth Group member while selling the produce during the Kakamega County Agricultural Society of Kenya Show. Photo: Laban Robert. Galaxy United Youth Group in Kakamega County ventured in mushroom value addition to …
Mushroom value addition earns a Kakamega youth group Sh2,600 more Read More »
Dairy cows within their shed. Photo courtecy. The county government of Kakamega is embarking on a Sh240m Smart Dairy farms initiative that will see each of its 12 sub-counties benefit a fully developed Smart Dairy farm stations at a cost of Sh20m in a bid to end 80 per cent milk shortage needed by the …
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