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Kakamega farmer cuts poultry feed costs 2/3rds by maggot breeding

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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