Governance of Food Systems for Improved Food and Nutrition Security Workshop

By; Emily Mikwa Today the County Department of Agriculture in Partnership the University of Nairobi and Mazingira Institute under the project AgriFoSe2030 organized a day’s workshop to give feedback and also get the views of the stakeholders dealing in Indigenous Vegetable value chain in a bid to focus on areas that deserve attention and try
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Kisumu Championing Tree Planting in Primary Schools through the 4K Clubs Under the Green Cities Initiatives

By Emily mikwa The County Government of Kisumu in partnership with Food and Agriculture Organization are targeting to plant a total of 1,500 assorted tree seedlings under the green Cities Initiative to prioritize tree planting as a means of enhancing green lifestyles, reduction of greenhouse gases and promoting climate smart sustainable land use systems, water
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Awareness Creation on Clean Energy Kicks off in Kisumu

BY: Emily Mikwa Today the county department of Energy in partnership with Practical Action Organization and Women Entrepreneurs traversed through parts of Klsumu West and Kisumu East sub counties in a bid to promote the use of clean energy among the members of the community. The two days campaign dubbed Empowering Women Engendering Energy ,
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400 Bags of Growers Mash for Poultry Farmers in Kisumu

BY: Emily Mikwa Yesterday, 100 Poultry farmers from Nyando, Kisumu East, Kisumu West and Kisumu Central sub counties, each received four bags of growers mash weighing 50Kg per bag as a boost in poultry production, courtesy of Food and Agriculture Organisation in consultation with the County Government. The farmers recently benefited from 10,000 day old
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Green Cities Initiative Multi – stakeholder Forum Convened in Kisumu

By: Emily Mikwa The Green Cities Initiative seeks to increase people’s well being through increased availability and access to products and services provided by Green Spaces including urban and peri- urban forestry, agriculture and sustainable food systems. Twelve Cities in Africa have been identified for pilot programme, with Kisumu, Mombasa and Nairobi Cities in Kenya
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Food Safety: Mitigating the Effects of Aflatoxins and Microbial Resistance in the Food Systems

The health risks posed by aflatoxins and microbial resistance in both human and animal health is far reaching, especially with regards to food handling processes right from production to the market. It is against this back drop that the County Government of Kisumu in partnership with FAO and USAID have organized a three day Trainer
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Kisumu Fisheries Sector Convenes a Result – Based Management and Reporting Workshop

The County Fisheries sector through the Aquaculture Business Development Programme (ABDP) organized a two day workshop between 21st and 22nd October, 2021 for the staff to sharpen their skills on the result based management and reporting (RBMR) at the Golf Hotel in Kakamega. The workshop that brought on board the sector staff from both the
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Restoration of Quarry Sites in Kisumu

The Kisumu County subcommittee on natural resources yesterday engaged the quarry owners on the environmental plans to restore the already exhausted quarry sites. The meeting held at the Grace Onyango hall was a follow up from the resolutions made previously concerning the environmental challenges within Kisumu County. The abandoned quarries had been cited as a
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Resolutions to the Environmental Challenges within Kisumu County

Kisumu County Environment Committee members today held a meeting in the boardroom at the Prosperity House to discuss and outline lasting solutions towards decommissioned quarries, and pollution that have posed environmental threat in the county. The abandoned quarries have been identified as risky to the community; causing death, inhabiting mosquitoes  that threaten human health and
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