Tree Planting Demonstrations at Rabuor and Usoma Primary Schools in Kisumu Under the Green Cities Imitative

By: Emily Mikwa Two more schools, Rabuor Primary School in Nyando sub county and Usoma Primary School in Kisumu West sub county have joined the rest as champions in tree planting in schools under the Green Cities Initiative. This comes after tree planting demonstrations in Union Primary school and Tido Primary schools. The four schools
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Capacity Building of CBOs in Promoting the Green Cities Initiative within Kisumu

By: Emily Mikwa Today, 26 members of the Green Network Community Based Organization (CBO) were trained on the importance of agroforestry in leveraging on sustainable food security and green lifestyles courtesy of County Government of Kisumu in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization. The Green Network CBO is a group from Kisumu West sub
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Tido Primary School in Kisumu Advancing the Green Cities Initiative

By: Mikwa Emily Day two of the trainings on Environmental protection and Conservation saw 51 members of the 4K Club at Tido Primary School in Kisumu East Sub county take an active role in learning and planting trees. The trainees were briefed about the Green Cities Initiative and also enlightened on the significance of trees
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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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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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