PrAEctiCe Project Partnership Meeting in Kisumu
Tuesday, 04 April 2023
By: Emily Mikwa A consortium of 16 partners from Europe and East Africa are currently meeting to review the project’s progress at Acacia Premier Hotel in Kisumu. PrAEctiCe, an initiative funded by EU under horizon 2020, deals in adaptive integrated Aqua -Agriculture Research to tackle food and nutrition security in East Africa. East Africa, being
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Enhancing Market Access for Kisumu Youths in Agribusiness
Friday, 03 March 2023
Five youth groups in agribusiness were today the beneficiaries of equipment worth 1.65Million Courtesy of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), through the support of Italian Government under the Innovative Food System project in Kisumu County. The Equipment comprising two tricycle Dayun and three Honda motorbikes were handed over to the following groups: Victoria aquaculture
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Kisumu Poultry Farmers Receive Day Old Chicks
Monday, 13 February 2023
By: Emily Mikwa 165 poultry farmers registered with Kisumu County Poultry Enterprise Cooperative Society (KICOPE), today received 13,000-day old chicks of improved kienyeji breed courtesy of the Agricultural Sector Development Support Programme (ASDSP). The programme seeks to develop sustainable priority value chains namely: poultry, fish and cotton for enhanced employment, improved income, food and nutrition
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1 billion For Kabonyo Fisheries Aquaculture Service and Training Centre of Excellence
Monday, 28 November 2022
Kisumu has welcomed the national government’s commitment to establish the Ksh.1 billion Kabonyo Fisheries Aquaculture Service and Training Centre of Excellence, Deputy Governor Dr. Mathew Owili has said. The centre will facilitate training, research, innovation, and best practices in Fisheries and Aquaculture through demonstrations and incubations. Earlier this afternoon Dr. Owili joined CS Mining, Blue
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Result Based Management and Reporting Workshop
Wednesday, 26 October 2022
By: Emily Mikwa The County Directorate of Fisheries organized a two -day workshop to sharpen the skills of all the field Officers under fisheries directorate on how to narrow the gaps identified during the Monitoring and Evaluation Mission in Kisumu. Some of the gaps identified were lack of: consolidated data on production / stocking, data
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Boosting Food Production through Smart Agriculture Mechanization
Thursday, 13 October 2022
By: Emily Mikwa The Czech – Kenya Agriculture Delegation today visited Kisumu County to meet the County Government of Kisumu, investors and farmers to discuss possibilities of collaboration on matters mechanization in the agricultural sector. The meeting held in Acacia Premier Hotel, was organized as a result of constant communication with the Czech government after
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Complementing Fish Production with Kitchen Gardening for Nutritional Diversity
Thursday, 21 July 2022
Today, Kisumu County fisheries sector set up a model kitchen garden at Mr. Henry Arume’s farm, a member of Sidika Smallholder Aquaculture Group (SAG) situated North Kisumu aquaculture development area in Kisumu West Sub County. The model farm comprises drip lines, conical garden and vertical garden. The farm will be used for demonstration purposes and
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Development of Nutrition Education Strategy and Materials Workshop through Kisumu Food System Lab
Wednesday, 20 July 2022
A multi-stakeholder forum comprising representatives from County departments of Health and Agriculture, CBOs and CSOs attended a two-day workshop from yesterday to discuss the planned interventions for Kisumu Food System Lab with a bias on nutrition education awareness within the informal settlements, convened by Alliance Biodiversity International and CIAT under the project Healthy Food Africa.
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The Annual Review Workshop on ABDP Activities FY 2021/22
Friday, 24 June 2022
Stakeholders dealing in fish production from Kisumu County converged at a workshop under the Aquaculture Business Development Program (ABDP) to review the activities, challenges faced during implementation and way forward for the next phase at the Golf Hotel in Kakamega. The stakeholders brought on board included: County fisheries docket, Fish farmers, Captain feeds, Aquaculture Ban,
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