Dairy Farming Takes A Business Turn in Nyakach

CEC member for Agriculture and livestock Gilchrist Okuom addressing Farmers baraza in South East Nyakach (Picture by Norbert Wekesa) By Harriet Chausiku The county departments of Agriculture and the Business cooperative held a stakeholders’ forum with farmers of South East Nyakach ward to deliberate on the formation of a dairy cooperative society in the area.
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Restocking Community Dams with Tilapia Fingerlings

By Emily Mikwa Kisumu County, Directorate of Fisheries through the Aquaculture Business Development Program (ABDP)funded by IFAD, yesterday stocked three community dams with a total of 66,000 post harvest Tilapia fingerlings. The community dams namely: Huma self -help group dam in Kisumu West sub county, Buoye community dam in Kisumu East sub county and Kere
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Cotton Industry Revival at The Lake Region

By Harriet Chausiku The county government of Kisumu in partnership with the Lake Region Economic Block (LREB) and other partners held a stakeholder’s meeting aiming towards cotton revival in the lake region at Kisumu hotel. Addressing the team present through zoom, Kisumu Governor Prof. Anyang’ Nyong’o congratulated the team for taking a major step forward
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Kisumu Fish and Poultry Traders Receive Handwashing Equipment to Boost the Fight Against Covid -19

A team of seven fishmongers from Jubilee fish market led by Mr. Joseph Owino together with Mr. Abisai from chicken basket, today received hand wash equipment and protective gears courtesy of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) working closely with the County Government to help prevent the spread of the deadly coronavirus among food handlers. This
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Kisumu Celebrates World Fisheries Day

The County Executive Committee Member for Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock and Fisheries Mr. Gilchrist Okuom joined the fisherfolk in North Nyakach today to commemorate the 75th World Fisheries day held annually every 21st November. The event marked under the theme voices from the sea formed a platform to enlighten the people that the water bodies have
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Kisumu Marks World Food Day

County Executive Member for Agriculture, livestock, irrigation and Fisheries Mr. Gilchrist Okuom addressing the people during World Food Day celebrations in Nyalenda Farmers and residents of Kisumu County today converged at the united Destiny Shapers in Nyalenda to celebrate the World food day. The event marked annually every 16th October is themed “Grow, Nourish, Sustain
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Transforming Urban Agriculture through Technology and Innovation

Kisumu County Extension Officer Mr. James Samo instructing other extension Officers on how to construct a key hole garden at the Mamboleo Show ground (Photos by: Mikwa Emily) The County extension officers (TOTs) converged at the Mamboleo Show ground to practically apply skills learnt on urban food systems, a week after their training in Kakamega
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Embracing Urban Agriculture Technologies

Community members of Nyakach planting kales on the micro garden The training session for the extension officers entered day two with a focus on the importance of urban agriculture. While there is steady rise in human population, more people continue to starve globally hence prompting the adoption of urban farming technologies as a measure to
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Capacity Building County Extension Officers for Sustainable Production

CEC Memeber for Agriculture Mr. Gilchrist Ockuom Addressing extension officers of the during their training in Kakamega Thirty extension officers (TOTs) from departments of Agriculture,Health, Environment,Trade & Cooperative are undergoing a five day training on Urban Agriculture Technologies, crops & Livestock, Aquaculture technologies,Food waste management,Food quality & safety, Entrepreneurship & Business Development at the Golf
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