Promoting Sustainable Nutrition and Healthy Food Systems in the Urban and Peri Urban during Covid – 19 Pandemic

Members of the FLAG pose for a group photo after the meeting session at the Grand Royal Swiss Hotel, Kisumu Poultry, Livestock and Kitchen garden farmers within Kisumu are set to benefit from 11million grant from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) through the County Government of Kisumu. 5.1million of the stated amount will go
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Grant Agreement to Support the Establishment of Farmers Help Line Call Centre

The CEC Member for agriculture, livestock, fisheries and irrigation, Mr. Gilchrist Okuom today signed a grant agreement with Research Triangle Institute (RTI) to provide in kind grand aid of up to a total of KES 886,000 for supporting the establishment of the farmers’ helpline call center. The farmers help line is set to work as
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Dairy Farming a Hope for Future Prospects

Livestock farming in Kisumu is highly evolving in response to the rapidly increasing demand for dairy products in the county. It is in this regard that the county department of Agriculture and livestock has embarked on the donation of the dairy livestock to farmers to maximize dairy production to improve food security. The department adopted
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Improving Livelihoods through Poultry Keeping

In the recent past, poultry keeping was done in small scale for subsistence and not for business. Most farmers then kept indigenous chicken which took six months to be ready for the market. It is in the light of this that the County directorate of livestock production embarked on an intensive promotion of raring improved
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Dairy Farmers in Kisumu Receive Cows worth 3.1M

The County department of Agriculture and livestock today issued 24 dairy cows at  a cost of 3.1 million to be distributed across the 7 sub-counties. Speaking during the flagging off of the distribution exercise, the County Minister for Agriculture and livestock Mr. Gilchrist Okuom stated that the county government has invested in Agriculture and livestock
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County Receive Wash Tanks from One Acre Fund

The Department of Agriculture  received 20 wash tanks each carrying 500litres from One Acre Fund in a bid to promote hand washing which is one of the key basic hygiene measures during this time of the Covid -19 pandemic While receiving the tanks, the Chief Officer Agriculture, Dr. Omanga thanked the One Acre Fund for
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Enhancing Food Security in the wake of Floods and Covid 19 Pandemic

County Department of Agriculture has put in place strategies to raise productivity in food production that would not only  ensure food security, but also potentially alleviate poverty among households amid the floods and corona-virus pandemic. As a result of the impact of floods, farming has been concentrated on the hilly areas such as Maseno, Nyahera
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