Improving Livelihoods through Poultry Keeping
Thursday, 09 July 2020
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
Monday, 29 June 2020
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
Thursday, 04 June 2020
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
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
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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