KCSAP Projects Impacting the Livelihoods of Smallholder Farmers in Kisumu

By: Emily Mikwa The livelihoods of the small holder farmers in Kisumu are steadily improving big time from the Kenya Climate Smart Agricultural Projects. This was noted during the two days field visit to the projects’ site by the Agricultural Committee Members of the County Assembly, led by the Chairperson Hon. Eunice Alando. The objective
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Kisumu Marks  the Annual Aquaculture Day

Kisumu County commemorated the annual aquaculture day, an event celebrated yearly every 20th of May. The event is the brain child of the Aquaculture Business Development Programme (ABDP) launched on the 29th September,2020. This year’s theme is Promoting Sustainable Aquaculture for Blue Economy Growth. Therefore, sustainable management and development is crucial in preserving the resources
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Progress in Agri Nutrition policy, Nutrition Sensitive Curriculum and Private Sector Engagement.

By Lorraine Anyango The Kisumu County Agri-Nutrition Implementation Strategy (CANIS) 2023- 2027 has been finalized and is ready for launch. CANIS 2023-2027, emphasizes and focuses on increased productivity, irrigation, expansion as well as expanded markets.  The County Executive Member (CECM) Agriculture Fisheries, Livestock Development, and Irrigation, Mr Kenneth Onyango received a dummy for the document
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Farmers in Kisumu Receive Fish Feeds

By: Emily Mikwa Fish farming in Kisumu yesterday received a major boost with support of 3, 496 bags of fish feeds from the aquaculture business Development programme( ABDP). The fish feeds weighing 25Kgs per bag were distributed to farmers in the County within the aquaculture working areas namely: Kisumu West, Nyando, Muhoroni and Nyakach. They
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Excitement as FAO Gives Sh 7M Boost to Kisumu Groups.

By: Emily Mikwa Five groups within the Kisumu County’s Urban Food systems Project, today received Ksh 1.55 million worth of equipment to boost their businesses. The equipment include: refrigerators, incubators, ovens among other poultry equipment that will help in the management of food waste, and safety, production of day-old chick while also ensuring value addition
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The Kisumu County Food Systems Strategy Final Draft

The Kisumu County Food Systems Strategy draft is on its final stages of completion in readiness for presentation to the cabinet for adoption. Following the Public participation held last week at the Tom Mboya labour college, the public aired their views, ideas and information that are currently being incorporated into the fair draft in a
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Official Visit to Vicinaqua Project in Kisumu

By Emily Mikwa Day two of the PrAEctiCe partnership meeting in Kisumu was purely a facility visit to Vicinaqua project situated next to Nyalenda lagoons. The Vicinaqua project is one of the designated labs (lab one) in East Africa that will facilitate the PrAEctiCe project’s data validation. Vicinaqua is a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) that
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Public Participation on Kisumu County Food Systems Strategy 2023/27

By Emily mikwa A three -day public participation on the Kisumu County Food Systems Strategy commenced today at the Tom Mboya Labor College. The deliberations by the public on the draft that was developed through the support of FAO, Practical Action and Maseno University will go a long way in enriching the fair draft which
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PrAEctiCe Project Partnership Meeting in Kisumu

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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