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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Governor Nyong’o Signs Ksh 31Billion Agricultural Investment Deal

By: Emily Mikwa Kisumu Governor, Professor Nyong’o, the CS Ministry of Trade and Investment, Hon. Moses Kuria and the Lead Partners of United Green (UG) in the UK have signed an KES 31Billion MOU towards along term collaboration in enhancing agricultural production in the County and the region. With the aim of boosting food security
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The Kisumu ABDP Pre – Annual Work Plan and Budget FY: 2023/24 Workshop

The Kisumu County Aquaculture Business Development Programme Coordination Unit organized a two-day multisectoral workshop as from 15th   to 16th March, 2023, to prepare the Annual Work Plan and Budget at the Golf Hotel, Kakamega. The aim of the workshop was to involve the County Programme Implementation team to: •          Prepare a Draft Annual Work plan
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Enhancing Market Access for Kisumu Youths in Agribusiness

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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