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Over 4000 Nakuru farmers trained in proper agronomical practices to boost cassava production

Sacco ReviewApril 23, 202605 mins

More than 4,000 farmers in Nakuru County have undergone training in proper agronomical practices aimed at increasing cassava production, in a strategic effort to promote the crop as a climate-resilient solution for food security and commercialisation through value addition. The training, conducted under the Transforming African Agricultural Universities to Meaningfully Contribute to Africa’s Growth and…

Kilifi to employ 80 Irrigation Extension Service Officers to enhance service delivery to Farmers

Sacco ReviewOctober 25, 202405 mins

Kilifi county government will soon employ 80 Irrigation Extension Service Officers to boost food crop production in the region, Sacco review has reliably established. The Ministry of Agriculture needs huge budget to enable it to fight food insecurity in the region. The budget allocation for 2023 was Ksh 130 million which was not enough to…

EU donates solar driers worth Ksh1M to Malindi CBO

Sacco ReviewFebruary 2, 2024February 2, 202403 mins

The European Union (EU) has donated solar driers worth Ksh1 million to Mali Shambani Community Based Organization (CBO) in Malanga, Malindi sub-county to enable effective and efficient operations. Speaking to Sacco Review at the cassava processing flour plant recently, the CBO Coordinator Phillip Ndurya revealed that the EU also donated three water storage tanks –…