Commercial sorghum and millet farming set for Siaya as farmers embrace indigenous crops
According to nutritionist with Kenya Medical Training College Nairobi Samuel Maina, millet ugali has high fibre content which helps prevent spikes in blood sugar after meals. This means millet raises one’s blood sugar gradually.
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Kabiyet Dairy Factory is a game-changer in the county’s dairy sector, he adds. With a capacity to process over 200,000 litres of milk daily, the state-of-the-art facility has created a structured market for milk from smallholder farmers in Mosop, Aldai and Chesumei sub-counties.
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In order to promote livestock production, the cabinet secretary further proposed, Ksh2.3 billion for de-risking, inclusion and value enhancement of pastoral economies programme, Ksh1.6 billion for Kenya livestock commercialization programme and Ksh280 million for the livestock value chain support project.
Sugarcane farming no longer sweet
FEATURE Hundreds of farmers in Migori County who have been growing sugarcane since 1979 as a cash crop are having second thoughts. From being ‘green gold’ to a lazy man’s crop, sugarcane has now acquired the tag of a poor man’s crop, thanks to abysmal returns from a cash crop...
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Through the programme, interested farmers will be given seedlings during rainy seasons and helped in the management of the crops.
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“We have installed two coffee milling plant at Musese and Chesikaki to improve coffee farming and processing,” Ndirangu explains.
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“We are assisting our farmers to have value for their products by helping them plant certified seeds that take less time to mature and this can only be done if we know the numbers we are dealing with,” he said.
Long orphaned, sorghum farming finds a new home in economy
Mrs Ndirangu says, there are plans to invite flour milling companies to set up shop in the county to enhance the status of sorghum to a cash crop.
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At present, Kenya produces 25,000 bales of cotton against a demand of 200,000 bales annually. The 1,750,000 bales deficit is met with imports from Tanzania, Uganda, and India.
Sorghum no longer an ‘orphaned’ crop in parts Kenya
Siaya County’s climate is among the most conducive for sorghum and millet production and its proximity to the Sh15 billion refurbished EABL plant in Kisumu means local farmers are poised to benefit more.
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