Agriculture

County GovernmentsKirinyaga County

Coffee Roasting Machine Boosts Farmers’ Earnings

Coffee farmers from Mwirua Farmers’ Cooperative Society in Kirinyaga County are now making a significant extra coin from roasted coffee after the county government provided them with value addition equipment. The 14,000-member society received a coffee roaster, a grinder and a packaging machine that now enables them roast, package and sell their own coffee to local residents.

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County GovernmentsSiaya County

The Embodiment of Successful Fish Farming in Siaya County

Dennis Onyango, a diploma graduate in General Agriculture is today living a life that had only existed in his dreams for a long period of time. In February 2010, Denis quit his station of employment in Uganda after five years to set up a fish pond in his Central Alego Ward in Siaya County. This initiative was judged as dead on arrival by many of his peers due to the uncertainties that are associated with it locally.

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