By Monica Soila
An agricultural stakeholder’s consultative meeting was held on
Thursday 20th at the Maasai
Discovery hotel in Kitengela; by the ministry of agriculture, livestock
development and fisheries, aimed at finding ways of revamping livestock,
fisheries and crop subsectors in the county.
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| extension officers |
The public was given a podium to air their grievances and
suggestions on their agricultural activities. It was such a positive
opportunity for the farmers because they got to meet all the extension officers
of the Isinya sub-county.
Most of the challenges aired by the farmers were similar
across the sub-county: lack of enough land and pasture to graze livestock due
to population growth, losses brought about by planting in the wrong season owing
to lack of awareness on climate change.Defforestation and lack of information
on water harvesting seemed a big challenge too. Other farmers stressed that the
extension officers are never available when needed.
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| community during the meeting |
Mr. David Nkirimpai, the area member of county assembly, who
was also present, assured the meeting that all the challenges would be
addressed without delay, however he cautioned the community on hasty selling of
land in contention that it poses dangerous problems in the near future.
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