I am happy, on my own behalf and the people of Kisii County; to join the
rest of the world in observing this important annual event of the World
Food Day.
This year’s World Food Day theme is “Change the future of migration:
move. More people have been forced to flee their homes due to increased
contributing to the migration challenge; as you can recall the cases of the
which call for a pluralistic approach. Many migrants arrive in Kisii County,
creating tensions where resources are already scarce, but the majority,
other rural activities. Creating conditions that allow rural people, especially
youth, to stay at home when they feel it is safe to do so, and to have more
migration challenge.
creating business opportunities and jobs for young people that are not only
climate change.
more with less in the same area of land and use natural resources wisely.
It also means reducing food losses before the final product or retail stage
food and agriculture in their actions plans and invest more in rural
It has assisted our farmers construct and stock fish ponds across all the
wards in the county. It has also given farmer groups in all the wards solar
dryers for value addition in both vegetables and fruits. Furthermore, all the
culture bananas and 15, 000 Hass avocadoes. It is hoped that very
A.I will go a long way in improving our local breeds of dairy cows thereby
increasing milk production and creating jobs for our rural youths.
This year alone, 50,500 livestock and 232,300 birds; have been
vaccinated against Foot and Mouth, Lumpy Skin, Newcastle, Gumboro and
annual turnover of Kshs 2.8 billion. They are involved in the marketing of
The world aims to achieve Zero Hunger by 2030 and therefore migration is