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The National Government through the State Department of Cooperatives, Ministry of Cooperatives in collaboration with the County Government of Nyeri, Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, concluded a one week exercise that kicked off on 29th August, 2018 of auditing the 104 Coffee Factories in the County and the 23 Cooperative Societies. The activity was aimed at facilitating  the National Government to assist the County Government of Nyeri to rehabilitate the coffee factories and improve the entire coffee sector. Nyeri is … Continue reading “Coffee Factories Audit”

Potato farming is one of the value chains for the County Government of Nyeri under the leadership of Governor H.E Mutahi Kahiga. Kieni constituency being one of the areas  where potato farming  does very well has benefited from the provision of certified potato seeds that were supplied to farmer groups. This was done through collaboration between the National Government and the County government of Nyeri where 18 tonnes of the certified seeds were purchased and supplied to 64 farmer groups … Continue reading “County Government Of Nyeri Supports Potato Farming in the County”

On behalf of  Nyeri County Governor H.E. Mutahi Kahiga, the Deputy Governor H.E Caroline Karugu visited various sites ran by Kenya Industrial Estates Ltd. which champions the development of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) throughout the country with specific focus on clustering of industries, rural industrialization value addition to locally available raw materials. Together with County Enterprise Development officer Mr.Samuel Kariuki, County Industrial Development Officer Mr. Peter Kiarie , Nyeri County CECM for Trade and Cooperatives Ms Diana Kendi, … Continue reading “Revival of Industrial Parks and Establishment of Cottage Industries.”

To ensure increased production and productivity as well as increased food security and income to Nyeri County farmers, the Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries uses different approaches to educate and capacity-build farmers. These approaches include; Individual farm visits, exhibitions, barazas, demonstrations, group training, field days, plant clinics and farmer field schools (FFS). In this article, we focus on Farmer Field Schools popularly known as FFS, an approach that the Department is using and has proved to be very effective and … Continue reading “Approaches used by Department of Agriculture to Educate Farmers in the County”