Embu farmers educated on Conservation Agriculture
Patrick Murangu Maina, County Programme Officer FAO Embu farmers are now well informed in conservation agriculture, thanks to Embu County government and Food and Agricultural Organization. Conservation Agriculture use specialized planting equipment that also allows the placement of fertilizers next to the seeds. Others apply fertilizers by broadcasting them on the soil surface without any [...]
It’s all systems go as SHEP PLUS kicks off
Officials from Embu County Agriculture department, JICA and Ministry of Agriculture held a workshop today to deliberate on how the SHEP PLUS project will benefit Embu farmers. Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion Project for Local and Up-Scaling (SHEP PLUS) is a project targeting 18 counties in Kenya to mainstream SHEP Approach in their agriculture extension [...]
Staff sensitized on NARIGP(National Agricultural and Rural Inclusive Growth Project)
Embu County staff in the department of Agriculture, Livestock, Cooperatives and fisheries were today sensitized on the National Agricultural and Rural Inclusive Growth Project(NARIGP). Officially opening the workshop, the Chief Officer Livestock Mr. A. Gatumo urged staff members present to remain focused towards assisting the farmers through the project. The project development objective is to [...]
Staff sensitized on NARIGP(National Agricultural and Rural Inclusive Growth Project)
Embu County staff in the department of Agriculture, Livestock, Cooperatives and fisheries were today sensitized on the National Agricultural and Rural Inclusive Growth Project(NARIGP). Officially opening the workshop, the Chief Officer Livestock Mr. A. Gatumo urged staff members present to remain focused towards assisting the farmers through the project. The project development objective is to [...]
Agriculture Department holds a farmers exhibition
Kenya Vision 2030 identifies agriculture as one of the key economic sectors expected to drive the economy. In this regard Embu County Government is keen in promoting competitive and commercial oriented agriculture through utilization of modern and efficient agricultural technologies. This is in line with the “Kenya Vision 2030” which aims at transforming he Kenya [...]
Agriculture department changing the lives of farmers
It goes without saying that the Agricultural Sector in Embu County and Kenya at large continues to play a very important role in the Embu and Kenyan economy. The sector is critical in Embu economy contributing over 70% of Embu economic base and generation of foreign exchange earnings and directly contributes about 26% of the [...]
Embu County Agro-processing Partnership with china
Agriculture CEC Madam Annie Nyaga together with fellow CEC's incharge of Trade,investments,industrialization and infrastructure accompanied H.E. the Governor Martin Wambora for bilateral talks with Dr. Guo Ce, Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China. Top on the agenda was ways to explore a mutually beneficial partnership between select provinces [...]
