Empowering West Pokot Farmers for Sustainable Development

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in collaboration with the County Government of West Pokot, UN Women, Village Enterprise with funding from Korea International Corporation Agency (KOICA) under the Women Economic Empowerment Through Climate Smart Agriculture Program distributed 30 dorper sheep to one group from Suam ward and 7,200 chicks to four groups in Batei ward.

While handing over the chicks and dorper sheep, County Executive Committee Member for Agriculture and Livestock Hon. Wilfred longronyang urged the farmers to be proactive and ensure what they have been given will sustain them economically through employing smart agriculture.

Brian Cherutich from FAO echoed the CEC’s sentiments by calling on the farmers to feed and take care of their sheep and chicks so that they can support them through breeding and selling them when they are ready for the same so that they can support them through breeding and selling them when they are ready for the same.

The Women Economic Empowerment through Climate Smart Agriculture Program supports women across various value chains working with women, youth, and their communities to support women groups, influence and all-inclusive contributions to sustainable farming methods which contributes to safeguarding local food supply, nutrition, income and livelihoods across different value chains/sectors.

In attendance was County Director of Agriculture Peter Kodwaran and other county staff.