Young Kenyans who wish to do animal and plant agriculture as a source of income, here are possible resources for you, and I can guarantee the officers in these facilities will be of help:
1. For fish rearing, processing, and value addition, including selecting quality feeds and fingerings, talk to Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
@KmfriResearch kmfri.go.ke/. They have stations in Sagana, Naivasha, Mombasa and other stations serving the country.
2. For goat and bovine semen, that is well acclimatized for Kenya. Talk to
@KAGRC_KE kagrc.go.ke/. By the way, not all import semen is for breeds that make sense in Kenya. There is no point in importing a pure Holstein to a tropical environment that is low on feed resources and high disease incidence (story for another day).
3. For rabbits, all breeds: Hybrid rabbits include New Zealand White, California White, and Flemish Giant and their crosses. talk to the National Rabbits Breeding Centre Ngong FTC and Veterinary Farm are under the Livestock Department, and you can call them at +254 0733782096.
4. For beef and dairy cattle, indigenous and improved poultry, beekeeping and new tech talk to KALRO
@kalromkulima kalro.org/divisions/livestoc…. Do not fear them; go to their offices and stations and request help, and you can be sure they will help you.
5. For fruit trees, if you are in Mt Kenya Region, go to
@DiscoverJKUAT; if you are in counties surrounding Machakos (ASALs), visit
kalro.org Katumani. KALRO also has other Rift Valley and Western/Nyanza centers.
6. When I visited the Perkerra Irrigation Scheme at Marigat, they had some highland rice that didn't need a lot of water and some nice fruiting tree seedlings, including pawpaws, peaches, etc. I am not sure whether they still have that rice variety, but you can reach out to them
@Irrigation_Auth
7. For youngsters who want to do training for diplomas and short-term certs in animal health and affiliated courses, dairy tech visit
@AhitiKabete and Dairy Training Institute Naivasha registrar@dtinaivasha.ac.ke respectively.
8. For biological plant pest management, visit
@icipe. They have some very nice pest management methods for crops.
Social media has a lot of young men and women doing wonderful stuff, talk to them when you can and learn from each other.
For animal nutrition purposes, talk to graduate students from our universities
@egertonunikenya @DiscoverJKUAT @uonbi @KenyattaUni @EmbuUniversity among others (please be generous in your renumeration for services rendered and give them feedback on what to improve on).
@shobanes @CalebKaruga @TuJadili @wmnjoya @akams_ @LegalEzra