If you have ever been to a home in Busia county that had a pig, chances are it had Njeri, Shiko or Wairimu for names. You might’ve thought it was tribalism or why else would Luhya farmers give pigs of all animals Kikuyu names? But that’s not the reason. Before the 2007-2008 elections violence, Busia […]
Back in Nairobi city I had a dream. I wanted to put up a piggery back at home in Busia county. I put my dream on paper, as I hustled for funds. But it wasn’t easy acquiring the funds and so instead of waiting for money that might never come, I set off for home
In the events of the untimely death of a lactating sow, any farmer would be devastated and most, especially first-time pig farmers would be left confused and not knowing what to do. After farrowing down of a sow, we all count on the mother to naturally breastfeed the litter first with colostrum and then with
This is exactly what one pig farmer revealed to me as I sweet-talked her trying to get a pig feeding formula out of her. Well, this is what I’ve been upto since the beginning of February, immediately I finished putting up a pig house. I’ve been going around my area talking to farmers trying to
About eight months ago, June 14th on Sunday finalized on my business plan from back in Nairobi, having done a comprehensive analysis of every project on the plan I proudly referred (still do) to as “blueprint”. The blueprint was divided into feasible phases: The first phase was of course short season crop farming. This was
