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Oil palm: Next agriculture frontier for Homa Bay County

Oil palm

Governor Gladys Wanga and county government officials on Ssese island, Uganda, in May 2023.

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By  George Odiwuor

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Governor Gladys Wanga and her deputy Oyugi Magwanga recently led a team to Uganda on an oil palm growing benchmarking.
  • Devolved government also wants local farmers to increase the production of indigenous crops, including sunflower, groundnut and cotton.

Homa Bay County has positioned itself to be the chief producer of enabled oil crops in Kenya.

The devolved government has begun identifying farmers to grow oil palm. The plant will be grown in selected areas on the shores of Lake Victoria.

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