This is part of the plans by the NIR to expand the Ahero Scheme by 1,000 acres for crop diversification.
Farmers are now being introduced to growing sorghum for EABL.
In the next financial year, they plan to add another 1,000 acres for the production of soya beans.
About 400 farmers in Ahero, Kisumu will benefit from a contracting farming scheme for the production of sorghum and green grams in a new farming diversification concept being introduced in the region that mostly grows rice.
This is part of the plans by the National Irrigation Authority (NIR) to expand the Ahero Scheme by 1,000 acres for crop diversification.