Kenya targets to put up one million kitchen gardens

Kenya is targeting an additional one million kitchen gardens over the next two years as part of a nutrition improvement programme.

Agriculture Chief Administrative Secretary Anne Nyaga says the project will target households with more than five family members in a project aimed at providing alternative livelihoods to households.

The project aims at mainstreaming nutrition in the agriculture value chain with each house receiving five vegetable seed varieties as well as grants to venture into fish and poultry farming.

Under the initiative, a group of households will be offered grain dryer to minimize post-harvest losses.

The project is also earmarked to boost nutrition and provide alternative incomes for selected households.

Also on offer is training on proper crop husbandry to engage in the programme’s value chain.

Makueni on Wednesday hosted the launch of the national One Million Kitchen Gardens Plan.

At least 15,000 households in Makueni will benefit from the project