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The story behind my poultry farm success

Mary Muhati a widow at Lirhanda in Shinyalu practice battery farming at her home. [Duncan Ocholla, Standard]

A project to promote indigenous chicken by the Kenya Agricultural Productivity Project (KAPP) in 2011 proved to be a turning point for Mary Muhatia, a widow from Lirhanda village, Kakamega County.

Mrs Muhatia started poultry farming in 2003 with four indigenous birds. She later bought 50 broilers of which 30 died.

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