Poultry project to help farmers harvest one million eggs monthly

Members of Wisdom Kathaka Self Help Group prepare their poultry house in readiness to receive their chicks for mass egg production project. [Joseph Muchiri/Standard]

Poultry farmers in Kirinyaga County have benefited from chicken houses with a capacity of 40,000 layers.

The project by the county government and the World Bank through the National Agricultural Rural Inclusive Growth Project aims at empowering farmers to produce one million eggs worth Sh10 million monthly.