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Emilio Gathura feeds dairy cows at Kariuki Gikonyo’s farm in Maombi village in Nakuru. [WILLIES MWANIKI]
Kariuki Gikonyo’s farm is located in Maombi village in Subukia Nakuru County and Emilio Gathura manages it. The farm has various farming projects, and previously, we featured the pig rearing story, and our focus this time is on dairy farming.
In this dairy farm, they specialise in rearing the new, improved dairy breeds which they ventured last year and have been advancing gradually. During our time of visit, there were ten improved dairy breeds in a zero-grazing system with well-constructed cattle sheds.
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