Rabbit farmers to benefit more from sale of urine

Vihiga County women representative Dorcus Kedogo (left) chats with senior assistant director of agriculture in the Ministry of Agriculture Philip Makheti (centre) and county executive in charge of Agriculture Nixon Amendi after launching the rabbit urine’s plant. The plant is expected to help in production of organic fertiliser to increase yields. [Photo:Eric Lungai, Standard]

A plant for collection of rabbit urine for production of organic fertiliser has been commissioned at Kegoye Secondary School.

The project by the national government under the Affirmative Action Fund will help small-scale farmers rearing rabbits to benefit from the sale of the urine.