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?My poultry now have good weight and rarely get sick

Poultry feed on some of the maggots that Benard Nyaramba has prepared from pigs dung (Duncan Ocholla, Standard)

It is not every day you visit a farm and find the man in charge feeding poultry on maggots. That’s what Smart Harvest team finds Benard Nyaramba, a farm manager, doing at the three-acre farm he is managing at Ingotse in Kakamega County.

“Not many people know this fact but maggots are rich in protein and healthy for feeding poultry. See how healthy our birds are. It is all because of these creepy creatures,” Mr Nyaramba says as he notices the surprised look on the team’s face.

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