Wildlife and herders threaten Jubilee flagship irrigation project in Kilifi

KILIFI-GALANA KALALU FARM; Elephants crossing crossing river Galana in Kilifi County. [PHOTO /PHILIP MWAKIO/STANDARD]

An estimated 2,000 acres of land under maize at the Galana Kulalu Irrigation project are at risk of being destroyed by wild animals and herders from Tana River County, an official has warned.

The maize is part of 16 different crops on a 10,000-acre model farm under the Galana Kulalu Food Security Project  managed by the National Irrigation Board at the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC) farm in Malindi sub-county.