Kenya Irrigation Project

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00:33 The main beneficiaries are farmers who are

00:36 irrigating an area of about 4000 hectares

00:38 of land.

00:40 So they will benefit through access of water for the irrigation,

00:44 and this will help them diversify crop

00:47 production from the current Bonyarra irrigation scheme,

00:50 which is basically a rice scheme.

00:52 Ranza irrigation project is

00:54 a project that was necessitated by the need to increase

00:58 the acreage

00:59 and the production.

01:01 In the,

01:02 in the lower regions of Beza River

01:04 where Byala irrigation scheme is situated,

01:07 it is a project that is not entirely rice.

01:09 It is both food security and wealth creation project

01:13 where on the food security,

01:14 we are targeting to do the rice

01:16 in the lower ridges,

01:17 that is in the lowlands,

01:19 and the rice is taking about 60% of the total acreage,

01:22 so it's about 6000 acres.

01:23 Farming has helped the community in a big way.

01:27 Uh,

01:28 in families

01:30 paying for their school fees.

01:33 Managing their day to day affairs in feeding

01:36 and also

01:37 making sure that uh the farmers have their own houses.

01:41 Farming has also helped

01:42 in ensuring that uh their health is catered for.

01:46 Cousinlefaya izuru kwaiye Kenya transplantsa I'mbaunelipata 37 bags

01:53 kwaeka kwai kayangu

01:55 innawafayikazissita

01:57 and

01:57 howwafanikazisita

01:59 to nawalipashilingi miato.

02:03 Kwakila lebaa

02:04 badayakuna

02:06 ukipiile cost of production

02:08 naile person ume umepata your time unapata kwambafaiko

02:14 akuna os.

02:15 The

02:16 total

02:17 target population of farmers we intend to train

02:20 is 12,600 so far through the farmer producer and marketing group approach

02:25 we've gotten

02:26 to train.

02:27 5600 farmers

02:30 and each of those has adopted at least one technology

02:33 that has been promoted from

02:35 This

02:36 project.

02:38 And the great,

02:38 the greatest impact

02:40 is,

02:40 first,

02:41 to start with the food security

02:43 at the household level.

02:45 Because

02:46 the Lonzoya irrigation project is a food security

02:49 project.

02:50 Enabling their household to have

02:53 sufficiency of food.

02:55 And make

02:56 income through it.

03:04 Leander training

03:05 Mbapu met Saidia sana

03:08 could keep records namagonjuwanajin samba no zakujito gemea

03:12 wakataia tambolea to lukwa nachomatu kutojua

03:16 waka to link Pianaoku washaweka mahalenezakujitegeme.

03:22 Tomato farming has been good to me.

03:24 The last season,

03:25 I did

03:26 200,000.

03:28 With an expense of 45,000,

03:31 so you can see.

03:32 Yeah,

03:33 the difference.

03:33 The biggest

03:35 challenge in the market is

03:37 getting the right price.

03:38 The markets sometimes gets flooded with other things from other countries.

03:43 Like in Uganda,

03:44 we are so much to the border.

03:45 The main economic impact of the country is increased food production

03:50 through,

03:50 as you can see,

03:51 the basis of supplying additional water

03:54 with good infrastructure that helps that

03:57 water to be used in an economic way.

04:00 So it will raise the standard of living

04:02 of the communities in Western Kenya,

04:04 er,

04:04 specifically in er Busia

04:07 and Nya counties.

04:09 So that means in that region,

04:11 you'll have more access

04:13 er of

04:14 good food and nutritious commodities to the region,

04:18 good incomes,

04:19 much enhanced incomes from the community and the other beneficiaries,

04:23 and therefore an overall improvement in,

04:25 in the economy of this country.

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The main beneficiaries are farmers who are irrigating an area of about 4000 hectares of land. So they will benefit through access of water for the irrigation, and this will help them diversify crop production from the current Bonyarra irrigation scheme, which is basically a rice scheme. Ranza irrigation project is a project that was necessitated by the need to increase the acreage and the production. In the, in the lower regions of Beza River where Byala irrigation scheme is situated, it is a project that is not entirely rice. It is both food security and wealth creation project where on the food security, we are targeting to do the rice in the lower ridges, that is in the lowlands, and the rice is taking about 60% of the total acreage, so it's about 6000 acres. Farming has helped the community in a big way. Uh, in families paying for their school fees. Managing their day to day affairs in feeding and also making sure that uh the farmers have their own houses. Farming has also helped in ensuring that uh their health is catered for. Cousinlefaya izuru kwaiye Kenya transplantsa I'mbaunelipata 37 bags kwaeka kwai kayangu innawafayikazissita and howwafanikazisita to nawalipashilingi miato. Kwakila lebaa badayakuna ukipiile cost of production naile person ume umepata your time unapata kwambafaiko akuna os. The total target population of farmers we intend to train is 12,600 so far through the farmer producer and marketing group approach we've gotten to train. 5600 farmers and each of those has adopted at least one technology that has been promoted from This project. And the great, the greatest impact is, first, to start with the food security at the household level. Because the Lonzoya irrigation project is a food security project. Enabling their household to have sufficiency of food. And make income through it. Leander training Mbapu met Saidia sana could keep records namagonjuwanajin samba no zakujito gemea wakataia tambolea to lukwa nachomatu kutojua waka to link Pianaoku washaweka mahalenezakujitegeme. Tomato farming has been good to me. The last season, I did 200,000. With an expense of 45,000, so you can see. Yeah, the difference. The biggest challenge in the market is getting the right price. The markets sometimes gets flooded with other things from other countries. Like in Uganda, we are so much to the border. The main economic impact of the country is increased food production through, as you can see, the basis of supplying additional water with good infrastructure that helps that water to be used in an economic way. So it will raise the standard of living of the communities in Western Kenya, er, specifically in er Busia and Nya counties. So that means in that region, you'll have more access er of good food and nutritious commodities to the region, good incomes, much enhanced incomes from the community and the other beneficiaries, and therefore an overall improvement in, in the economy of this country.

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