Busia county government through the Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLLoCA) program has continued to empower farmers with skills and expertise to conduct climate smart agriculture as a means of tackling climate change and boosting food security.
This initiative which is aimed at supporting small scale farmers has centered on the development of a 30-acre climate-resilient horticultural park at Benga village in Nambale sub-county whereby a selected number of 120 farmers were each given a quarter of an acre to carry out agriculture.
Farmers received seeds to grow various crops such as capsicum, kales, butter nuts, and others which are directly planted like watermelon.
Speaking to the press, farmers lauded this initiative terming it as a game-changer to many families because it is their main source of income with most of them pocketing an average of Sh 2,000 per week. "I want to sincerely thank the county government and FLLoCA program for empowering us with smart ways of doing agriculture.
