A sizeable crowd mills around a huge banana at one of the stalls at the recent 8th Africa Agric Expo 2025, held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi.
Named Ng'ombe, the banana is nearly the size of a cow, hence the curious crowd of onlookers and farmers eager to know more about the variety.
Also, on showcase at the Homa Bay County stall are various other products, both raw and value-added, including pineapples, Bt cotton, groundnuts, peanut butter, sweet potatoes, rice, sorghum and edible oils from soya and sunflower. County Chief Officer for Agriculture, Irrigation and Cooperatives Development Judith Ombok revels in the county's rich agricultural heritage in the Nyanza region. "We are showcasing our priority value chains, starting with cotton and edible oils.
In edible oils, we focus on groundnuts, sunflower, soya beans and oil palm," she explains.
