Migori County has a high potential for production of a variety of traditional crops but that is yet to be exploited.
Farmers in the region have not fully tapped the available potential in growing crops like millet, cassava, sorghum, groundnuts, banana, sweet potatoes, sun-flower, soya beans, passion fruits and traditional vegetables In contrast with other regions in the country, farmers in Migori County have lagged behind in diversifying to indigenous food and cash crop production for a long time.
Instead, they have stuck in growing maize, tobacco and sugarcane rather than cultivating the traditional food and cash crops, which in the early days were the darling diet of our forefathers.
From early 2005, attempts to entice local farmers to embrace the farming of the drought/disease- resistant crops have all hit a snag with people, influenced by the love for the Western churned modern diets, expressly ignoring the advice of the old-age adage.
