Nakuru youth Bunge president Phillip Ngok has urged youth in Nakuru to engage into vermiculture to earn a living. Ngok cited that the county was ready to sponsor the youths who would engage in the rearing of the earth worms.
He pointed out that the worms were being sold at kshs. 1, 500 per kilogram and were being used for farming as an alternative fertiliser.
He was speaking to the press in Nakuru town on Monday where he added that the demand for such worms had shot up as many farmers wanted organic fertilisers.
“It is a simple process of using various worms to create a mixture of decomposing vegetable or food waste. On a recent tour to Kiambu we realised that most of the youth in the area have engaged in the growing of such worms which do not require much work. Plus, it can be done even in a bucket and yet the yields are worthwhile,” he added.
Ngok added that the vermicompost fertiliser also contained water-soluble nutrients and is hence an excellent nutrient-rich organic fertiliser and soil conditioner.
“With the demand for organically grown food shooting up, youth engaging in such activities will be able to deal with the issue of unemployment that is currently facing them,” he said.
According to Ngok, most people preferred white colour jobs yet farming was one of the best ways of generating an income.
“I am also a dairy farmer and I rear chicken. This has been able to sustain my family for a long time,” he added