Kiambu County Commissioner Alex Nkoyo has urged youths in Ngegu to embrace farming as a means of self employment.
Nkoyo said that vacancies in the formal employment were limited compared to the high number of educated people in the country.
Nkoyo said that agribusiness would provide youth from the area with a source of livelihood.
Speaking in Ngegu after touring community based agribusiness ventures by youth in Kiambu Sub-County, Nkoyo said that Kiambu was an arable area with a high agricultural potential as opposed to other neighbouring counties.
He urged youth in the area to capitalise on the advantage and grow short life horticultural crops that were in demand in the neighbouring counties and reap profits.
The county commissioner however noted that the size of pieces of land in the area were diminishing due to population growth and advised entrepreneurs to venture in small scale intensive farming.
Nkoyo said green house farming and livestock zero grazing were the better options and asked the youth to seek expert advice on farming at local agriculture extension offices.
Nkoyo also urged parents to encourage the youth to start their own income generating activities by freely letting them develop in their (parents) farms before they can acquire their own.