Water hyacinth on lake victoria.[photos/youtube]
Kenya is set to start manufacturing organic fertilizer from water hyacinth.
This is after the Kenya Industrial Training Institute (KITI) signed a memorandum of understanding with HyaQuip.
The firm is an organic fertilizer manufacturing company.
KITI will provide training to at least 5,800 students in the art of liquid organic fertilizer production as well as implementing the training programme with HyaQuip offering technical training skills and knowledge.
Speaking during the signing of the MoU, KITI director Peris Adema said that the 14 day training will involve equipping the trainees with skills on how to manufacture liquid organic fertilizer as well as facilitating them in creating cottage industries to produce the organic fertilizer through cooperative societies.
“KITI will provide training facilities to the students as well as implementing the training programme while HyaQuip will step in with the technology part of the training,” said Ms Adema
HyaQuip intends to open at least 500 organic fertilizer manufacturing cottage industries across the country in the next five years.‘’After training them we will work with them through cooperative societies so that we may facilitate them in setting up cottage industries to manufacture liquid organic fertilizer using water hyacinth,” said Mwaura.