Kiambu County will soon depend on only 3 per cent (%) of farm produce which will be enough to feed the whole county and bulk is sold to the nation.

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This is according to Billy Kanyi and Joseph Mogeni officials from the Economic Department of the Israel Embassy who paid a courtesy call to Kiambu county governor William Kabogo.

The two officials joined the Kabogo’s cabinet meeting where they deliberated on development issues among them is the commercial collaboration with Israel in the fields of Agriculture, Water, ICT and Infrastructure.

Mogeni said that Israel is determined to partner with Kiambu County to boost its agricultural sector by donating seedlings fit for the Kenyan soil that will flourish the economy of the county.

The seedlings according to Kanyi, can survive both arid and semi arid and has been working diligently in Israel where the country only depend on the 3% farm produce due to its profound harvest a project which can be applied in Kiambu county.

“It’s worth noting that the State of Israel depends on only 3 per cent of its population who are farmers, to produce enough for the nation and bulk export. This is the model Kiambu anticipates to emulate,” said Kanyi.

The economic officials said that Kiambu is among the fertile county in Kenya and if the project could be embrace then it will not only save the county from poverty but Kenya in general bearing in mind Kenya depends on agriculture as its economic life blood.

The two who were speaking on Thursday in Thika said that in partnership with the county government, they are seeking ways of a joint venture in piping affordable water to homesteads for both domestic and irrigation use the plans which Kabogo has already began in Limuru and Ting’ang’a.

 Kabogo has lauded the idea and vowed to embrace the project in helping move its county to a better tomorrow.

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