Kisii University under the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resource Development has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Science for Society NGO from Mumbai India.
The MOU that is expected to last for at least six months to one year is expected to take effect come next month.
Speaking to this writer, the Dean Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resource Development Dr Evans Basweti expressed confidence in the corporation saying that the MOU will greatly impact on transforming the region’s economy.
“Kisii is a rich farming region, with plenty of rain and good soil. We receive rain almost every season and farmers sometimes ripe high and sometimes rain also destroys our crops,” said Dr Basweti.
He added: “With this MOU, identified vegetable farming groups from both Kisii County and Nyamira will be supplied with the Solar Conduction Driers. The driers are going to help these groups in safer vegetable production, drying them to prolong shelf life for both future use and for commercial purposes.”
Kisii University will, therefore, receive 50 Solar Conduction Driers by next month and will be distributed to specific identified vegetable farming groups in the two counties. 30 Driers will be given to farmers in Kisii as the remaining 20 given to farmers in Nyamira.
“The county governments’ extension officers have already identified those groups that will benefit from our MOU with S4S and once the consignment is received, these groups will immediately be supplied to start the production,” the dean said.
Apart from the farmers, the MOU also offered internship opportunity to two faculty best students to India after graduation.