Kisuli primary school in Nakuru has embarked on agriculture as a way of curbing food insecurity in the school and and in the area as well.
The school which is in the outskirts of Nakuru town is practicing resilient farming on its three acres piece of land.
Head teacher Wilson Mwangi says the school decided to produce its on food due to high prices of foodstuff that continue escalating in the country.
He said that the school started feeding programs few years ago, but high prices of food stuff has remain a major challenge
"High prices of food is the main challenge, and due to that we decided to till our land and see if we could get something from it,” said Mwangi.
Mwangi said the school was expecting higher number of enrollment come January 2015, therefore a need to have enough food in school to feed the huge number propelled them to plant more produce.
The school which has an added advantage of using its own water for irrigation, planted cow peace, beans, maize and potatoes.
Mwangi said no pupil could learn with empty stomach adding that most school drop - outs especially from public schools were as a result of lack of enough food for children.
"No pupil can be comfortable in while they are hungry," said Mwangi adding that the school need support from government to keep their ball rolling so that most pupils could enroll in school therefore curbing illiteracy in the county.