Future Plans
Future Plans
1.Expansion of arable land
- Expand acreage in existing schemes
- Open up new schemes by reclaiming degraded land i.e. land invested by invasive species (juliflora) and eroded fields.
2. Reduce post-harvest loses
- Construction of storage facilities
- Construction of drying yards
- Procurement of pre-cleaner
3. Farmers capacity building on;
- Modern farming techniques
- Diversification of enterprises
- Financial management
4. Acquisition of farming machinery and implements.
- Tractors
- Diversification of enterprises
- Trailers
- Ridging plough
- Plough disc
5.Farmers loaning services
- Farm inputs
- Loans
6. Environmental conservation to increase water flow and soil conservation
- Planting of trees
- Afruitation
- Adopting proper agronomic practicals
- Control soil erosion
7. Improving local livestock breeds to increase livestock productivity by purchasing;
- Sahiwal cows
- Dairy goats
- Doper sheep
- Galla goats
8. Diversification of farming enterprises
- Bee keeping
- Fish rearing
- Poultry
9. Value addition
- Making livestock feeds from maize straw/cobs and other crop remains
- Honey processing and packaging.
10.Infrastructure development
- Construction of office block
- Construction of farmers training halls.
11. Introduction of agro-pastoralism
- Introduction of contracted seed maize production and other crops in mukutani ward which is mostly affected by cattle rustling by reducing dependency on livestock rearing.
- Livestock improvement by introducing improved breeds.
- Introducing farming as lifestyle for the communities in Mukutani ward to reduce the existing fights over pasture.
- Intercommunity cultural competitions to encourage peaceful community coexistence