Food and Nutritional Security

Homa Bay County has diverse climatic conditions that call for unique approaches to farming. The community relies mainly on small scale farming activities while those around Lake Victoria relies on fishing.

Most of the region lying along the Lake is dry and hardly supports food production hence [perennial food shortages are witnessed. With support from our partner, we are carrying out small-scale irrigation activities that support smallholder farmers not to over-rely on rain-fed agriculture. These farmers are using solar operated water pumps to produce food