Poultry farmers innovate to overcome production hurdles

A worker at Kenchic’s breeder farm in Naivasha. PHOTO | POOL

Poultry farming used to be an enviable venture that churned out millionaires. Anyone with determination, passion and some capital was almost guaranteed to get good returns.

That was then. Now, apathy exists among many Kenyan farmers, largely due to the overall increase of taxes over the last decade and higher costs of production that have seen returns continue to diminish with every passing year.

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