By MN Reporter

Nutrition among school going children in Migori County is expected to improve if a program set to boost chicken production bears fruits.

Hatching Hope program manager Chris Webo during the signing of formal engagement with Migori County Government in a Migori Hotel on Wednesday said they will work with school management so that students and pupils are taught nutritional benefits of eating chicken meat and eggs.

According to him, children need to understand the health benefits of consuming poultry products and learn necessary skills of boosting its production, adding that schools with planned feeding programs are expected to gain more.

Webo noted that students trained on chicken rearing skills will transfer the same to their parents hence improved production and consumption of chicken products within Migori County communities.

He said students who may not continue with their further education after primary level can venture poultry farming for they will be possessing pertinent skills.

Webo talked of ‘Egg Eating Days’ in schools where empowered farmers will supply eggs at affordable prices on specific days in a week for each pupil.

Migori County Government Chief Executive Member in Charge of Agriculture Valentine Ogongo, who signed the agreement on behalf of the county expressed confidence that the program will improve the economic lives of the locals.

Ogongo promised his department commitment to enable Hutching Hope and the chicken farmers deliver their expected results in Migori County.

Hutching Hope is a poultry program funded by Heifer International implemented in four Nyanza counties of Siaya, Kisumu, Homabay and Migori.