The 2018 Global Farmer Roundtable is scheduled for Oct 16-17 in Des Moines, Iowa – coinciding with the week of the World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue and International Symposium.
As the Roundtable approaches GFN is introducing this year’s participants. So let's get to know a little bit about Rodney Kili who farms in western Kenya…Name: Rodney Kili
[caption id="attachment_43827" align="alignright" width="1024"] Rodney (at left) talking with his father and brother.[/caption]
Country: Kenya
Farm Name: Komool Farms, 1000 acres near Eldoret, Uasin-Gishu County
Activity: We grow malting barley, commercial maize - of which we also go the extra mile by doing value addition to it through milling and process maize flour for sale. We also grow wheat, sunflower and a little canola too.
We do some dairy farming (25 lactating cows) on a small scale which we are still expanding.
Sept 8, 2017 NTV Kenya interview - Barley farming in Uasin Gishu County
[caption id="attachment_43828" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Harvesting a field at Komool Farms near Eldoret, Kenya.[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_43829" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Komool Farms utilizes grain storage.[/caption]
Rodney Kili writes for the Global Farmer Network — a worldwide collective of 2,150+ farmer leaders across 72 countries amplifying farmer voices on agricultural policy, trade, technology, and food security.
Rodney (at left) talking with his father and brother.[/caption]
Country: Kenya
Farm Name: Komool Farms, 1000 acres near Eldoret, Uasin-Gishu County
Activity: We grow malting barley, commercial maize - of which we also go the extra mile by doing value addition to it through milling and process maize flour for sale. We also grow wheat, sunflower and a little canola too.
We do some dairy farming (25 lactating cows) on a small scale which we are still expanding.
Sept 8, 2017 NTV Kenya interview - Barley farming in Uasin Gishu County
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Harvesting a field at Komool Farms near Eldoret, Kenya.[/caption]
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Komool Farms utilizes grain storage.[/caption]
