By Wilkister Akinyi
Ms.
Queen L’ombaka, Techwin Limited’s Head of Marketing, conducting training in
Uasin Gishu County.[COURTESY]
Techwin limited company – a local steel manufacturing
firm has initiated a training program for the local dairy farmers in the rural-
area in a bid to achieve the nation country’s growth rate and development
agenda 2030.
According to Ms Queen L’ombaka, Techwin limited
Head of Marketing stated that the training program enables the cooperatives and
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to have a proper understanding of the
dairy sector trends, with aim of improving traditional farming methods and incorporating
new technologies, equipment’s and facilities.
“We organize this value addition training to
empower dairy farmers at individual levels and provide cooperatives with a
platform to learn smart ways of managing their produce,” declared L’ombaka.
She also pointed out that the
training will not only focus on the growth rate of the country but also impart
the farmers the knowledge and skills that will enable them to run their work
smoothly.
“Once the cooperative groups come to us, we educate them
on the benefits of the milk value additions, which equipment is needed and how
to use them,” she added.
The stainless-steel manufacturing company and food
processing have been supporting the SMEs in the dairy value-chain
sector for the last 15 years.
Some of the dairy equipment manufactured by Techwin Limited.[COURTESY]
Techwin
has worked with over 500 dairy cooperatives supporting them in terms of
capacity building, and providing advice on sustainable and cost-effective
options of value addition in the dairy sector.
Despite the most rural cooperatives facing challenges
such as electricity shortage, Techwin limited has been able to supply value
additional equipment that runs as an alternative energy source such as
solar-powered cooling stations.
The
equipment supplied by Techwin Company comprises milk cooling tanks, milking
systems transportation tankers and yoghurt processing and packaging
lines.
Nicholas Lomuket, General
Manager, Lelan Highland Cooperative, praised the partnership, noting that the
company provides quality services to them.
“We have a reliable partner. They supplied us with a milk
pasteurizer, a hot water boiler run by firewood to power our yoghurt processing
plant and milk cooling tanks which have contributed to the success of our
dairy,” Lomuke lauded. Adding that “we are happy the quality of the equipment
and the after sales service that we have been receiving.”
Some of the cooperatives that Techwin has worked with
include; Keringeti Foods Limited, Kitise CBO, Sirikwa Dairy, Bukura
Agricultural College, Lelan Highland Cooperative and Sabastia Farmers’
Cooperative.
