{"id":863,"date":"2024-03-28T12:50:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T12:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cuk.ac.ke\/ccm\/?p=863"},"modified":"2024-03-28T12:55:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T12:55:02","slug":"kenya-rural-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cuk.ac.ke\/ccm\/kenya-rural-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya Rural Transformation Servers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Meshack Ngangi<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Co-operative University of Kenya\u2019s Kenya Rural Transformation Centres Digital Platform (KRTCDP) has taken quite a drastic cause after the project acquired a modern technological server that is purposely intended to digitalise the farmers\u2019 productivity and strengthen the cooperatives in the pilot areas of Nakuru, Narok, and Baringo counties.<\/p>\n

The server acquisition is an attestation to the progressive strides the University and the project implementation partners have taken in realising the funding goals of the project\u2019s financier, the African Development Bank (AfDB).<\/p>\n

This novel technological gadget has the capacity for sustainable and enhanced farmer connectivity, boosting farmer cooperatives, eliminating the perpetual risks of agricultural market cartels, and supporting the economic empowerment of the farmers.<\/p>\n

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The Co-operative University of Kenya\u2019s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kamau Ngamau (Centre), receives the procured \u201cDELL Technologies\u201d server flanked by Members of the University Management on 14th March, 2024 at the Main Campus , Karen, Nairobi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
The University\u2019s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Kamau Ngamau, speaking at the server handing over function, reiterated that the institution intends to leverage the robust potential of this technological infrastructure for streamlined and smooth farmer connectivity and seamless interactions between various stakeholders within the target value chains.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Through this noble programme and the possibilities presented by the digital server, smallholder farmers can now access crucial agricultural services and inputs through an integrated system that incorporates agro-suppliers, produce markets, and integral public services from the government.<\/p>\n

Prof. Ngamau reaffirmed the KRTCDP\u2019s projected potential in realising the government\u2019s Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA). The result of this initiative coincides with the BETA tenets of an economically empowered and food-secure nation through collaborations between cooperative movements in key value chains such as Irish potatoes, dairy farming, and maize.<\/p>\n