Fake Fertilizer threatens Government’s Efforts to Ensure Food Security
By Emanuel Kipkorir Tarus, DevReporter, Trans Nzoia County
Agricultural transformation and inclusive growth are one of the twelve elements of the Kenya Kwanza Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda. Fertilizer subsidy is one of the ways the government is using to achieve transformation in the agricultural sector.
In 2023, the country harvested approximately 61 million bags, up from...
Fertilizer Subsidy and Food Security
By Emanuel Kipkorir Tarus, DevReporter, Trans Nzoia County
When he assumed office on 13 September 2022, President William Ruto immediately did away with the previous government’s subsidy programme on basic essential commodities, saying that it was not sustainable.
Instead, Ruto’s administration resorted to subsidising production where over four million farmers were registered across...
Adoption Of Avocado
By Emanuel Kipkorir Tarus, Development Reporter, Trans Nzoia County
Trans Nzoia County has for years been known as Kenya's food basket due to its potential for producing over six million bags of maize per year in over 100,000 hectares of land.
But the name is slowly fading away. The introduction of other crops...