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KTDA will import 1.9 million bags of NPK fertiliser for more than 750,000 smallholder tea farmers ahead of the October short rains under its fertiliser credit scheme.
Farmers are set to benefit from a major increase in fertiliser support after the government more than doubled funding for the subsidy programme to Sh18 billion in the 2026/27 budget.
Shortage of topdressing fertiliser across maize-producing counties in North Rift has forced farmers to camp at the National Cereals and Produce Board depot in Eldoret.
Leaders from the private sector, development organisations, and the agriculture industry have called for stronger investment in Africa’s food systems.
Farmers in Trans Nzoia County are demanding urgent reforms in the fertiliser distribution system, citing delays, unequal allocations and alleged diversion of subsidised fertiliser to Uganda.
Five years ago, if you had told Catherine Obuchafu that worms could be a source of income, she would have laughed it off.
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