The Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO), in collaboration with county governments, is working to develop digital soil fertility maps under a project funded by the World Bank.
In the project, more than 77,000 soil samples will be collected from 45 counties, excluding Nairobi and Mombasa, with the aim of testing the quality of soils that will inform types of interventions targeting to increase food production.
Deputy Director of the KALRO Horticulture Research Institute (HRI), Dr.
Daniel Gikaara, said the project dubbed the National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) commenced in 2024 and will run till 2027.
