Nakuru distributes 45,000 kg of sunflower seeds to farmers

The County Government of Nakuru has distributed 45,000 kilograms of certified sunflower seeds to 11,900 farmers planting the crop on a total of 20,000 acres across the devolved unit.

The initiative, a partnership between the devolved unit's administration and the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), through the Nuts and Oil Crops Directorate, targets to increase the acreage under the crop to more than 30,000 acres within the next three years across the eleven constituencies.

County Executive Committee Member (CECM) in charge of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries Mr.

Leonard Bor indicated that the seeds were distributed to registered farmers under Governor Susan Kihika's initiative to empower the farmers and create employment. "The expected yield of the sunflower in the County is 3000 metric Tonnes.