The Makueni county government intends to commercialize key agricultural value chains by increasing productivity, improving market access and also doing value addition to their produce.
Among the crops that they will focus on include mango, avocado, citrus, vegetables and tomato and pulses (green grams and pigeon peas), livestock (dairy and poultry) and industrial crops like coffee, macadamia, sunflower, cotton and other high-value enterprises.
Consequently, governor Mutula Kilonzo said that the venture will be achieved through increasing the scale of production by mobilizing farmers into organized groups and cooperatives, strengthening extension services to provide right knowledge and skills to farmers.
Farmers will also access quality farm inputs and certified seeds, enhance pest and disease control, promote climate-smart technologies to build resilience against climate change and facilitate market linkages, produce aggregation and value addition hence ensure farmers get good prices for their produce.
