The government has flagged off a new consignment of 20,000 metric tons of fertilizer from the Port of Mombasa to be distributed to farmers across the country as the long rainy season approaches.
An additional 1,300 metric tons are set to arrive in the country before the planting season concludes.
The distribution, which aims to enhance food security and improve farm yields, will ensure that farmers nationwide have timely access to essential inputs for the planting season.
Speaking at the Port of Mombasa during the flagging off, Secretary of Administration for the State Department of Agriculture Harun Khator reaffirmed the government's commitment to ensuring countrywide access to fertilizers through continued collaboration with the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB). "Already, train wagons are transporting the consignment to Naivasha, where trucks are on standby to distribute it further to key agricultural regions such as Uasin Gishu, Bomet, and Nakuru.
