The Government is actively promoting value addition of livestock and agricultural products particularly those destined for the export market to improve their value and marketability.
Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development Mutahi Kagwe said the goal was to increase farmers' incomes and improve the country's trade balance by selling higher-value, export-ready products.
The CS said promoting value addition would boost Kenya's manufacturing sector and create jobs for millions of unemployed youths.
The Cabinet Secretary who was flanked by Head of Public Service and Chief of Staff Felix Koskei made the remarks during the launch of the distribution of one million clean pyrethrum planting materials at the National Cereals and Produce (NCPB) grounds in Elburgon, within Njoro Sub-County He noted that one of the government's policies was promoting processing and value addition in agriculture and argued that local processing of oil crops, macadamia nuts, tea, coffee, dairy products and avocado among others had the potential of generating employment, noting that the sector had the potential to create more than 3 million jobs across the value chain.
