State targets cassava as maize production falls

Agriculture CS Willy Bett addresses miraa Farmers during a meeting at Maua Polytechnic on June 13, 2017. PHOTO | DAVID MUCHUI | NMG

The Agriculture ministry has moved to promote commercial production of cassava in maize and wheat growing areas as army worms and erratic weather cut production of the two staple food crops.

Cabinet Secretary Willy Bett said the ministry has partnered with Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation, to distribute improved cassava tuber varieties to smallholder farmers through a community-based seed system.

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