Kenya slashed fertiliser imports by three-quarters ahead of this year’s main planting season which was marred by reports of supply of fake input, official numbers show, threatening to reverse the country’s gradually improving food security situation.
An estimated 143,569.5 tonnes of chemical fertiliser were shipped into the country in the first three months of the year, a drop of 66.27 percent compared with 425,675.20 tonnes in the corresponding period in 2023.
