The Agriculture ministry is pushing for the formation of cooperative societies in cotton-growing areas in the eastern region, in a move expected to scale up cotton production.
Mr Japhet Iteere, who is in charge of the Fibre and Crops Directorate in the region, said they are working with farmers in Tigania West (Meru), Embu, Kirinyaga and Tharaka-Nithi counties where cooperative societies will be formed and already, farmers in Tigania West have set up a sacco.
