Farmers in the North Rift region have adopted crop diversification as county governments provide seedlings to end reliance on the dwindling returns from maize.
Most counties have been sensitising cereal growers to venture into coffee, bamboo, avocado and fish farming to cushion themselves from woes which have bedevilled the cereal sector for years.
The devolved units have already come up with different initiatives to boost growers’ returns.
Farmers in the North Rift region have adopted crop diversification as county governments provide seedlings to end reliance on the dwindling returns from maize.
Most counties have been sensitising cereal growers to venture into coffee, bamboo, avocado and fish farming to cushion themselves from woes which have bedevilled the cereal sector for years.
The devolved units have already come up with different initiatives to boost growers’ returns.
In Uasin Gishu the county government have launched distribution of assorted seedlings of coffee,avocado, macadamia and tissue cultures worth over Sh42 million.
It has also gone ahead to train over 100 agriculture extension officers who are helping farmers in carrying out successful diversification.
In Nandi, the county is working with Farmers’ Cooperative Societies to revive a high quality coffee industry.
Elgeyo Marakwet has unveiled financial aid to boost food production through irrigation of indigenous crops among the small-scale farmers in the region.
“We have rolled out an ambitious plan to reclaim all our escarpments by introducing and promoting planting of fruit trees and cash crops,” said Governor Stephen Sang recently when he launched the distribution of seedlings.
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