Agriculture reforms will require proper funding to take root

It is less than a year since Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya embarked on reforms to revive various agricultural sub-sectors which were either collapsed or in need of institutional and regulatory streamlining to improve value chain performance and enhance farmer expectations.

Probably apart from horticulture sub-sector, which is largely private sector driven, most of the other areas had varying degrees of capacity and systemic weaknesses. Within 2020, quick wins have been made in several sub-sectors, while others are work in progress requiring more interventions to achieve intended results.