County department of agriculture in Kirinyaga County in Kenya have reported large numbers of farmers registering for the purchase of subsidized fertiliser
The report shows that about 17,000 farmers have already registered in the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) database with the number expected to rise at the conclusion of the ongoing farmers’ registration exercise.
Once they are registered, the farmers are supposed to make their requisition and pay for the commodity after which the department of agriculture collates the data from various farmers and transports them from NCPB deport to ward centres for collection by individual farmers.
Cutting cost of production
“To promote agriculture, we are at the forefront of lobbying for subsidised farm inputs to reduce the cost of production and enable farmers to get better returns. We have already secured over 25,000 bags of fertiliser in our NCPB stores this month and we are in the course of distributing it to our farmers through our agricultural extension offices”, said the County’s Governor Anne Waiguru
he ongoing registration at the ward levels requires a farmer to prove land ownership and the size of the land and the bags they would require to buy. Registered farmers also have the option of walking into the NCPB depot and personally collecting the fertiliser.
The subsidised fertiliser are set to revive crop farming and increase agricultural production. The rising cost of farm inputs had resulted to a change from farming to other activities as source of income.
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