Governor Kingi gets donor aid in bid to revive nuts industry

Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi (left) and Foreign Affairs Chief Administrative Secretary Ababu Namwamba sample a cashew nut seedling at the Ten Senses nursery

KILIFI, KENYA: Kilifi county government has embarked on an ambitious multi-million-shilling project that will see farmers plant more than two million new hybrid cashew nut plants in the next two years.

The project to revive cashew nut farming by planting up to five million high-yielding seeds will also rope in Kwale County.