Fertiliser, seed subsidies up maize yields but not enough

The gently rolling plateaus of Kenya’s food basket are brimming with promising plantations of maize slowly maturing, even as farmers call for more interventions in the country’s push for food security.

Across Uasin Gishu, Trans Nzoia, Nandi, Narok, Bungoma and Nakuru, among other key maize-growing counties, pleasant farmers are anticipating a bumper harvest.