×
App Icon
The Standard e-Paper
Read Offline Anywhere
★★★★ - on Play Store
Download Now

How subsidies back food security and production

Vocalize Pre-Player Loader

Audio By Vocalize

Farmers push a handcart perched with fertiliser at Giakaibei Village in Mathira. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Government fertiliser, seed subsidies and cooperation between State Department for Agriculture and devolved governments are turning around prospects of the country's food security and general food production.

Learning from trends in Malawi that bumped in huge food productions between 2002 and 2004 new policy directions by the State Department of Agriculture have helped jumpstart Kenya's food security which had deteriorated to threatening levels by end of 2022.

Get Full Access for Ksh299/Week.
Fact‑first reporting that puts you at the heart of the newsroom. Subscribe for full access.
  • Unlimited access to all premium content
  • Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience
  • Mobile-optimized reading experience
  • Weekly Newsletters
  • MPesa, Airtel Money and Cards accepted
Already a subscriber? Log in
Basketball
Thunder plot Equity Bank raid as Premier League tips off
By Ben Ahenda 6 hrs ago
Boxing
Future Boxing Championships offer Kenyan boxers lessons
Athletics
Why Faith Kipyegon is making waves after winning 10km debut
Sports
Recall times of Shikanda, Stars' diminutive defender