Today I officially opened this year’s Nairobi International Trade Fair. My Government is undertaking major reforms in the agricultural sector to boost production and increase profits for farmers. We have consolidated and repealed various statutes, which were obsolete, and we have established the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority (AFFA) and the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO). In this financial year, we set aside 37 billion shillings for the Ministry of Agriculture, to boost food production, and pay for the new programs and policies. The funds will be used for irrigation; to subsidise inputs; develop fisheries; pay for the establishment of disease free zones for livestock development and establishment of a fertilizer plant in partnership with Toyota Tsusho Company. We will progressively raise the allocation, year by year. I trust that within the next decade, we will achieve the goal of allocating 10% of our budget to agriculture, as stipulated in the Maputo Declaration.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:08:00 +0000
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