What Kenyan farmers can learn from the Dutch

Benard Ayieko

Agriculture is often more talked about than it is prioritised in developing countries, yet it remains central to solving the poverty conundrum.

Understanding its role in poverty alleviation is instrumental to comprehending the overall development process. It is widely believed that the problem of lack of income and its distribution in Africa is a question of the rural poor, who consider agriculture a source of livelihood but whose ability to practice agribusiness is hampered by a lack of resources.