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Major battle over resources looms as new agricultural authority takes off

Major battle over resources looms as new agricultural authority takes off
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Felix Koskei.

Kenya: Full operationalisation of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Authority (AFFA) could prompt supremacy wars in the multi-billion shillings agriculture sector.

The tussle is likely to be witnessed between senior officers with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and the new directors of the authority as they fight over huge resources inherited from the merged units. But the Government is optimistic that the sector reforms will succeed and thus guarantee high productivity and farmers' income by improving the investment climate and efficiency of agribusiness.

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