Restructure government subsidies to make farming more lucrative

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Agenda Four is bound to fail unless the government listens to expert advice and restructures its fertiliser subsidy programme.

This is because the production of cereals has only increased marginally despite the government spending Sh6.5 billion in fertiliser subsidies to farmers between 2009 and 2017. The restructuring programme needs caution. The importation of sub-standard goods suggests that the quality of farminputs be scrutinised afresh.