State's big task to comply with EU deforestation regulations

A coffee farmer on a farm at Dedan Kimathi University of Science and Technology in Nyeri. [File, Standard]

Perhaps the biggest task that awaits the incoming Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture Mutahi Kagwe in the coming year is ensuring that Kenya complies with the European Union (EU) deforestation regulations whose compliance has since been extended.

On December 17, 2024, the European Union Parliament adopted the extension of these regulations, also known as EUDR, citing requests from EU countries, non-EU countries, and businesses.