Farmers, traders at a loss as State moots punitive rules

Damary Onditi, a farmer in Migori County samples her produce of tomatoes. Greenhouse tomatoes have high demand due to good health seen by skin color and succulence. [Stanley Ongwae/Standard]

The government has banned the use of animal manure in new regulations.

And in a country ravaged by cyclic drought and suffers from perennial water shortage, under the Crops (Food Crops) Regulations 2018, the government has criminalised use of water from the well, river or any other natural source to irrigate crops.