Give farmers biological farm inputs, lobby urges government

Members of the Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) network who work with small-scale farmers in East, Central and Southern Africa address the press in Meru town. [ Phares Mutembei, Standard]

A farmers' lobby group wants the national and county governments to help farmers "urgently" transition to biological farm inputs for increased production.

The Participatory Ecological Land Use Management (PELUM) network members meeting in Meru County said farm inputs being important in food production, it was high time the Government considered organic fertilisers.