NAIROBI: About 25,000 farmers stand to lose out on cheaper fertiliser in the next financial year after the budget committee rejected a Sh1.5 billion subsidy programme.
According to budget estimates tabled in Parliament, the Agriculture ministry had proposed to loan farmers about 200 metric tonnes in the subsidy. The Agriculture committee had proposed to expand the programme to cater for additional crops such as sugar, tea and coffee by recommending an additional Sh1.5 billion.