Policy proposes moving Kenya’s rural population to towns to pave way for food growing

Prof. Micheni Ntiba (CBS) Agriculture Principal Secretary Sicily Kariuki during a final stakeholder's workshop on irrigation policy held in Nairobi. FILE

NAIROBI: The rural population could be moved to towns and other settlements to pave way to mechanised agriculture. This is aimed at boosting food production.

The Government also discourages subdivision of land into economically unviable units that cannot guarantee high food production. The State says setting aside more land for farming will ease the implementation of irrigation schemes and modernise agriculture.