Fertiliser uptake crosses 3 million bags as North Rift region tops list

Fertiplant East Africa Ltd (FEA) Executive Director Titus Gitau displaying fertilizer manufactured at the plant in Nakuru town on June 4, 2021. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Farmers across the country have purchased more than three million bags of fertiliser under the Fertiliser Subsidy Programme (FSP).

According to the latest bulletin by the Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC), a State agency spearheading the distribution of farm inputs, at the close of business by June 10 this year, over 3.05 million bags of both planting and top-dressing fertilisers had been redeemed by farmers from 40 counties.