IGAD moots food security programme

Ministry of Agriculture Secretary of Administration Harun Khator (right), and participants after officially opening the five-day IGAD Fertilizer and Soil Health Hub Implementation (2025-2035) conference at Sarova Stanley hotel in Nairobi, on April 28, 2025. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard]

More than 70 per cent of small-scale farmers across Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member States, including Kenya, are expected to benefit from a new food security programme.

Speaking during the opening of IGAD's fertiliser and soil health hub implementation plan, experts expressed concerns over emerging challenges, including low farm-level productivity that limits the availability of tradable surpluses that the region faces.