Extension services: Is this why agriculture is hurting?

Farmers listen to an extension services officer. The fact that the few extension officers are also not fully facilitated makes efficient engagement with farmers in the county even more difficult. [Joseph Muchiri, Standard]

For close to 12 years, Ben Too has been providing agricultural extension services to farmers in Kericho and Taita Taveta counties.

Today, he is one in about 30 agricultural officers employed by the government to provide training, mentorship and linkages to more than 200,000 farmers in Kericho County where he has been working for five years.