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Processing to support young farmers

The best gift governors can give to the youth is to invest in refrigerated agriculture storages, food processing and packaging machines to help young and upcoming farmers whose specialty is mainly horticulture and livestock.

The song about the need for value addition of agriculture has been sung for far too long. It is time for action. With a commitment of Sh50million to Sh100 million, governors of two or more counties can jointly make baby steps in developing the above for collective use by farmers.

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