The government has been in the fore front of distributing potato seeds especially to counties that are upcoming in the potato production in the country.

However as one of the high value crops for promotion, farmers have been struggling to access affordable certified seeds because few in place can only be located in faraway counties making transportation expensive.

Most potato seeds are normally purchased from large scale seed merchants farms in Kisima in Meru, and ADC farm in Molo  as well as Tigoni in Limuru.

Farmers from the County Government of Taita Taveta however now have a reason to smile after one of the many groups in the county got certified by Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) which renders inspectorate services on all matters related to plant health and quality control of agricultural inputs and produce to sell potato seeds for production.

Access to affordable certified seeds became a critical priority for Bangamboi Self Help group in Werugha, Wundanyi Subcounty due to great distances to purchase seed However to be able to fill that gap the group decided to venture into the process of getting certification from Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services (KEPHIS) to produce potato seeds.