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More than one million farmers sign up for input and fertiliser

Jane Wanjiku at her farm in Njoro, Nakuru County, in January 2023. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

More than one million farmers in the Rift Valley region have been registered in the fertiliser subsidy programme ahead of the new planting season.

President William Ruto, earlier this year, directed that all farmers be registered to benefit from the plan which is part of efforts to reduce the cost of food by increasing production.

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