State targets 40 million acres for fodder production to curb feed shortage

Some of the livestock at the ongoing farmer’s exhibition at KALRO center in Naivasha feed on drought resistant forage.[Antony Gitonga, Standard]

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock has identified 40 million acres of rangeland, which will be turned into production of livestock fodder to meet the current shortage in the country.

The land can produce up to 80 metric tonnes of forage compared to the current production of 15 metric tonnes, a move that will solve the acute fodder shortage currently facing the country.