Farmers in the country’s breadbasket are facing difficulties accessing farm inputs and are facing higher fertiliser prices ahead of the planting season due to supply disruptions caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
Cereal Growers Association of Kenya chief executive officer Anthony Kioko said Thursday the price of planting fertiliser has gone up by between Sh200 and 300 per 50kg bag.
Farmers are now parting with Sh2,550 and Sh2,600 for a bag of planting fertiliser, up from Sh2,300 that they were paying last month.
Mr Kioko said farmers have been preparing to plant but have been slowed by lack of key farming inputs, and that they expect the shortage to worsen and prices to go up further.
“We have witnessed a shortage of farming inputs with the prices of the little that can be found having shot through the roof. We expect the impact to be much bigger in the coming days,” said Mr Kioko. Read more…
