The Ministry of Agriculture has announced an upward review of the number of bags of fertilizer that a farmer will be allowed to purchase under the subsidy program.
Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri while announcing setting aside of the funds to facilitate subsidy on fertilizer last Friday had said a farmer would only be allowed to buy up to 10 bags.
But after an engagement with farmers in Eldoret town, the CS said they had reviewed the bags upwards to 20 bags.
The CS further said farmers with large farms might also be allowed to access an even higher limit of the subsidized fertilizers.
“We are capping the number of bags a farmer can buy under this program as one way to ensure only genuine ones benefit,” said Munya.
The subsidized fertilizers are also only available to registered and verified farmers.
Munya has on Monday, April 4, 2022, launched the distribution of the subsidized fertilizers to farmers in Uasin Gishu County.
Subsidy on fertilizers came after Ksh5.73 billion was set aside in a bid to cut down on the skyrocketing cost that had been worsened by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
A bag of planting fertilizer was retailing at over Ksh6,000.
But with the subsidy, the cost has dropped by over half, now retailing at Ksh2,800 for DAP, Ksh1,850 for CAN, Ksh2,700 for UREA and Ksh3,000 for NPK.
A 50-kilogram bag of MOP now costs Ksh2,500 while Sulphate Ammonia retails at Ksh2,500.
The prices are for fertilizer being purchased at the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) depots across the country.
According to data shared by CS Munya, so far at least 5,000 bags of fertilizers have been sold under the subsidy program in the North Rift.
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