According to GPC Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Joe Kariuki, 10,000 bags of organic fertilizers will be available for auction.
MoreThe farmers say the cost of fertilizer for top dressing their crops is too high hence the need for them to be considered as well.
MoreWhile the farmers have been planting maize since time immemorial, most of them have faced many challenges among them poor prices and high cost of production.
MoreAccording to the Uasin Gishu Agriculture Executive, with farmers getting sufficient fertilizer, production is likely to increase.
MoreCoffee is among the cash crops that the county has been asking locals to plant so as to enhance their income.
MoreUnder the subsidy program, a 50-kilogram bag of maize is being sold to farmers at Ksh3,500.
MoreAlready farmers have started buying the fertilizers in readiness for the planting season expected to start later this February.
MoreNational Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) North Rift Manager Gilbert Rotich says by Friday this week, all the depots in the region will have the fertilizers.
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