Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua (holding flag) flagging off fertilizer for KTDA affiliated farmers last week. On the right is the agency chairman David Ichoho
By Our Correspondent
Tea farmers affiliated to Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) will start receiving subsidised fertilizer this week.
This is after the consignment was flagged off by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua last Friday for delivery to respective factories before onward transmission to farmers.
The second consignment of fertilizer imported by the KTDA on behalf of smallholder farmers has arrived at the Port of Mombasa early last week before being transported to Nairobi where Gachagua flagged off.
Among those who accompanied the Deputy President were the agency board of directors led by chairman David Ichoho and CEO Wilson Muthaura.
A few weeks ago, the first consignment arrived and was delivered to farmers. Last week’s consignment of 44 million kilograms brings the total of about 84 million kilograms of fertilizer that the tea farmers will receive this season. The first consignment of 40 million kilograms arrived on 19th August.
According to KTDA, the total consignment of 84,550 metric tonnes of the NPK 26:5:5 chemically compounded fertilizer was procured directly from Russia.
KTDA procures fertilizer in bulk for more than 630,000 small scale tea farmers, who are the shareholders of its managed factories, through competitive international bidding.
The fertiliser is distributed to the farmers through their respective factory companies.
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