On Tuesday, the Kenya Tea Development Agency will receive 940,000 50kg sacks of Russian fertilizer.
There are more than the 720,000 bags of fertilizer the KTDA got in September, according to KTDA Chairman David Ichoho.
According to Ichoho, the fertilizer will cost Sh5,617 each bag when it arrives at the Port of Mombasa, but farmers will only pay Sh3,500 per bag.
In August, the KTDA declared that the importation of Sh9 billion worth of fertilizer to be utilized during the brief rainy season will assist more than 600,000 tea producers from 54 factories around the nation.
Ichoho stated that the SGR will be used to convey the fertilizer from Mombasa to Nairobi.
In order to lower transportation costs, KTDA and Kenya Railways signed an agreement allowing tea intended for export to also be shipped from Nairobi through the SGR.
The National Cereals and Produce Board reported last week on Wednesday that farmers had purchased more than 300,000 bags of subsidised fertilizer during the brief planting season due to rain.
According to NCPB, 307,200 50kg bags of fertiliser that had been discounted to Sh3,500 have been given. 1.4 million bags of DAP planting fertilizer are intended to be distributed.
Farmers who had registered with their ward agricultural officials were receiving fertilizer through their depots countywide, according to NCPB managing director Joseph Kimote.
According to the agency preparations were being made to provide farmers with lime and CAN/Urea top-dressing fertilizers.
On the other hand, some farmers in the Central region have been complaining about delays in receiving the fertilizer and claim that lengthy lines prevent them from going.
Kimote declared that the board will expand its distribution networks in conjunction with the Council of Governors to reach more farmers.
“The board has invited bids for the supply of both soil and crop-specific fertiliser blends for planting and top dressing,” he said. “This will infuse inclusivity into the supply and distribution of subsidised fertiliser.”
According to Kitmote, registered tea and coffee farmers who are not covered by distribution agreements with the Kenya Tea Development Agency and the New Kenya Planters Co-operative Union will profit from the crop-specific fertiliser blends.
