Muranga County provides produce subsidies in order to help farmers

Following their acceptance into a subsidy program, dairy and mango growers in Murang’a County received payments totaling Sh20 million.

Governor Irungu Kang’ata claimed that during the exercise, which was seen by Cabinet secretaries Moses Kuria (Commerce) and Prof. Njuguna Ndung’u (Treasury), the assembly allocated the subsidy program Sh20 million to help dairy and mango farmers recover from years of exploitation. According to Kang’ata, Murang’a is the first county to offer farmers support at a rate of Sh3.50 per liter of milk and the same for a kilogram of mangoes.

In addition to what they earn from their cooperative for their produce, the sum represents a minimum guaranteed payment to each farmer in the county. Nevertheless, because the financial institutions rejected the information that the farmers provided to their cooperatives, at least 3,000 farmers missed the distribution. For quick access to their money, the governor requested that they update their listed ID numbers and cell phone numbers.

Head of the Kenya Revenue Authority Antony Mwaura was one of the dairy producers who delivered his goods through a cooperative and earned a subsidy of more than Sh100,000. The program, according to the cabinet secretaries, is intended to encourage farmers to expand production and engage in value-adding activities in order to maintain the produce’s ready market.

According to CS Kuria, creating industrial parks in the 23 counties will improve trade opportunities. I’m thrilled that Murang’a is prepared to receive the government’s grant of Sh250 million for the construction of an industrial park in Makeji in July, said Kuria.

According to the Treasury CS, Kang’ata’s effort is one of the most effective agricultural revival techniques for improving the economic circumstances of farmers in Murang’a county. He claimed that a sizable number of farmers satisfied the program’s eligibility requirements, and we anticipate that new crops like avocado will be included to the program.

He continued by saying that since Murang’a County is the source of 95% of the avocados grown in Kenya, the commodity must be included in the subsidy program.