Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has asked Kenyans to support the government measures to boost food production.
The CS urged farmers to start practicing kitchen gardening and venturing into modern farming technologies to enhance food security.
The CS said he will ensure all reports by the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) are implemented
"This will avail new agriculture technologies to local farmers as a way of improving our food security through technology," Linturi said when when he toured KALRO, Kilifi.
The CS who is on a tour of the coast region was accompanied by Livestock Permanent Secretary Harry Kimutai and Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro.
"We toured KALRO to understand how we’ll support research on industrial crops," Linturi said.
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“As we face food shortage and the prolonged drought, I am appealing to Kenyans to support the government in improving food production".
He further stated that the ministry will continue to support farmers across the country through livestock off-take programme.
During his tour of the region, the cabinet secretary met the county officials where they discussed the challenges facing the agricultural sector in the coastal region and how to improve the sector.
Noting the move will boost the Kenya meat commission (KMC), Linturi appealed to the residents to purchase meat from the facility.
He spoke when he paid a visit to the KMC plant in Kibarani area where the Kenya Defence Forces have transformed the plant to a profit making entity.
“I am appealing to the people of Mombasa to support KMC by purchasing quality meat from the institution as the National Government continues to support livestock framers by purchasing their livestock,” he said.
