The Ministry of Agriculture has organised a training of assistant county commissioners ahead of the planned national household farmer registration exercise.
The meeting happening at the Kenya School of Government in Nairobi brings together 141 administrators from across the country and 47 county directors of agriculture.
Cabinet secretary Mithika Linturi will officiate the launch of the training.
Interior and National Administration Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo, James Muhatia (Economic planning) and Kello Harsama (Crop development) are also expected to attend.
The registration exercise targets farmers participating in various crop production enterprises.
Its main aim is to establish a national database of all farmers which includes identity, profile, location, crop acreage and fertiliser requirements among others.
"This information will assist the government in the provision of targeted interventions including subsidies and other farm inputs for improved productivity and profitability and for the attainment of food security in the country," a statement from the ministry reads.
At the end of the training dubbed Training of Trainers (ToTs), the ACCs will get the necessary skills ahead of the process.
They are set to train the chiefs and their assistants in their regions.
The collection of the data according to Harsama is set to be completed in one month.
The process will be conducted in two stages where in the first phase the assistant chiefs will record farmer details in printed questionnaires.
In the second stage, the administrators will consolidate the filled questionnaires and feed them in a digitised form using preconfigured android tablets and smartphones to a central server for aggregation in real-time.
