Data Commissioner, Immaculate Kassait, has called on the Ministry of Agriculture to protect the data of Kenyan farmers.
Kassait was speaking at the launch of the Training of Trainers workshop by Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi on Wednesday.
She emphasised on the need to observe data protection principles as the Ministry embarks on the registration of farmers.
She said the first principle to be observed is transparency by telling the farmers exactly what will be happening.
“Despite it being a voluntary exercise, data collectors should explain to farmers why their data is being collected, how it will be used and the safekeeping of the same,” she said.
The National Household Farmer Registration process is set to be rolled out soon by the ministry.
Its main aim is to establish a national database of all farmers which includes identity, profile, location, crop acreage and fertiliser requirements among others.
