Crop insurance for smallholder farmersSmallholder crop farmers across 33 counties are set to benefit from the government’s ambitious crop insurance programme, which rolls out at the beginning of this year. Agriculture Research Principal Secretary Hamadi Boga told Nation that the government has developed a comprehensive crop insurance programme covering a number of crop enterprises, starting with the main food crops namely maize, pulses and Irish potatoes. We register farmers and hire insurance companies to underwrite the cover,” he said, adding that more than 450,000 farmers had been insured in the past one year. Under the arrangement, the government will work with insurance companies responsible for developing products and selling crop insurance to farmers. However, she cautioned that while there is a lot of excitement about cotton farming, the crop should be planted in cotton growing zones.

Source: Daily Nation January 01, 2020 06:56 UTC