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Cotton farmers and Kalro scientist Teresia Okiyo inspect a BT cotton crop at a farm in Western Kenya. [Courtesy]
Busia County has intensified efforts to revive cotton farming by distributing 24 metric tonnes of cotton seed to farmers across the county in a move aimed at increasing production, creating employment, and improving household incomes.
The seed distribution exercise is being implemented in partnership with the National Government through the Office of the Presidential Economic Transformation Secretariat (PETS) and forms part of broader interventions to restore the crop's prominence as a key cash earner in the region.
Speaking during the flagging-off of trucks carrying the seeds to various distribution centres, Busia County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Smart Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Blue Economy and Agribusiness, Dr. George Mukok, said the county was committed to rebuilding the cotton value chain and positioning the crop as a major driver of economic growth.
