The Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Cabinet Secretary Mr. Felix Kosgey has said the agricultural sector in the country needs a positive transformation. This would have an immediate effect on the economy. Mr. Kosgey said this when he met departmental heads of the merged ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.

Addressing the officers who were led by the Permanent Secretaries Dr. Romano Kiome, Prof. Jacob O. Ole Miaron and Prof. Ntiba Micheni, Mr. Kosgey said food security affects all sectors and the government focus is on the agriculture.” We need to refocus and built on the gains made in the past” he emphasized.

Agricultural Training Centres contribute to increased productivity of smallholder farmers through training and capacity building. This is why the Ministry of Agriculture has been revamping and strengthening the Agricultural training institutions for effectiveness, efficiency and sustainable service delivery.

This was said by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Romano Kiome when he flagged off 13 double cab pickup vehicles purchased by the ministry for distribution to ATCs countrywide. The vehicles were purchased through a demonstration Farm Fund (DFF) revolving fund model.

The ministry of agriculture aims at having a one stop desk which will avail extension messages to farmers in the counties. The Permanent Secretary Dr. Romano Kiome said this when he launched the e-extension project at Kari headquarters in Nairobi.

He observed that the government has repealed all existing agricultural acts and substituted them with three acts. The new acts are the agriculture, fisheries and food authority act; the crops act, the Kenya agricultural research authority act and the yet to be enacted fisheries act.

Dr. Kiome is taken round the exhibitors during the launch.