Sustain Africa programmes in Zambia and Kenya launched in November. Read more on the Zambia launc...
In Kenya, Sustain Africa will provide high level advisory support services to the Kenyan government on a donated consignment of fertilizer brokered by WFP, and will track progress on delivery and distribution to farmers.
The program will further collaborate with OneCGIAR through the Excellence in Agronomy Initiative, that brings together 9 CGRIAR agricultural research centers including IITA, Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT, Africa Rice, and CIP. These organisations will support the Kenyan government in developing a science-based, site-specific fertilizer advisory system to increase agricultural production in Kenya. Two technical soil and fertilizer experts will be funded by Sustain Africa to develop evidence-based fertilizer recommendations and the development of extension material to support the recommendations. These experts will be seconded to the Presidential Economic Transformation Secretariat (PETS) and the Ministry of Agriculture’s Fertilizer Promotion Unit that both drive the government subsidy program. Additional stakeholders who will be involved include the Office of the President, the Ministry of Agriculture with KARLO, Department of Crops and The Fertilizer Promotion Unit, Fertilizer Association of Kenya (FAK) and AGRA.