Sustain Africa’s country programmes in Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia have c...
In Kenya, Sustain Africa has provided high level advisory support services to the Kenyan government on fertilizer use efficiency.
The program further collaborated 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 were funded by Sustain Africa to develop evidence-based fertilizer recommendations and the development of extension material to support the recommendations. These experts were 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 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.
An end of project evaluation is underway.