[File]Cotton farmers in Kisumu have a reason to smile after high breed seeds introduced six months ago multiplied production. The department received 12 tonnes of cotton conventional seeds, 140 kilogrammes of biotechnology (BT) high breed seeds and 480 kilogrammes of high breed cotton seeds after the government partially lifted the ban on Genetically Modified Organism (BT) cotton seeds that had been in place since 2012. The new cotton breed has attracted farmers back to cotton growing. Dawo said an acre would produce high yield cotton that could fetch up to Sh130,000, with one kilogramme going for Sh52. Henry Odoyo, a farmer in Kobura area who cultivated five acres of cotton, said for the first time in a long time he was impressed by the cotton yield on his farm.

Source: Standard Digital September 18, 2020 05:26 UTC