Ironically, Kenya is home to dozens of research institutions of international repute that continue to produce ground-breaking innovation and findings. The provision of information to spur innovative ways of producing food is too crucial to be left to government alone. Farmers have indeed expressed thirst for farming information as has been evident with the plant clinics that agro input company Elgon Kenya has rolled out. The idea is to ensure that farmers understand what they want to farm and farm it from a point of information. Players in this space have quoted a monumental shift in farming trends and improved earnings among farmers interacting with technology.

Source: Standard Digital March 10, 2017 13:42 UTC