Kenya’s falling crop yields blamed on misplaced prioritiesThe World Bank has blamed Kenya’s declining food production on poor disease control and low access to finance. The World Bank has blamed Kenya’s declining food production on poor disease control and low access to finance.The global lender said the country is doing poorly in protecting plant health and providing agricultural finance, hindering meaningful agricultural production. “Across all indicators covered… the most efficient regulatory processes are shown in the areas of registering machinery and trading food. SEE ALSO :Health officers save public from consuming bad riceOther indicators are registering machinery, sustaining livestock, protecting plant health, trading food and accessing finance. The largest regulatory and efficiency gaps are observed on the registering fertiliser (73 percentage points), protecting plant health (64 percentage points) and sustaining livestock (59 percentage points).”Do not miss out on the latest news.

Source: Standard Digital November 12, 2019 06:34 UTC