Germany inks deal with Kenya to promote food security
Germany inks deal with Kenya to support farmers in a bid to promote food security in the country
Germany inks deal with Kenya to support farmers in a bid to promote food security in the country.
German support for the restructuring of the agricultural sector, which aims to improve the country’s food and nutrition security, is expected to assist Kenyan farmers.
The agreement was signed following a meeting between German authorities and the Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi at the ongoing 2023 Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin, Germany.
According to CS Linturi, the investment is consistent with the government of Kenya’s objective to transform agriculture by raising the incomes of small-scale farmers, pastoralists, and fisherfolk, as well as agricultural output and value addition.
The CS praised the German government for continuing to fund numerous agricultural programs in the nation through the Germany Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), which he ascribed to the sector’s good effects.
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“Over the years, the programmes and projects under GIZ Agriculture and Rural Development have continued to play a key role in contributing towards the actualization of achieving Food and Nutrition Security and improved livelihoods in Kenya,’’ Linturi stated.
CS Linturi also urged the German government to implement a thorough national agricultural soil management program following the adoption of the agriculture soil management policy.
Cristel Well, the head of GIZ’s section for agriculture and rural development, promised that the organization would continue to support Kenya by assisting with the implementation of drought-resilience measures for increased productivity.
“We want to help transform agriculture in Kenya through our agency to ensure rural women are empowered since they are the backbone of rural farming,” Weller indicated.
Germany has over the years continued to fund projects and programmes in the framework of bilateral Kenyan-German Development Cooperation, especially in Agriculture and Rural Development, Climate change, Health and Water, Water Resource Management, and Sanitation.
Among them is the provision of resources used for the development of the Agricultural Soil Management Policy that is set to be tabled before the Cabinet in February 2023, youth employment in the Agri-food (YEA), Agri-Jobs 4 Youth Initiative, Green Innovation centres for agriculture and food sector, soil protection and rehabilitation for food security and nutrition-sensitive Potato Partnership Project.
Others are Coffee Innovation Fund, Global Low Carbon Tea- Triangular Cooperation between China, Germany and Kenya on Tea Value Chain in Kenya, Green Innovation Centres (GIAE) for the Agriculture and
Food Sector, Water and Energy for Food.
The 2023 GFFA is set to build on the UN Food Systems Summit to ensure the 2030 SDGs are realized.
The forum is focused on four thematic areas of; how to create crisis-proof food systems, how to create climate-friendly food systems, how to preserve biological diversity, and how to improve collaboration for sustainable global food systems.
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