Coconut, cashews to be cash crops if Bill passes

THE STANDARD
By
Nehemiah Okwembah |
March 17th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Kilifi North MP Owen Baya addressing journalists at his home in Kilifi town [Maureen Ongala, Standard]
Coconut and cashew nut farming will qualify for State funding and marketing if President Uhuru Kenyatta assents to a new Bill that seeks to make them cash crops.
The Bill passed by the National Assembly last Thursday is aimed at including cashew nut and coconut to the first schedule in the Crops Act of 2013 just like coffee, tea, and sugar cane.
If President Kenyatta signs the amendments, the State will be obligated to annually provide funds for the revival of the two sectors, which in the 1970s and 80s were thriving at the coast region.

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