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The World Bank has committed Sh3.5 billion towards increasing the number of farmers from subsistence to commercial farming.

The National Agricultural Value Chain Development (NAVCPD) project will be implemented by the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organisation (Kalro).

Kalro director general Dr Eliud Kireger said the five-year-project will be undertaken in 33 counties in select value chains.

Kireger said the 16 value chains selected will support the pillars of food and nutrition security, growing exports and reducing imports.

Read more: https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2023-09-21-world-bank-funds-project-to-turn-farmers-to-earners/