Crisis in the soil: Fertilizer shortage and depleting land risk food security
Soil health. Farmers should stop looking as soil as dirt. It is biodiversity. [FILE] The planting season is approaching in Kenya’s breadbasket areas, in line with the March-April-May rains. Farmers are already queuing at National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) outlets to purchase subsidized fertilizer. However, there is a shortage in supply. A spot-check by…