Bungoma County Potato Strategy 2021-2025

Abstract

The Bungoma County Potato Strategy is aimed at guiding the stakeholders and the development partners in aligning development initiatives and interventions in order to accelerate growth and development of the potato industry in the County. This will be important in creating synergy in addressing challenges in potato value chain for the benefit of all value chain players. The potato strategy will guide various stakeholders’ and development partners’ initiatives to ensure there is no duplication of activities. This will lead to proper utilization of resources by all in the implementation of activities and interventions in the potato value chain. The strategy has an overarching goal to improve potato production for food and nutrition security, income generation and livelihoods through Investment in seed production and distribution within the county, participatory evaluation of potato breeding lines, variety and seed potato technologies demonstrations, Improvement of production capacity of high-quality seed potato to farmers, increasing production and productivity of ware potatoes promotion of mechanization and irrigation technologies, and improvement of pre and post-harvest management of potato produce, market access, enacting and enforcement of policies and regulations. This will enhance development of potato value chain. The County Government is committed to ensure full implementation of the Potato Strategy. The development partners and stakeholders are encouraged to fully participate in this endeavour. Let me take this opportunity to welcome private sector investors to invest in potato value chain in the County.