Rombo tomato farmers decry high cost of fertilizers

The tomato farmers from Rombo in Kajiado South are decrying the soaring Cost Of Fertilizers and pesticides.

According to the farmers, they are now forced to buy fertilizers from the neighboring Tanzania as those sold in Kenya are very expensive and largely ineffective resulting in decreased yields.

They urged the government to reduce the taxes imposed on agro-chemicals as it has resulted in the high cost of the fertilizers and pesticides thus discouraging farmers from engaging in tomato farming.

“The unscrupulous businessmen have been taking advantage of the situation and are selling fertilizers and pesticides of low standard at a cheap price which results to low yields.

By Malachi Motano