Embu County government has secured Habitat Inter trade export market valued at Sh1.2billion annually that will boost farming and trading of horticultural products from the county.
The new venture came as a combined effort between Embu County Department of Agriculture and Habitat Intertrade company known to deal with farming and trading of horticultural products nationally.
The county’s agricultural department entered into the deal as a means of boosting farming and trading of horticultural products from the county at the national level.
Embu Governor Martin Nyaga Wambora said the partnership with Habitat Inter Trade would expand the markets, create jobs and ensure food security in the county.
The county recently held a youth Agri business summit and expo hosted in February 2019 that engaged youth in agribusiness through linkages with markets and financial support just after launching the Embu County Youth in Agribusiness Strategy 2019-2023.
It has now embarked on making strategic partnerships to aid in the implementation of the strategy.
Embu County Governor Martin Nyaga Wambora said the partnership with Habitat Inter Trade will support farming and trading of horticultural products from the county.
“Embu county is endowed with rich soils and adequate rainfall. We are looking forward to the expanded market. I urge the youth to take advantage of this opportunity and reap the benefits. This will go a long way in the creation of jobs and ensure food security under the Big 4 Agenda set by President Uhuru Kenyatta”, the governor said.
Recently President Uhuru Kenyatta signed a deal to have avocados exported to China.
The deal, which makes Kenya the first African nation to export avocados to the Asian nation with a market of over 1.4 billion consumers, was signed by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing on Thursday.
Kenyan avocado farmers are expected to export more than 40 percent of their produce to China, which in the recent past has become a major trade and economic associate of Kenya.