Dr. John Kanyuithia Mutunga

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• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: The crop is industrial. Being industrial, it offers great possibilities for us to industrialise it. However, we cannot industrialise a crop unless we grow it in large quantities for the industries to be set up so that they can absorb the product itself. We need to understand how we can produce enough of the material. To produce enough of it, we need to be clear that we can get sufficient amount of planting material; we need to be sure we can get large proportion of famers or many people growing the crop in their farms and tending it. We also ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: We should also anchor this crop into legislation so that it is properly regulated and properly managed. We should, therefore, open up and out scale the crop to other areas because it is Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) adaptive and can grow in many other areas. I am of the idea that the crop can do well even in Eastern Kenya where I come from and I believe the areas around Isiolo in my constituency can be very useful: the Rwanda sub-location in Tigania West. We should therefore develop the requisite literature and sensitise people on this particular crop so ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: The crop is industrial. Being industrial, it offers great possibilities for us to industrialise it. However, we cannot industrialise a crop unless we grow it in large quantities for the industries to be set up so that they can absorb the product itself. We need to understand how we can produce enough of the material. To produce enough of it, we need to be clear that we can get sufficient amount of planting material; we need to be sure we can get large proportion of famers or many people growing the crop in their farms and tending it. We also ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Bixa is important not only for industrialisation and job creation, but it is also important in creating wealth for our people and for the investors. Investors have a great opportunity to create wealth by investing in processing the crop. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Bixa is important not only for industrialisation and job creation, but it is also important in creating wealth for our people and for the investors. Investors have a great opportunity to create wealth by investing in processing the crop. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: I propose that we structure this crop, map out Bixa areas which are suitable in the country, sensitise farmers and register them accordingly so that we know who is supposed to produce the crop. We should also go further to produce the crop and collate the production with industries. We should support the production through research, development and extension. We should organise the entire value chain so that we know the producers, the off takers, how the off takers are organised and how they are supposed to meet the demands of the market. We should sensitise the people accordingly to ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: I propose that we structure this crop, map out Bixa areas which are suitable in the country, sensitise farmers and register them accordingly so that we know who is supposed to produce the crop. We should also go further to produce the crop and collate the production with industries. We should support the production through research, development and extension. We should organise the entire value chain so that we know the producers, the off takers, how the off takers are organised and how they are supposed to meet the demands of the market. We should sensitisfe the people accordingly to ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: I am in support of agriculture in the view of organising the industry. Agriculture in this country is not in the top priority when it comes to funding. The resource allocation to agriculture in the 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 budgets shows that agriculture is above number ten. It is not in the top ten. If it is not in the top ten, we are not serious as a country because when we look at what happened during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is only agriculture which grew at 6.4 per cent without any support from anyone. Other industries, like health sector, grew ... view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I support. view
• 18 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: and generally support the farmers to be able to produce and serve the industry. If the industry is not properly organised, we will not be able to enable farmers gain from the crop itself. view