Kenya just turned Galana Kulalu into a Special Economic Zone to pull in foreign agriculture cash and juice up domestic farming operations. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe dropped the news while laying out plans to commercialize government land that currently sits empty, and the designation gives investors tax breaks plus faster regulatory approval for crops and livestock ventures.
The government set up a one-stop office that lets companies grab agricultural land within a month instead of dealing with endless bureaucratic nonsense. The Nyumba Group already leased 300,000 acres and dropped over $50 million on irrigation systems and farm development that created 3,000 jobs along the coast. Other companies like Bayer Crop Science and Yara got land allocations under the program.
Kenya wants to lease out 1.8 million acres total to private investors as part of the Land Commercialization Initiative, which targets underutilized state holdings and prison farms. Kagwe said the country cannot keep importing food while productive land sits idle.
The government set up a one-stop office that lets companies grab agricultural land within a month instead of dealing with endless bureaucratic nonsense. The Nyumba Group already leased 300,000 acres and dropped over $50 million on irrigation systems and farm development that created 3,000 jobs along the coast. Other companies like Bayer Crop Science and Yara got land allocations under the program.
Kenya wants to lease out 1.8 million acres total to private investors as part of the Land Commercialization Initiative, which targets underutilized state holdings and prison farms. Kagwe said the country cannot keep importing food while productive land sits idle.
