Foreign Affairs Cabinet secretary Amina Mohamed is optimistic of Kenya clinching a better marketing deal for smallholder farmers at the 10th World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference slated for December. The ministry has said it will lobby other African countries to push for an agriculture deal that offers farmers better subsidies and boost trade in the sector among WTO member countries. Mohamed said the Nairobi meeting—the first to be held in Africa—will not offer an option for failed talks as she sought the Senate’s backing on a paper on trade facilitation agreement. The fight for more market access for Africa’s agricultural produce is being spearheaded by Kenya, South Africa, Senegal and Egypt. Kenya expects to get a “balanced, realistic, acceptable and implementable package” out of the meeting, expected to bring together 7,000 delegates from across 161 countries, said the CS. Source - http://www.freshplaza.com