FINALLY: Armyworm Resistant Maize Breed Unveiled
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (Cimmyt) will roll out the three varieties of maize that are immune to armyworm invasion, even as the government reports that the damage from the pests will be worse…
Address issues like VAT and not duty-free importation-Cereal Farmers
Cereal growers ask the government to address VAT Cereal farmers are opposed to the opening of a window for duty-free importation of maize and instead address some of the issues affecting production such as…
Kenya must adopt measures to avert food crisis
The group says that if the forecasted rainfall fails in April, it would lead to a typical increase in food insecurity, likely to peak from June to October. Food Security and Nutrition Working Group is…
Ministry to puchase subsidized fertilizers worth Kshs. 2B
Kiunjuri assured that farmers who had supplied maize have already been paid By Malachi Motano Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture Mwangi Kiunjuri has said cheap fertilizers will be availed to farmers very soon as modalities…
As planting season nears, maize farmers staring at fertiliser crisis
As the clock starts ticking towards the start of the planting season in a few weeks, maize farmers are once again staring at a potential fertiliser crisis, all because of government inefficiencies. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary…
Maize Farming in Kenya, unearth untapped white gold
Maize Farming in Kenya, it is the single most extensively grown crop in Kenya. It is the staple food for more than 80 per cent of the population. Its average per capita consumption is 103kg…
Bungoma maize farmers record a bumper harvest thanks to conservation agriculture
Beatrice Wamalwa is one of the farmers in Bungoma County, who have embraced and practiced conservation agriculture in the past one year. She says Farmers in the County have recorded a bumper maize harvest after…
Paradigm Shift: A Section Of Farmers In Uasin Gishu Leave Maize Farming For Millet
Anne Murei lives in Sosiyo village in Meibeki few Kilometres from Moiben, a fast-growing trading centre in Uasin Gishu County. She one of the few farmers in the region who is going against the grain:…
NURU APP: An innovative app to help recognize Fall Armyworm in Africa lunched
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization and Pennsylvania State University joined forces to develop and launch an innovative, talking app - Nuru - to help African farmers recognize Fall Armyworm, a new and fast-spreading…
Maize farmers in Kisumu tipped on how to fight the deadly fall armyworm
Maize farmers in Kisumu have been advised to implement integrated pest management approach to control the fall armyworm. CREDIT: REUTERS/Jean Mandela The approach aims at suppressing the pest population below the economic injury levels. The…
