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…
Alarm as Large-scale farmers in Trans Nzoia abandon maize for sugar cane
Large-scale maize farmers in Trans Nzoia are abandoning the cereal for sugarcane despite the region being the country’s grain basket. The county produces at least 5 million bags of the crop annually from over 107,000…
An outbreak of a maize disease in the North Rift putting the country’s food security at risk
An outbreak of a maize disease has left many farmers in the North Rift uncertain of their harvests putting the country’s food security at risk. Growers yesterday expressed fears of serious yield decline this season…
Farmers in Kenya to receive early maturity, disease resistant maize variety that can with stand drought
Farmers in semi-arid areas will receive a new maize variety by September that takes about two and a half months to mature. The maize variety — Sungura 301 by Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Services (Kephis)…
